Rabbi Dr. Daniel Roth is Director Emeritus of the Pardes Center for Judaism and Conflict Resolution and an adjunct faculty member. He is currently Director of Mosaica and teaches graduate courses on religion and peacebuilding at Bar-Ilan University, Tel Aviv University and Hebrew University.
Daniel initiated Pardes’s Mahloket Matters and the 9Adar Project, promoting constructive conflict and dialogue in Israel and beyond. A regular lecturer for MEJDI Tours and National Geographic, he previously served as a senior research fellow at George Mason University’s Center for World Religions, Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution. Daniel holds degrees from Bar-Ilan University, Hebrew University, and Herzog Teachers’ College, and received rabbinic ordination from Yeshivat Har Etzion.
This podcast examines the story of Hanukah as told in the Book of Maccabeus as a classic example of clash of civilizations and identity groups that ends in a violent civil war. The question is are there alternatives? Is it…
Jewish calendar, Chanukah
What does it mean to “keep the peace” in society? Is it about enforcing the law and order of society in order to ensure against anarchy or is it about balancing between conflicting perspectives and needs of various members and…
Tanakh, Torah, Bamidbar (Numbers), Pinchas
Hear keynote speaker R’ Dr. Daniel Roth, director of PCJCR and Mosaica’s Religious Peace Initiative at the home of President Reuven Rivlin marking Dibur Hadash: Israel Week of Mediation and Dialogue (9Adar Israel). The event was in partnership with 929…
Critical issues, Mahloket Matters/conflict resolution
Can text study improve civil discourse today? R’ Daniel Roth has many insights regarding Mahloket Matters, how to disagree constructively. To see the article from Pardes’s Havruta 2018 edition, please view it online or click the button to download and…
Critical issues, Mahloket Matters/conflict resolution
Recently, communities in America and around the world have shared with us the increasing challenges they face in balancing opposing political and ideological views both within their own community and between communities. Too often, communities feel stuck having to choose…
Critical issues, Mahloket Matters/conflict resolution
Join the Pardes Rodef Shalom Schools Program – Professional Learning Community Webinar for an exciting webinar with Pardes Senior Research Fellow Rabbi Dr. Howard Kaminsky who will discuss his new book, “Fundamentals of Jewish Conflict Resolution.” Fundamentals of Jewish Conflict…
Critical issues, Mahloket Matters/conflict resolution
This week is Shabbat Zachor, where we remember Amalek. In this podcast by Rabbi Dr. Daniel Roth, he explores who Amalek is and different interpretations as to how the struggle with them began as well as opportunities for how we…
Tanakh, Torah, Shemot (Exodus), Tetzaveh
Many students never question why Mordechai wouldn’t bow to Haman, but according to halakha there isn’t a prohibition against bowing to a fellow human being, as a social custom or sign of respect. So why didn’t Mordechai bow to Haman?…
Critical issues, Mahloket Matters/conflict resolution, Jewish calendar, Purim
This webinar is intended for rabbis: This year (5777), the months of Av and Elul have brought us an unusually dramatic and painful backdrop to the Yamim Nor’aim. Since the Charlottesville neo-Nazi/white supremacists’ demonstration and the subsequent reactions to it,…
Critical issues, Mahloket Matters/conflict resolution
Cases of third-party peacemakers in classical, medieval, and early-modern sources, with applications to conflict resolution today.