Rabbi Dr. William Friedman is a Faculty Associate Fellow for Pardes North America. He received rabbinic ordination from Rabbi Daniel Landes, holds an MA in Talmud and Rabbinics from the Jewish Theological Seminary, and is a doctoral candidate in Ancient Judaism at Harvard University.
With a passion for deep and accessible Jewish learning, William has studied and taught at institutions including Pardes, the Conservative Yeshiva, Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, the Jewish Theological Seminary, Academy for Jewish Religion, Hebrew College, and the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America. William is the Senior Educator of Base Lincoln Park in Chicago, where he lives with his spouse, Rabbi Sarah Mulhern, and their three children.
Georgetown University Law Center and the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies present The Moral Economy: A Conference on Law, Economics and Religion. In this session, David Kuney (moderator), Judge Eugene Wedoff, Judge Shelley Chapman, Rabbi William Friedman and Mr. Irvin…
Critical Issues, Economic Justice, Podcast Series, Pardes Live and Mini-Series
Kulam: The Pittsburgh Community Beit Midrash in partnership with Pardes presented: Jewish Wisdom & Eternal Human Dilemmas, a 6-part series taught by Rabbi Will Friedman interspersed with a 6-part virtual Beit Midrash. Part 1: Interpersonal Responsibility in a Global Age.…
Critical Issues, Modernity, Self & Spirituality, Personal Transformation
What is the difference between burning something, selling it, or throwing it in the trash? Each method eliminates the object from our possession, but reveals a very different relationship to the act of getting rid of it and, ultimately, to…
Podcast Series, Pardes Live and Mini-Series, Jewish Calendar, Pesach