Acclaimed Political Theorist and American Scholar Roger Berkowitz will Speak on Shabbat
Acclaimed political theorist and American scholar Roger Berkowitz will speak on Shabbat, September 26, 2026.
Join Roger Berkowitz, Professor of Political Studies and Human Rights, Bard College, and Founder and Academic Director of the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and the Humanities, podcast host and author of A World We Share: Hannah Arendt and the Power of Friendship in a Broken World.
What if truth is the wrong foundation for democracy?
In A World We Share, Berkowitz challenges one of our most deeply held assumptions. Drawing on the life and thought of Hannah Arendt—who survived Nazi Germany and forged enduring intellectual friendships with Karl Jaspers, Mary McCarthy, Martin Heidegger, and others despite profound disagreements—he offers a compelling diagnosis of our own moment: an age marked by loneliness, ideological rigidity, and civic fragmentation.
His central argument is both provocative and hopeful: our political crisis is, at its core, a crisis of friendship. Democracy is sustained not by consensus or moral purity, but by our willingness to remain in conversation and relationship with those whose experiences and perspectives differ from our own.
Come for the history. Wrestle with moral courage. Live its lessons today.
Roger Berkowitz will speak from the bima, followed by a special kiddush luncheon and Q&A in the Chapel—an extraordinary opportunity to hear directly from this renowned scholar.
Pre-Ordered Signed Books on Sale Now* – $28 each
*Since the author will be appearing at Shabbat Services, books will not be signed or delivered at the event. Bookplate signed copies will be available for purchase and pickup before the event or online after Shabbat ends.
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Pre-registration is requested for luncheon planning.
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