Israel as a Religious State: Challenges and Opportunities - A Panel Discussion (Renewing Our Spirit 2013)
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David Weinberg
David Weinberg is a spokesman, speechwriter, columnist, and lobbyist who is a sharp critic of Israel’s detractors and of post-Zionist trends in Israel. His work has appeared in The Jerusalem Post and Israel Hayom, among other publications. He writes on Israeli diplomacy and defense, Israeli politics and society, and Israel-Diaspora relations. Since moving to Israel in 1990 from Toronto, Canada, Mr. Weinberg has held a series of high-level public sector positions. As senior advisor to Deputy Prime Minister Natan Sharansky, he was founding…
Dr. Elliott Malamet
Dr. Malamet received his doctorate in English Literature from the University of Toronto, where he taught from 1987-1993. Dr. Malamet's work in the field of spiritual education has been featured in the leading Canadian newspapers and he has appeared on Canadian radio and television. He has run seminars on teaching Judaism to young people in the United States, Canada, England and Israel and is consulted by people worldwide on the subject of Jewish education. A sought-after speaker in Canada and overseas, Dr.…
Dr. Moshe Koppel
Prof. Moshe Koppel is a member of the department of Computer Science at Bar-Ilan University. He studied in Yeshiva University and Yeshivat Har Etzion. He received his PhD in mathematics from Courant Institute and did post-doctoral work in the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. Koppel has published many articles on Rabbinic literature, as well as two books, including a commentary to Masechet Kinim. He also co-founded and co-edited the journal Higayon, which is devoted to mathematics and halacha. His main areas of research…
Rabbi Reuven Tradburks
Rabbi Reuven Tradburks is the Director of the Israel office of the Rabbinical Council of America. He received his BA from Carleton University and Smicha from Yeshiva University. He served as assistant Rabbi of the Young Israel of Staten Island and as the Rabbi of Knesseth Israel Synagogue in Birmingham, Alabama before serving as rabbi of Kehillat Shaarei Torah of Toronto from 1994 until his aliyah in 2009. In addition to his congregational duties, Rabbi Tradburks was the secretary of…
Shmuel Rosner
Shmuel Rosner is an Israeli columnist and editor. He is the political editor of the Jewish Journal and writes a weekly column for The International New York Times (formerly known as The International Herald Tribune) and for Maariv. Shmuel Rosner began his career in 1987 as a producer and editor with Israeli Army Radio. In 1991, he joined the Israeli daily Hadashot as a features and news editor. In 1994, he became editor of a local Israeli weekly, Tzomet Hasharon. He joined Haaretz…