Class 2. 1/21 Foundational beliefs and narratives

Elliot N. Dorff, To Do the Right and Good: A Jewish Approach to Modern Social Ethics (2004), ch. 1, “ Download Fundamental Beliefs That Guide Jewish Social Ethics

,” 1–35.

What does Dorff see as the central story of Judaism? According to Dorff, how do Jewish traditions view the individual and the community?