“No, it’s fine. Don’t come to this class. I’ll just sit alone in the dark.”
Jewish guilt might be older than we think. In fact, it might be as old as Judaism itself! Looking at the ancient texts, we’ll explore the origins of Jewish guilt, its dangers and its myriad applications. Beyond its practical and humorous implications, we’ll also explore deeper ethical and educational meanings behind Jewish guilt.
Speaker: Elliot Vaisrub Glassenberg, BINA Senior Educator
Thursday 4 December 2025
11:30am PT | 2:30pm ET | 7:30pm UK | 9:30pm Israel
The price of this one-off talk is £5
Click here to register:
https://lbc.ac.uk/lehrhaus-jewish-studies/#course-20632
About the Speaker:
Elliot Vaisrub Glassenberg is an American-Canadian-Israeli Queer Jewish educator-activist whose work focuses on the intersection of Judaism and human rights. Originally from Chicago, Elliot holds a B.A. from McGill University, an M.A. in Jewish Education and an M.A. in Jewish Literature from the Jewish Theological Seminary. Since moving to Israel in 2011, Elliot has taught hundreds of groups from Israel and abroad and has volunteered and advocated for refugee rights, LGBTQ inclusion and other causes. Elliot currently serves as a senior educator at BINA: The Home of Israeli Judaism. Elliot is also a student in the The Beit Midrash for Israeli Rabbis (by Hamidrasha at Oranim and Hartman Institute), a blogger at The Times of Israel and lives in Jaffa.
This course is offered in partnership between BINA and Leo Baeck College in London.
