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Mourning and the Day After: The Road to Resilience Dr. Elliott Malamet interviews Sherri Mandell

Sherri Mandel, Racheli Sprecher Fraenkel, Dr. Elliott Malamet

Audio
May 22, 2016

The LGBT Community and Orthodoxy

Dr. Elliott Malamet, Dr. Marshall Korenblum, Rabbi Chaim Rapoport and 3 more

In 1861 Rav Yaakov Ettlinger penned what is likely the most revolutionary responsa of modern times; one that allowed, for the first time in Jewish history, those who publicly desecrated the Shabbat to remain part of the observant Jewish community.…
Program
May 16, 2016

Akedat Yitzchak and Akedat Yishmael

Rabbi Michael Hattin

Torah in Motion and Pardes present: Akedat Yitzchak and Akedat Yishmael a moving text study that examines one of the most profound moments in the Hebrew Bible. We will investigate the episode not in isolation but rather by comparing and contrasting…
Audio
Mar 15, 2016

Gender Change in Jewish Law

Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb

Audio
Nov 26, 2015

7th International Conference on Medical Ethics: Advances in Reproductive Technology

Rabbi Dr. Avraham Steinberg, Rabbi Dr. Aaron Glatt, Rabbi Dr. Edward Reichman

Audio
Oct 12, 2015

7th International Conference on Medical Ethics: Parenting the Child With Special Needs

Dr. Jennie Goldstein, Rabbi Michael Taubes

Audio
Oct 12, 2015

New Paths for Ba'alei Teshuva, Part 3

Dr. Elliott Malamet

On one level, one could not help but be impressed by the intensity and earnestness at Aish Hatorah, circa 1983, of young people devoting themselves to the mission of revitalizing their own spiritual lives and attempting to persuade others to do the…
Article
Jan 14, 2015

New Paths for Ba'alei Teshuva, Part 2

Dr. Elliott Malamet

In early 1982, I began to study something called "The 48 Ways of Wisdom" one night a week. This was a series of classes based on the last chapter of Pirkei Avot, Ethics of Our Fathers, at a home study group organized by…
Article
Jan 13, 2015

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 Shidduch Crisis

Aliza Abrams, Rabbi Chananya Weissman, Rabbi Daniel Korobkin and 1 more

Few topics in contemporary Orthodoxy evoke as much passion and discussion as that of shidduchim and marriage. Articles and advice columns abound regarding whether there is a shidduch crisis; whether young people are prepared for…
Audio
May 18, 2014