At the approach of the High Holidays 2020/5781, I had the privilege of participating in the Akedah Project, in which 30 Jewish thinkers give their take on the Akedah, the Binding of Isaac in the Book of Genesis. The breadth and depth of the thinking on this compact, terrifying story, which we read during weekday morning prayers and on the second day of Rosh Hashanah, is astonishing. I’m grateful to Dan Libenson of Judaism Unbound, and to JewishLive, for putting this remarkable project together, and for including me in it.
