Jewish History

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Rabbi Kalonymos Kalman Shapira: Jewish Spirituality and the Holocaust, Chanukah 1942

Dr. Don Seeman will present a lecture on Rabbi Kalonymos Kalman Shapira: Jewish Spirituality and the Holocaust, Chanukah 1942. Shapira's manuscripts, recovered from the ruins of the Warsaw Ghetto, outline his spiritual struggle to deal…
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A Journey Through Jewish History: Visit Central Europe 2013

Dr. Marc Shapiro

Join Dr. Marc Shapiro for a unique and intellectually inspiring trip to Central Europe designed especially by Dr. Shapiro. Visit Budapest, Vienna, Prague, Bratislava (Pressburg), Eisenstadt, Sopron and many other sites off the beaten track. A…
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Finding Tekhelet: An Online Lecture Series in Three Parts with Baruch Sterman

Baruch Sterman

For centuries, shellfish-dyed fabrics ranked among the most expensive objects of the ancient Mediterranean world, fetching up to 20 times their weight in gold. Huge fortunes were made from and lost to them, and battles were fought over control of…
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Rav Kook: His Life and His Legacy

Dr. Beni Gesundheit

On the 3rd of Elul, which was the 77th yahrzeit of Rav Abraham Isaac HaKohen Kook, z”l, Dr. Beni Gesundheit presented an analysis of Rav Kook's ideas.
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The Catholic Church, Gay Rights and the Jewish Community

Rabbi Jay Kelman

The mark of maturity is the ability to disagree with others respectfully; to be able to appreciate the integrity and sincerity of an argument even as you may fundamentally disagree with it. This is easier said than done, and it is truly the rare…
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Rabbi Meir Soloveichik Presents the Rabbi Joseph and Ruth Kelman z"l Memorial Lectures

Rabbi Meir Soloveichik

Rabbi Joseph Kelman, prominent Toronto rabbi and educator, was the scion of a long line of distinguished rabbis. He was married to Ruth Kelman (nee Friedman) for 45 years, and together, they worked tirelessly for the benefit of Clal Yisrael.…
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Our Days Are Numbered

Mark Steyn put it quite simply in America Alone: “Experts talk about root causes. But demography is the most basic root of all.” Prognostications about the future of any country, race or civilization must begin and end with the hard numbers. Is a…
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No, Israel Isn’t Turning into an Iran-Style Theocracy (The New Republic)

Gil TroyThe demonizing of Israel, dismissing the democratic Jewish state as a right-wing, religious, racist project, continues. The latest storyline describes ultra-Orthodox Israelis—known in Hebrew as haredim—as medieval Neanderthals rapidly…
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Great Jewish Thinkers Series: Moses Mendelssohn: A Traditional Jew Answers the Challenges of Modernity

Dr. Edward Breuer

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Rabbi Jay Kelman

Otta van Bismark, 19th century Chancellor of Germany, in introducing a social insurance program, set the rather arbitrary age of retirement of 65. This at a time when few people actually lived that long. Yet 65 has become sacrosanct for many. …
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