Whom Does Your God Love? A Jewish Case for the Stranger. With Shai Held
What does the Torah actually say about immigrants — and what does it demand of us?
Rabbi Jeff Salkin sits down with one of the Jewish world's leading theologians, Rabbi Shai Held, to explore the Bible's most repeated commandment: love the ger — the stranger, the sojourner, the immigrant. Held argues that "immigrant" is not just the most accurate translation of ger, it's the most morally urgent one. When the Torah says to love the immigrant, it's making a claim on us every single day.
Together, Salkin and Held trace the Torah's radical counter-vision to Egypt — a society built not on cruelty…
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