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Moving Farther from Father: Paternity in the 21st Century

Rabbi Dr. Edward Reichman

TiM's 9th International Conference on Jewish Medical Ethics offered a great Shabbat weekend of inspiring learning and camaraderie, and was approved for up to 15.5 CME credits.  Join us for the 10th International Conference on Jewish Medical Ethics…
Audio
Jul 26, 2017

Divorce: Impact on Children, Family, and Community

Dr. David Pelcovitz

TiM's 9th International Conference on Jewish Medical Ethics offered a great Shabbat weekend of inspiring learning and camaraderie, and was approved for up to 15.5 CME credits.  Join us for the 10th International Conference on Jewish Medical Ethics…
Audio
Jul 26, 2017

Rabbi Joseph and Ruth Kelman Memorial Lectures with Dr. Tova Ganzel

Dr. Tova Ganzel

Sunday, June 25, 2017: Zichron Yisroel Congregation of Associated Hebrew Schools, 300 Atkinson Avenue, Thornhill 9:30 am: The Evolving Role of the Rabbinate Through the Generations Dr. Tova Ganzel is the Director of the Midrasha in Bar-Ilan…
Program
May 13, 2017

Sinai and Sexuality: LGBT Jews Talk about G-d, Torah and Personal Identity

Gidon Feen, Joanna Halpern, Miriam Herman and 2 more

Following our panel on LGBT and Orthodoxy in May (you can watch it here), we were overwhelmed by the response and the number of people it touched. We were approached to do a follow-up, this time focusing on hearing the voices of young, observant…
Audio
Dec 6, 2016

Beyond Bais Yaakov: The Silent Revolution Of Haredi Women

Rabbi Dr. Adam S Ferziger

From the 15th Annual Renewing Our Spirit Conference. This annual gathering features fascinating lectures and hard-hitting, provocative panel discussions with some of the finest scholars in the Jewish world today. 
Audio
Nov 7, 2016

Muhammad and Midrash: Jewish-Muslim Relations at the Birth of Islam

Ari Gordon

From the 15th Annual Renewing Our Spirit Conference. This annual gathering features fascinating lectures and hard-hitting, provocative panel discussions with some of the finest scholars in the Jewish world today. 
Audio
Nov 7, 2016

Can Torah Speak to the Modern World?

Dr. Elliott Malamet, Dr. Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg

Combining everything from classical rabbinic commentary and Hasidic writings to postmodern literary criticism, art history, and psychoanalysis, Dr. Avivah Zornberg's writings on the Bible are now known and admired around the world by diverse…
Program
Aug 18, 2016

The Dying Patient: A Practical Halachik Discussion

Rabbi Dr. Avraham Steinberg

Audio
Aug 6, 2016

The LGBT Community and Orthodoxy

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

In 1861 Rav Yaakov Ettlinger penned what is likely the most revolutionary response 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.…
Audio
May 30, 2016

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