As we move from Passover to Yom HaShoah, the third of our four-part in-person reading group, Moral Clarity in an Age of Confusion, takes place on Thursday, April 24, at noon. Through the writings of political philosopher Hannah Arendt and Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, we’ll explore how individuals and communities respond to moral crisis, resist apathy, and uphold conscience in dark times.

This week, we return to Arendt’s most famous concept—the “banality of evil”—through her analysis of Adolf Eichmann’s behavior and psychology in Eichmann in Jerusalem, Chapter 15: “Eichmann’s Mind.” We’ll contrast this with Rabbi Sacks’s chapter “Restoring Morality” from Morality, which calls for re-grounding ethics in relationships, responsibility, and covenant. Our conversation will ask: What happens when people stop thinking for themselves, and how can we recover moral courage?

Bring your lunch (vegetarian-only, please) and an open mind. Printouts will be provided or available by email upon registration.