Evolve Web Conversation: Jewish Sources on the Equal Value of All Human Lives

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Based on his Evolve essay, Gam Zu Ve-Gam Zu: Weeping With All Who Grieve, Rabbi Victor Reinstein discusses the rich Jewish traditions that refuse to elevate the worth of Jewish lives above all others with Rabbi Jacob Staub, the Director of the Evolve project. This conversation was recorded Tuesday, June 4.
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