Israeli Anniversaries is the subject of a presentation by Yehuda Kurtzer, Pres. Shalom Hartman Institute of NA. He discusses the significance of the major anniversaries Israel celebrates in 2017: Balfour Declaration-1917, U.N. Partition Plan-1947, Six-Day War-1967. From Limmud NY 2017 at Grand Hyatt in Princeton, NJ.
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Rabbis and Feminism is the topic with Rabbi Ethan Tucker and Tovah Hartman discussing feminism and the concepts of leadership and rabbinic authority. With Susan Weidman Schneider . From the 2017 JOFA Conference from Columbia University in NYC.
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Jewish Responsibility is the subject with Shai Held of Mechon Hadar, spiritual activist Yiscah Smith, and Central Synagogue’s Rabbi Stephanie Kolin discussing the moral imperatives and responsibilities of Jewish people in America. With Abigail Pogrebin, from Limmud NY 2017 .
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Love Your Neighbor is the subject of Rabbi Shai Held’s discussion on how Judaism is animated by a vision of God’s love of the Jewish people and the entire world, and who summons us to love all others. Rabbi Held is from Rosh Yeshiva at Mechon. Hadar. JBS exclusive of Limmud NY 2017 at Grand […]
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Rachel Klein of Hillel hosts a panel discussion on fighting hate on college campuses and combating anti-Semitism with college students Anthony Berteaux and Grace Rubin, along with Luke Moon of the Philos Project. A program of JCC Greenwich.
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Israel’s UN Ambassador Danny Danon speaks to students, Israel supporters and pro-Palestinian activists at Columbia University. Mark S. Golub hosts and speaks with attendees.
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Environmentalism and Bal Taschit is the topic discussed by Sarah Krinsky, Rabbinic Fellow at B’nai Jeshurun. The discussion includes the Jewish principle of “Bal Taschit”, “Do Not Destroy” and how it relates to our relationship with the environment. A Global Day of Learning program of Mechon Hadar and Schecter Manhattan.
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Female Responsa Literature is the topic discussed by Michal Tikochinsky and Pnina Neuwirth . The focus is on writing commentaries from a female perspective and how their work fits into Traditional Judaism. With Rabba Sara Hurwitz from 2017 JOFA Conference at Columbia U. in NYC.
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Rabbi Ethan Witkovsky of Park Avenue Synagogue, NYC uses the midrash on “Adam” to discusses the way the Torah and Jewish Law teach we are to help preserve the environment. From “A Global Day of Learning” of Mechon Hadar and Schecter Manhattan.
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Blu Greenberg, Founding Pres. of JOFA, and David Bigman, Rosh Yeshiva, Ma’ale Gilboa, Israel, discuss ways to resolving the agunah crisis. With Giti Bendheim from the 2017 JOFA-Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance Conference, from Columbia U. in NYC.
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