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Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch and the Development of Modern Orthodoxy

Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch and the Development of Modern Orthodoxy
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The Evolving Role of the Rabbinate Through the Generations

Dr. Tova Ganzel

Sponsored by the Gutenberg and Kelman families in honour of the Yahrzeit of Rabbi Joseph and Ruth Kelman, z”l.
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Rabbi Joseph and Ruth Kelman Memorial Lectures with Dr. Tova Ganzel

Dr. Tova Ganzel

Sunday, June 25, 2017: Zichron Yisroel Congregation of Associated Hebrew Schools, 300 Atkinson Avenue, Thornhill 9:30 am: The Evolving Role of the Rabbinate Through the Generations Dr. Tova Ganzel is the Director of the Midrasha in…
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A Game of Sources...and more

Rabbi Meir Fachler

Torah in Motion is delighted to welcome Rabbi Meir Fachler as Scholar in Residence at the Or Chaim Minyan for Shabbat, Parshat Emor, May 13. On Thursday, Rabbi Fachler presented "Learning to Think Like a Talmid Chacham: A Talmud Learning Workshop."…
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Scholar in Residence: Rabbi Michael Hattin

Rabbi Michael Hattin

Torah in Motion is delighted to welcome Rabbi Michael Hattin as Scholar in Residence at the Or Chaim Minyan for Shabbat, Parshiyot Acharei Mot/Kedoshim, May 6.    
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Muhammad and Midrash: Jewish-Muslim Relations at the Birth of Islam

Ari Gordon

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. 
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Renewing Our Spirit 2016 Livestream

Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, Rabbi Dr. Haskel Lookstein, Rabbi Dr. Adam S Ferziger and 1 more

If you can't join us in person for our 15th annual conference, register now to view our Saturday night panel via livestream. You will receive your login instructions under separate cover.
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Renewing Our Spirit 2016

Rabbi Dr. Haskel Lookstein, Shuli Taubes, Ari Gordon and 3 more

Fifteenth Annual Conference Renewing Our Spirit 2016   Shaarei Shomayim Congregation, 470 Glencairn Avenue, Toronto Saturday Night, November 5, 8:15 pm: The Evolution of Orthodoxy Introductory Remarks: Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis Panel:…
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Tisha B’Av & Yom Hashoah: Tension in Incorporating the Memory of the Holocaust in Ritual

Rabbi Nathaniel Helfgot

Another entry in our Tisha B'Av Program series by Rabbi Nathaniel Helfgot, Spiritual Leader, Congregation Netivot Shalom, Teaneck, NJ.
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Solomon Schechter and the Modern Discovery of the Cairo Genizah

Dr. Malka Z. Simkovich

The People and the Book: Annual Conference on Tanach (2016).
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