Israel

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The Ethics of War: A Panel Discussion (Renewing Our Spirit 2014)

Dr. Daniel Lagace-Roy, Professor Asa Kasher, Rabbi Aryeh Klapper

Audio
Dec 17, 2014

How to Observe Shemita and Why It Matters

Rav Yosef Zvi Rimon

Audio
Nov 19, 2014

The New World Disorder: Fundamentalism, Human Rights, and the Future of Democracy

Melanie Phillips

Audio
Nov 2, 2014

How to Observe Shemita and Why It Matters

Rav Yosef Zvi Rimon

Rabbi Yosef Zvi Rimon is one of the world's leading experts on shemita, offering a view that combines halacha and the underlying Jewish values that are embedded in the shemita concept. A popular lecturer and educator and prolific author, Rav…
Program
Oct 27, 2014

What We Talk About When We Talk About War

Dr. Elliott Malamet

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 "…
Article
Sep 11, 2014

From the West Side to the West Bank

Dr. Elliott Malamet, Rabbi Shlomo Riskin

Shlomo Riskin is one of the most remarkable figures in post war Judaism. From his childhood in Brooklyn to his aliya and his becoming rabbi of Efrat, Israel, Rabbi Riskin revolutionized American Orthodox Judaism and also fulfilled the Zionist dream…
Program
Sep 10, 2014

The Relevance of Tisha B'Av After the Founding of the State of Israel

Rabbi Noah Cheses

Torah in Motion sponsors programming for Tisha B'Av annually. Our program enables one to truly understand and feel the losses that we experienced, and sharpens our ability to focus on the mourning required on this day.
Audio
Aug 12, 2014

Next Year in Jerusalem: Do We Really Mean It?

Rabbi Morris Wruble

From the 6th International Conference on Jewish Medical Ethics.
Audio
Aug 1, 2014

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…
Article
Jul 2, 2014

The Struggle for Religious Identity in the State of Israel

Rabbi David Stav

Audio
May 16, 2014