On Thursday, January 24, Yeshivat Chovevei Torah and Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies presented an evening of conversation on the topic of Jews and their various religious views. Join by Rabbi Dov Linzer, President & Rosh HaYeshiva of YCT, he tackled these differences with Rabbi Daniel Sperber and Pardes’s Rabbi Rahel Berkovits. This is the podcast recording of that evening. You can learn more about the evening itself by visiting the event page.
Taboo, Tolerance or Togetherness: What does Halakha Say About Other Religions?
Introduction
Rahel Berkovits
Rabbi Rahel Berkovits is Senior Faculty at Pardes, where she has taught Mishnah, Talmud and Halakha for more than twenty years. She lectures widely in Israel and abroad on topics relating to women and Jewish law and Jewish sexual ethics. In 2015, Rahel received rabbinic ordination from Rabbis Herzl Hefter and Daniel Sperber.
Rahel is the halakhic editor and a writer for Hilkhot Nashim, the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance’s halakhic source guide series published by Koren. She is also a founding member of Congregation Shirah Hadasha, a halakhic partnership synagogue in Jerusalem, where she serves on the halakha committee.