Modern History

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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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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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Or Chaim Minyan Scholar in Residence -Sarah Gordon

Sarah Gordon

Friday night Oneg Shabbat (This session will take plance in a private home, please be in touch for details): Leadership vs Followship: Are Both Needed? Comparing Miriam and Moshe to Devorah and Barak Shabbat morning After kiddush 11:20am…
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May G-d Comfort...

Rabbi Jay Kelman

For most of the world, the year 1492 marks the anniversary of Christopher Columbus' voyage to America. Yet for Jews, the year 1492 is a year of tragedy, a date in Jewish history etched in infamy. It marked the end of perhaps the greatest…
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Powerless in Toronto

Rabbi Jay Kelman

It’s always important to remind ourselves to be thankful for those things we take for granted—like having electricity. As many of you know firsthand, and many others have undoubtedly heard, we Torontonians are slowly recovering from an…
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Uncovering Rabbinic Forgeries (Renewing Our Spirit 2013)

Dr. Moshe Koppel

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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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The Hertz Chumash United Us

Rabbi Jay Kelman

During shul this past week, I was reading the notes of the Hertz Chumash, as I often do. This likely puts me in small company as the Hertz Chumash has gone the way—pardon the expression—of the dodo bird. It so happens the shul at which I daven has a…
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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

Dr. Elliott Malamet

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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