Returning to Religion: The Experience of the Ba'al Teshuva and the Response of the Community: A Panel Discussion- (Part 3)
Meet the speakers
Dr. Lisa Aiken
Dr. Lisa Aiken is the author of 15 Judaica books on a wide variety of topics, including women's issues, prayer, dating and marriage and the psychological issues involved with baalei teshuva. She has lectured in more than 300 cities on 6 continents to diverse audiences. She has lived in Jerusalem for the past 23 years where she is a licensed psychologist who treats singles, couples, depression, PTSD and anxiety and is also a licensed Israeli tour guide.
Prof. Eric Lawee
Eric Lawee is a full professor in the Department of Bible at Bar-Ilan University, where he teaches the history of Jewish biblical scholarship. His *Rashi’s Commentary on the Torah: Canonization and Resistance in the Reception of a Jewish Classic* (2019), published by OUP, won the 2019 Jewish Book Award in the category of Scholarship of the Jewish Book Council and was finalist for a Jordan Schnitzer Book Award of the Association for Jewish Studies in 2021. He holds the Rabbi…
Rabbi Michael Skobac
Rabbi Michael Skobac was educated at Northwestern University and Yeshiva University. He has been involved in informal Jewish education and outreach work since 1975. Rabbi Skobac was the founding director of Kiruv, the campus outreach arm of the Rabbinical Council of America, and has worked as a campus professional with Hillel groups in Philadelphia, New York and Toronto. He has specialized in counter-missionary work since 1983, establishing the New York branch of Jews for Judaism and serving as a consultant…