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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…
J.J. and Dr. Tamar Rudavsky trace the responses to Maimonides among Medieval Jewish Philosophers.
T.M. Rudavsky is Professor of Philosophy at The Ohio State University. She specializes in medieval Jewish philosophy and has edited three volumes:…
Dr. Marc Shapiro, Dr. Shai Secunda, Rabbi Dr. Martin Lockshin and 4 more
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Judaism Encounters the World
A December 25 Online Yom Iyyun
9:30am-2:25pm Eastern time, 4:30pm-9:25pm Israel time
9:30am Eastern time
Healing Jewish-Muslim Relations
Rabbi…
In this episode J.J. and Dr. Yonatan Brafman define philosophy of halakha and discuss the competing halakhic philosophies of Yeshayahu Leibovitz and Eliezer Berkovits.
Yonatan Brafman is an assistant professor of Modern Judaism in the Department of…
In this episode J.J. and Dr. Miriam Feldmann-Kaye get into the nature of postmodernism and how it relates to Judaism. Also, meta-narratives and mega-narratives.
Dr. Miriam Feldmann Kaye is a Lecturer in Jewish Philosophy at Bar-Ilan University. A…
An Introduction to the 613 Mitzvot
Rabbi Jay Kelman
Friday, June 30 - 1:00pm Eastern
This class is taking place today in place of Rabbi Kelman's shiur on the Siddur.
How to Study Aggada
Rabbi Yitzchak Blau
Wednesdays, July 12 to August 9 - 10:00am Eastern, 5:00pm Israel
(Please note that there will be NO CLASS on Erev Tisha B'Av, Wednesday, July 26.)
The Aggada, or non-legal sections of the Talmud, has…