Society

Embark on a journey of Jewish learning and discovery, exploring the depth of our Society resources, where tagged items including audio, programs, and podcast episodes await your exploration.

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,…
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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. 
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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. 
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Renewing Our Spirit 2016 Livestream

Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, Rabbi Dr. Haskel Lookstein, Rabbi Dr. Adam S Ferziger and 1 more

If you can't join us in person for our 15th annual conference, register now to view our Saturday night panel via livestream. You will receive your login instructions under separate cover.
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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…
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The Dying Patient: A Practical Halachik Discussion

Rabbi Dr. Avraham Steinberg

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

Sherri Mandell, Racheli Sprecher Fraenkel, Dr. Elliott Malamet

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Did Medieval Jews and Christians Discuss the Bible?

Rabbi Dr. Martin Lockshin

from The People and the Book: Annual Conference on Tanach (2016).
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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…
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