Panel - Who will be a Jew?
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Rabbi Dr. Barry Freundel
Rabbi Dr. Barry Freundel is the spiritual leader of Kesher Israel: The Georgetown Synagogue. He received his smicha from Yeshiva University and his Phd from Baltimore Hebrew University where he serves as an Assistant Professor of Rabbinics. He has also served as an Adjunct Instructor at the University of Maryland, an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University, and a Consultant to the Ethics Review Board of the National Institute of Aging of the National Institutes of Health. Rabbi Freundel…
Rabbi Seth Farber
Rabbi Seth Farber received his Ph.D from the Hebrew University and his rabbinic ordination from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary. He is the founder and director of ITIM: The Jewish Life Information Center, an organization which seeks to help individuals navigate Jewish life in ISrael. He serves as the founding rabbi of Kehilat Netivot in Raanana where he lives with his wife Michelle and their five children. Rabbi Farber is the author of An Amercian Orthodox Dreamer: Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik and Boston's Maimonides School.
Rav Yosef Zvi Rimon
Rav Yosef Zvi Rimon is an internationally acclaimed posek - decisor of Jewish law – as well as an author, educator, and lecturer. Individuals and communities from around the globe turn to him regarding complex questions in Halacha, the responses of which have been pivotal in helping shape the contemporary Jewish world. Through his book series, Halacha MiMekora, Rav Rimon has become known worldwide for developing an innovative methodology for teaching Halacha, taking the reader from the sources to the…