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Glickman 2017-02-25 -archive

Rabbi Ozer Glickman zl

Audio
Feb 25, 2017

Talking to Parents

Rabbi Jay Kelman

One of the aspects of teaching I enjoy greatly is parent-teacher meetings. Beyond friendly chatter the meetings afford, it is important for us to meet those who raise our students and are ultimately responsible for their education. We teachers are…
Article
Dec 18, 2016

Beyond Bais Yaakov: The Silent Revolution Of Haredi Women

Rabbi Dr. Adam S Ferziger

From the 15th Annual Renewing Our Spirit Conference. This annual gathering features fascinating lectures and hard-hitting, provocative panel discussions with some of the finest scholars in the Jewish world today. 
Audio
Nov 7, 2016

The First Day of School - on Nehama's Birthday

Rabbi Jay Kelman

For thousands of children, not to mention parents, the day after Labour Day marks the unofficial end of summer. The long lazy summer days of camp, vacation, and sleeping in abruptly come to an end as the new school year begins. Car…
Article
Sep 6, 2016

Tying Tuition to Income!

Rabbi Jay Kelman

The current model of day school funding where tuition is charged for each and every student is clearly broken. Tuitions have been rising at 2-3 times the level of inflation for years squeezing out the middle class and beyond and leading to declining…
Article
Jul 10, 2016

The LGBT Community and Orthodoxy

Dr. Marshall Korenblum, Rabbi Chaim Rapoport, Dr. Elliott Malamet and 3 more

In 1861 Rav Yaakov Ettlinger penned what is likely the most revolutionary response of modern times; one that allowed, for the first time in Jewish history, those who publicly desecrated the Shabbat to remain part of the observant Jewish community.…
Audio
May 30, 2016

Loans and Grants

Rabbi Jay Kelman

I write these words from Israel on the eve of Yom Hazikaron, the saddest day of the year as we remember the 23,447 casualties of war and terrorism; immediately followed by Yom Ha’atzmaut, perhaps the happiest day of the year. This roller…
Article
May 10, 2016

Akedat Yitzchak and Akedat Yishmael

Rabbi Michael Hattin

Torah in Motion and Pardes present: Akedat Yitzchak and Akedat Yishmael a moving text study that examines one of the most profound moments in the Hebrew Bible. We will investigate the episode not in isolation but rather by comparing and contrasting…
Audio
Mar 15, 2016

Jewish on Campus

Zac Kaye, Rabbi Aaron Greenberg

Audio
Feb 1, 2016

The Syrian Refugees and The Giving Pledge

Rabbi Jay Kelman

As Canada begins welcoming 25,000 Syrian refugees, it behooves us to think of the flourishing Jewish community that once existed in Syria. The Jewish world owes a tremendous debt of gratitude to Judy Feld Carr who, at great personal risk, rescued…
Article
Jan 4, 2016