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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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Rewiring Trauma: The Holocaust and the Science of Memory

Dr. Daniela Schiller

On the cutting edge of neuroscience, Dr. Daniela Schiller's research explores the possibility of traumatic memories being modified or altered, including the experience of Holocaust survivors and their memories. In conversation with Dr. Elliott…
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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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What We Talk About When We Talk About War

In this, what was the summer of our discontent, it is worth looking at the words that were commonly used to moralize about the present war. At the top of the list perhaps  is "proportional",  defined in the OED as "…
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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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Can It Really Be That (Some) Jews Don't Learn Torah on Christmas Eve?

Dr. Marc Shapiro

An examination of the peculiar Chassidic custom to refrain from Torah study on Nittelnacht, Christmas Eve. Cosponsored by Congregation B'nai Torah.
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Uncovering Rabbinic Forgeries (Renewing Our Spirit 2013)

Dr. Moshe Koppel

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Hazal's Theory of Probability (Renewing Our Spirit 2013)

Dr. Moshe Koppel

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