Modern

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My Heart is in the East (Part 3) - Rav Yosef M’Shash and His Approach Regarding Women who Learn Torah

Rabbanit Shira Mirvis

Audio
Jul 26, 2021

The Philosophy and Writings of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks z_l (Part 5) - The State of Israel. Miracle and Challenge (Future Tense)

Rabbi Alex Israel

Audio
Jul 19, 2021

My Heart is in the East (Part 2) - The Ben Ish Chai and His Commentary on Aggadot Talmudiyot

Rabbanit Shira Mirvis

Audio
Jul 19, 2021

My Heart is in the East (Part 1) - HaRav Uziel - Conversion from Love

Rabbanit Shira Mirvis

Audio
Jul 12, 2021

The Philosophy and Writings of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks z_l (Part 4) - Why be Jewish? (Letter in a Scroll)

Rabbi Alex Israel

Audio
Jul 12, 2021

The Philosophy and Writings of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks z_l (Part 3) - How Modern Society is Broken, and How to Fix It. (The Politics of Hope, Morality)

Rabbi Alex Israel

Audio
Jul 5, 2021

The Philosophy and Writings of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks z_l (Part 2) - Universalism and Particularism (The Dignity of Difference)

Rabbi Alex Israel

Audio
Jun 28, 2021

The Philosophy and Writings of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks z_l (Part 1) - Introduction: Rabbi Sacks. His Life and Works

Rabbi Alex Israel

Audio
Jun 21, 2021

e-TiM: The Philosophy and Writings of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks z”l

Rabbi Alex Israel

Rabbi Sacks was the world's leading Jewish public intellectual and ambassador. But what were his core messages? This course will survey his books and their groundbreaking ideas. Each class will follow a particular work, its central arguments and…
Program
Jun 14, 2021

e-TiM: How the Ba’al Shem Tov Changed the World: Major concepts in Hasidic thought

Professor Ora Wiskind

This series will focus on the early period of Hasidism – the Baal Shem Tov and his circle, with attention to some of the central innovations of Hasidic teaching that are attributed to these figures. Professor Ora Wiskind integrates insights…
Program
Mar 31, 2021