On November 14, 2018, The Covenant Foundation and The Jewish Theological Seminary co-sponsored a symposium in memory of Dr. Jonathan S. Woocher. Titled “Accessing Jewish Wisdom,” the symposium featured three panels of Jewish educators and conversation prompts that were inspired by themes found in Krista Tippett’s book Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living. The first panel, which featured Tippett, Founder of the On Being Project and host of On Being  in conversation with Dr. Arnold M. Eisen, Chancellor of JTS, was followed by a Q&A from educators in the audience. Covenant Award recipient Peninnah Schram asked the first question, and both her question and Tippett’s answer are featured in the video shared here. The ideas expressed in both the question, the answer, and Tippett’s book, inspired the theme of this issue of Sight Line.

More to Consider

• Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living (Krista Tippett)
• The On Being Project
• On “On Being” (The Cut, January 2019)
• Knowledge of Jewish Tradition Can Fight Anti-Semitism in America (Huffington Post, March 2017)
• Walking with King (The Jewish Week, January 2016)