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Beyond Labels: Can't We All Get Along? The Rabbi Joseph and Ruth Kelman z"l Memorial Lecture

Rabbi Avi Shafran, Rabbi Daniel Korobkin, Rabbi Shmuel Goldin

Rabbi Joseph Kelman, prominent Toronto rabbi and educator, was the scion of a long line of distinguished rabbis. He was married to Ruth Kelman (nee Friedman) for 45 years, and together, they worked tirelessly for the benefit of Clal Yisrael...for…
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How Welcoming is the Orthodox Community?

Hadassah Paladin, Harold Berman, Michael Prell and 2 more

Do we appreciate the sacrifices and accomplishments of our community's converts? Co-sponsored by the Manhattan Mechina L’Giyur, Lincoln Square Synagogue, Torah in Motion and Manhattan Jewish Experience. Moderated by Rabbi Maury Kelman, director of…
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Celebrating the New Year

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Jews celebrate the New Year on the first of Tishrei with a solemn seriousness indicating the precarious nature of life. In contrast, the non-Jewish world celebrates New Years Day on January 1 with parties, focusing on joy and the fun side of life.…
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Through the Looking Glass: Modern Orthodoxy and Modern Islam (Renewing Our Spirit 2012)

Rabbi Francis Nataf

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The Catholic Church, Gay Rights and the Jewish Community

Rabbi Jay Kelman

The mark of maturity is the ability to disagree with others respectfully; to be able to appreciate the integrity and sincerity of an argument even as you may fundamentally disagree with it. This is easier said than done, and it is truly the rare…
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Beyond Conformity: Connecting to our Judaism

Dr. William Kolbrener

From Shakespeare to Freud, Einstein to Eliot - what is the role of play in creative thinking?; and is there a role for play in contemporary Jewish life? We explore how play and desire are essential for a radical Jewish creativity for the 21st…
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Monday Morning Quarterback

Daniel Goldstein

Monday morning at 1:30AM here in Israel, I joined over one hundred million of my fellow earth dwellers to watch Superbowl XLVI. When halftime rolled around, I imagine there were far fewer of us who left the broadcast and surfed over to the YU Torah…
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Judaism vs. Hellenism in the Eyes of Twentieth Century Thinkers

Rabbi David Bigman

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Should I Stay or Should I Go? The Response of Rabbinic Leadership to the Holocaust

Professor Kimmy Caplan

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The Future of Religion in a Secular Age

Dr. Elliott Malamet, Professor Charles Taylor

To purchase the MP3 from this lecture please click here Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth and Professor Charles Taylor, Department of Philosophy, McGill University; winner of the Templeton…
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