The following article was originally published as part of the 5784/2023 Edition of Havruta Magazine. Surprisingly or not, the idea that people might create entities capable of mimicking their physical and cognitive abilities did not exceed the imagination of our…
Critical issues, Modernity
This piece was published in the eJewish Philanthropy on January 29, 2015. Click here to view the original article. In a fascinating book published recently by two economic historians, Maristella Botticini and Zvi Eckstein, the question of why Jews (traditionally…
Critical issues, Intermarriage, Modernity
Class Title – The Mourners’ Kaddish: Hasidic Remonstrations Class taught by Levi Cooper Class description: The quintessential Jewish prayer of resilience is the Mourners’ Kaddish – a publicly recited responsive passage that declares God’s greatness, while at the same time…
Self & spirituality, Hasidut, Critical issues, Modernity
The tension between the particular and the universal lies at the heart of Torah and many of today’s cultural challenges. R’ A.Y. HaCohen Kook was one of the great thinkers and holy souls of the Jewish people in the early…
Critical issues, Modernity
Video Host: Rav Mike Feuer Video Production by: Adam Titcher
Jewish calendar, Elul, Tanakh, Ketuvim (Writings), Lamentations, Critical issues
Please note: This resource is an attempt to be nuanced, but not objective. It is intended for rabbis inclined to give a sermon sympathetic to the plight of the refugees. On February 1, the 1,500 asylum seekers interred in the…
Critical issues, Modernity, Social justice, Zionism
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
The Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies was thrilled to welcome Dr. Rachel Levmore who came to talk to students on the important topic of Prenuptial Agreements for the Prevention of Get-Refusal: One solution to the worldwide problem.
Jewish living, Halakha, Marriage and divorce, Critical issues, Modernity
Rabbi Marmur came to talk to students at The Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem on the topic of “God and Language”. How do we talk about God and what language can we use to do this?
Critical issues, Modernity
Blu Greenberg, Malke Bina and Rahel Berkovits In Conversation on the topic of Orthodox Feminism: How far have we come; How far still to go? Moderated by Meesh Hammer-Kossoy.
Critical issues, Feminism, Modernity, Jewish living, Women’s issues
Yitz Greenberg and Daniel Landes in conversation: Israel: Jewish or Democratic? The Debate within Israel; the Effect on World Jewry. Moderated by Dr. Elliott Malamet >
Critical issues, Democracy, Modernity, Politics, Zionism
This dvar Torah was written for Limmud On One Leg. The blessing most loved by its recipient – we, the Jewish people – is Balaam’s “How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, thy dwellings, O Israel!” (Numbers 24:5). Commentators such…
Tanakh, Torah, Bamidbar (Numbers), Balak, Critical issues, Mahloket Matters/conflict resolution
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