A rabbi explains how to make sense of suffering


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Jul 26 2020 54 mins   2.7k

In this special crossover episode of Vox's Future Perfect series, The Way Through, Co-host Sean Illing talks to David Wolpe, senior rabbi at Sinai Temple in Los Angeles, about God and how to make sense of suffering in human life.


Relevant resources:

Making Loss Matter : Creating Meaning in Difficult Times by Rabbi David Wolpe

Religion without God: Alain de Botton on "atheism 2.0." by Sean Iling


Featuring:

David Wolpe (@RabbiWolpe), senior rabbi at Sinai Temple in Los Angeles


Host:

Sean Illing (@Seanilling), senior interviews writer, Vox


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