Modern History

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Effects of The Enlightenment on Sephardi Jewry

Rabbi Joseph Dweck

Monday, October 19 Pre-Enlightenment Sephardi approaches to Hashkafa and Halakha Monday, October 26 Post-Enlightenment Sephardi approaches to Hashkafa and Halakha Monday, November 2 The Future of Sephardi Judaism - Western Sephardim As A Model
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Thoughts of a Modern Orthodox Jew

Rabbi Dr. Martin Lockshin

Thoughts of a Modern Orthodox Jew
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e-TiM: Snapshots of American Jewish History

Rabbi Adam Mintz

Sunday, June 7    11:00 am EST The First Heter Agunah in America  Sunday, June 14   11:00 am EST The Founding of the Maimonides School in Boston Sunday, June 21   11:00 am EST 1971: A Glimpse Into American Orthodoxy
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Ordinary Israelis and Extraordinary History

Rabbi Lee Buckman

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e-TiM: The Mir Yeshiva's Incredible Escape to Shanghai

Dr. Marc Shapiro

Dr. Marc Shapiro reveals a little-known saga of Holocaust survival in four parts.
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Keeping Mitzvot on Zoom

Rabbi Aviad Tabory

Keeping Mitzvot on Zoom
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Scholar in Residence: Rabbi Aviad Tabory

Rabbi Aviad Tabory

Rav Tabory will give the devar Torah before laining, as well as the shiur after kiddush (approx 11:15pm) on the topic: Our Hero in Damascus: Spying for Israel in Halacha  and he will speak at seudah shlisheet on the topic: From Father to…
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Scholar in Residence: Yair Rosenberg

Yair Rosenberg

Please join us as we welcome Yair Rosenberg. After kiddush (approx 11:20am) Einstein and the Rabbi: The Untold Story of the Physicist's 20-Year Friendship with Rabbi Chaim Tchernowitz, and Their Conversations About the…
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Scholars in Residence: Dr. Zev Eleff, Dr. Leslie Klein, Dr. Marc Shapiro

Dr. Marc Shapiro, Dr. Leslie Klein, Rabbi Dr. Zev Eleff

We look forward to welcoming Rabbi Dr. Zev Eleff, Dr. Leslie Klein and Dr. Marc Shapiro March 29-31.  Please join us for the many learning oppurtunites over Shabbat and Sunday. At Clanton Park Synagogue Shabbat morning derasha Rav Kook As A…
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The History of Orthodoxy

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Join Rabbi Jay Kelman for his weekly Shabbat shiur at the Or Chaim Minyan, 159 Almore Ave. Toronto, one hour before mincha. This shabbat October 20, the shiur will be at 4:55pm on the topic Who Shall we Appoint to the Sanhedrin? If…
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