Non­fic­tion

Pol­i­tics & Plu­ral­ism: Essays on Democ­ra­cy, Anti­semitism, Pow­er & Cul­ture in an Age of Polarization

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September 1, 2025

Plu­ral­ism holds that there is no one right” way of think­ing, believ­ing, prac­tic­ing, or liv­ing in the world. Plu­ral­ists believe there are many dif­fer­ent ways espoused by many dif­fer­ent peo­ple, and we have some­thing to learn from every­one — even and espe­cial­ly those with whom we dis­agree. The essays in this vol­ume, based on select­ed Torah por­tions and Jew­ish hol­i­days, exam­ine cur­rent and his­tor­i­cal events, democ­ra­cy, Israel, anti­semitism, pow­er, reli­gion, and mod­ern cul­ture through the lens of both Jew­ish and sec­u­lar schol­ar­ship. Each of Rab­bi Stoller’s pri­ma­ry essays is accom­pa­nied by a davar acher (alter­nate view­point) by a promi­nent Reform Jew­ish cler­gy mem­ber or schol­ar, demon­strat­ing plu­ral­is­tic dis­course in action.

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