Geoffrey Mitleman & Edwin Rutsch: Dialogs on How to Build a Culture of Empathy with Judaism
Geoffrey Mitelman is Associate Rabbi of Temple Beth El of Northern Westchester. Compassion is a deep-seated value in every religious tradition. Judaism teaches that the world stands on Torah, on prayer and on acts of loving kindness. How can we build a culture of empathy? 1. find specific language and cultural norms to talk about compassion/empathy in particular ways. To "ethicize the ritual and ritualize the ethical." To use tools that are underutilized because they are sometimes viewed negatively - in particular, making compassion more "unconscious" than conscious and utilizing social pressure. http://cultureofempathy.com/References/Experts/Others/Geoffrey-Mitelman.htm
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