Repentance and Return: What Jewish Tradition Tells Us about Restoring the Cancelled
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When does a disgraced person get to come back? When can we offer restoration and return to a man who has behaved badly? The Jewish intellectual community has been wrestling with that in recent months. In 2018, one of the foremost scholars of contemporary Judaism, Steven M. Cohen, resigned from Hebrew Union College. The #MeToo movement was sweeping the nation – and former students and colleagues of Cohen came forward with numerous stories of unwanted sexual attention, including verbal harassment and physical touching. Cohen expressed remorse as he resigned, and did not contest the allegations. He promised to apologize to his accusers.
Repentance and Return: What Jewish Tradition Tells Us about Restoring the Cancelled
Repentance and Return: What Jewish Tradition…
Repentance and Return: What Jewish Tradition Tells Us about Restoring the Cancelled
When does a disgraced person get to come back? When can we offer restoration and return to a man who has behaved badly? The Jewish intellectual community has been wrestling with that in recent months. In 2018, one of the foremost scholars of contemporary Judaism, Steven M. Cohen, resigned from Hebrew Union College. The #MeToo movement was sweeping the nation – and former students and colleagues of Cohen came forward with numerous stories of unwanted sexual attention, including verbal harassment and physical touching. Cohen expressed remorse as he resigned, and did not contest the allegations. He promised to apologize to his accusers.