Over the course of the semester, we have repeatedly seen how the Jewish Sabbath has been re-imagined, revised, re-described, or rationalized in light of new circumstances. In fact, if we began with the historical-social circumstances, we could probably predict some of the ways discourses and practices of the Sabbath would respond. This was true of the Sabbath of the rabbis after the destruction of the Temple, of the Sabbath of the kabbalists as Jewish experience in Spain declined, leading to expulsion, and of the Sabbath of Jews in modern Germany and elsewhere.
So perhaps we face such a challenge again in our day. What are the social and historical changes affecting Jews today that demand our reaction? How must our Sabbath be re-imagined and adapted in light of those changes? Be specific, be analytical, and be imaginative
SOURCES TO USE:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/07/when-calendar-blurs-everyone-needs-shabbat-just-ask-pope/
https://forward.com/news/441562/synagogue-shabbat-coronavirus/
https://atlantajewishtimes.timesofisrael.com/zoombombing-disrupts-shabbat/
https://www.chabad.org/news/article_cdo/aid/5042229/jewish/Learning-the-Prayers-Today-for-a-Post-Covid-Shabbat-Tomorrow.htm
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