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e-TiM: Adventures in American Judaism

Rabbi Dr. Zev Eleff

 Adventures in American Judaism Rabbi Dr. Zev Eleff Mondays, 10:00am Eastern, 5:00pm Israel Time July 8 Who Rules the Synagogue? During the formative nineteenth century, the synagogue became the major battle ground between religious and lay…
Program
Jul 2, 2024

Live From the Biblical Museum of Natural History (Part 4) - The Camel, the Hare, & the Hyrax

Rabbi Dr. Natan Slifkin

Audio
Jun 19, 2024

Live From the Biblical Museum of Natural History (Part 3) - Elephants & Mammoths

Rabbi Dr. Natan Slifkin

Audio
Jun 5, 2024

Live From the Biblical Museum of Natural History (Part 2) - The Techelet Controversy

Rabbi Dr. Natan Slifkin

Audio
May 22, 2024

Live From the Biblical Museum of Natural History (Part 1) - The Animals of Pirkei Avot

Rabbi Dr. Natan Slifkin

Audio
May 15, 2024

Forgotten Synagogue Classics (Part 5) - Third Time’s the Charm? The Rabbinical Council of America’s Siddurim

Yosef Lindell

Audio
Feb 12, 2024

Forgotten Synagogue Classics (Part 4) - An Accurate Machzor and a Misspelled Matzevah: The Story of Dr. Philip Birnbaum’s Prayer Books

Yosef Lindell

Audio
Feb 5, 2024

Forgotten Synagogue Classics (Part 3) - The Adler/Routledge Machzor: Prayer, Poetry, and a Transatlantic Battle of the Translators

Yosef Lindell

Audio
Jan 29, 2024

Forgotten Synagogue Classics (Part 2) - Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan’s Living Torah: How Literally Must One Translate the Chumash?

Yosef Lindell

Audio
Jan 22, 2024

e-TiM: The Mussar Dispute

Dr. Marc Shapiro

The Mussar Dispute Dr. Marc Shapiro Mondays, 8:30pm Eastern continuing, September, 9, 2024 The Mussar Movement, originated by R. Israel Salanter, was to have an enormous influence on the yeshiva world. Yet it also created great controversy. Why…
Program
Jan 15, 2024