The Future of Halacha: A Panel Discussion (Renewing Our Spirit 2014)
Moderated by Dr. Elliott Malamet.
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Rabbi Aryeh Klapper
Rabbi Aryeh Klapper is Dean of the Center for Modern Torah Leadership and Rosh Beit Midrash of its Summer Beit Midrash Program, Instructor of Rabbinics and Medical Ethics at Gann Academy, and a member of the Boston Beit Din. He previously served as Orthodox Adviser and Associate Director for Education at Harvard Hillel and as Talmud Curriculum Chair at Maimonides High School. Rabbi Klapper has published in Tradition, Meorot, Dinei Yisrael, Beit Yitzchak and other journals and has presented at numerous academic and…
Rabbi Shlomo Vilk
Rav Shlomo Vilk is the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Machanaim in Efrat and serves as the rabbi of Kehilat Ya'el in Bak'a, Jerusalem. Rav Vilk studied at Yeshivat Karnei Shomron and The Hari Fishel Dayanut Kollel and received ordination from The Chief Rabbinate of Israel. He holds a BA and MA in Jewish Philosophy. Previously, Rav Vilk spent several years on Shlichut in Toronto at TanenbaumCHAT. Rav Vilk's unique interdisciplinary approach to Torah offers students a broad and fascinating look at the interface between the humanities, science and Torah.
Rabbi Simcha Krauss
Rabbi Simcha Krauss received Semicha Yoreh Yoreh and Yadin Yadin from Yeshivas R’ Chaim Berlin under Rabbi Yitzchak Hutner; he also learned under Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik and was a close student of the Rav. Rabbi Krauss was a Maggid Shiur in Yeshiva University's IBC program for over two decades. Rabbi Krauss has a BA from City College and an MA from The New School of Social Research, and served on the Political Science faculty at both St. Louis University and Utica College of…