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Jewish Particularism and Universalism
Feb 13, 2017
Marc Silverman: ββFree Jewsβ and Their Views on Jewish Culture and Its Interface with Other Peoplesβ Culturesβ
Yossi Turner: βJewish Learning and the Non-Jew: Toward a New Particularist-Universalist Paradigmβ
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Teaching Jewish History and Teaching Israel: The βOtherβ is Within βOurβ Subject Matters
Feb 13, 2017 By Ofra Arieli Backenroth | Public Event video
Ofra Backenroth and Alex Sinclair: ββPresent Absenteesβ: On the Place of Non-Jewish Israeli Narratives in Israel Educationβ
Meredith Katz and Jeffrey Kress: βMiddle School Students and βThe Otherβ in an Online Jewish History Simulation Activityβ
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Thinkers with an Educational Orientation: Exploring the Universal and the Particular
Feb 12, 2017
Ari Ackerman: βUniversalism and Jewish Nationalism in the Educational Philosophy of Mordecai Kaplanβ
Daniel Marom: βJewish Educational Roots and Implications of Zamenhof’s Global Esperanto Movementβ
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The Blessing of AssimilationβThen and Now
Sep 20, 2016 By Arnold M. Eisen | Public Event video
Current 91Ώμ²₯ Chancellor Arnold M. Eisen revisits former 91Ώμ²₯ Chancellor Gerson D. Cohenβs landmark 1966 essay βThe Blessing of Assimilation in Jewish History.β Chancellor Eisen discusses how the issues raised by Chancellor Cohen half a century ago continue to engage and challenge us today.
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Open Book Open Heart: Siddur Lev Shalem and the Future of Prayer
May 24, 2016 By 91Ώμ²₯ | Public Event video
Lev Shalem editors Rabbis Edward Feld and Jan Uhrbach discuss with Chancellor Arnold M. Eisen the unique spiritual needs and challenges of this generation and how this new prayer book responds.
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Religion and Diplomacy
May 9, 2016 By 91Ώμ²₯ | Public Event video
Religion is personal, yet it looms large in international diplomacy, much as it factors into interpersonal relations. This yearβs lecture is a high level conversation between two veteran diplomats, Archbishop Bernardito Auza and Ambassador Daniel Kurtzer, whose religions are essential to who they are and how they conduct their diplomatic work.
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Answering the Call to Holiness Together
May 8, 2016 By Arnold M. Eisen | Public Event video
A guest sermon at the Riverside Church of New York.
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Free Speech vs. Hate Speech: The Changing Contours of Free Expression
Mar 28, 2016 By 91Ώμ²₯ | Public Event video
Frederick M. LawrenceβYale Law School senior research scholar, past president of Brandeis University, and a leading expert on civil rights, free expression, and bias crimesβexplores the boundaries of free expression in the 2016 Bernard G. Segal Memorial Lecture.
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The Syrian Refugee Crisis: Realities and Responses
Feb 2, 2016 By 91Ώμ²₯ | Public Event video
What are the realities on the ground in Syria and other affected countries? What are our responsibilities as individuals, as a country, and as a Jewish community? How do we fulfill the Jewish moral imperative of dealing compassionately with the stranger even as we ensure domestic security?
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Disabilities, Inclusion, and Jewish Education
Dec 9, 2015 By 91Ώμ²₯ | Public Event video
How does the Jewish community help individuals with a range of disabilities participate meaningfully in Jewish education and Jewish life? A panel of experts discusses key innovations and challenges in the field as they apply to both formal and informal Jewish education, and explores which programs, services, and opportunities are still missing.
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No Religion Is an Island
Nov 24, 2015 By 91Ώμ²₯ | Public Event video
A conversation between UTS President Professor Serene Jones and 91Ώμ²₯ Chancellor Professor Arnold Eisen, celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Abraham Joshua Heschel’s revolutionary address at Union Theological Seminary.
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The State of Israel: Messianism Without a Messiah?
Nov 23, 2015 By Benjamin R. Gampel | Public Event video
This presentation explores what the messianic idea has meant for Jews through the ages and in contemporary Israeli politicsβand the dramatic implications of messianic thinking in shaping the future and fate of the Jewish state.
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50 Years of Jewish-Catholic Dialogue
Nov 20, 2015 By 91Ώμ²₯ | Public Event video
Mordechay Lewy, the Immediate Past Ambassador of the State of Israel to the Holy See, delivers a lecture titled, “50 Years of Jewish-Catholic Dialogue.”
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I Am My Belovedβs: Challenges of Marriage and Relationships in Contemporary Society
Nov 5, 2015
This panel, featuring Daniel Jones, editor of “Modern Love,” Dr. Mona Fishbane, couple therapy specialist, and Rabbi Aaron Brusso of Bet Torah, Mount Kisco, New York, focuses on the challenges within contemporary marriages and relationships in our society and particularly in the Jewish community. Rabbi Mychal Springer, Helen Fried Kirshblum Goldstein Chair in Professional and Pastoral Skills and director of the Center for Pastoral Education at 91Ώμ²₯, moderates.
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Timothy Cardinal Dolan: 50 Years of Nostra Aetate
May 7, 2015 By 91Ώμ²₯ | Public Event video
His Eminence Archbishop Timothy Cardinal Dolan celebrates Jewish-Catholic relations on the 50th anniversary of Nostra Aetate.
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The American Jewish Conversation about Israel
Apr 30, 2015
Once a great source of unity and pride for American Jews, Israel now often leads to impassioned conflict, heated debate, and even alienation within our community. J.J. Goldberg, Jonathan Tobin, and Rabbi Melissa Weintraub explore whether anything can and should be done to bridge our polarization; whether there should be any “red lines” in discussing Israel, either for individuals or for Jewish communal organizations; and how the way we talk to each other about Israel impacts the American Jewish community, especially among younger generations, and how it affects Israel.
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Defeating DOMA: The Changing Nature of Equality Under the US Constitution
Mar 18, 2015
Roberta Kaplan, Partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, who successfully argued before the United States Supreme Court the landmark U.S. V. Windsor marriage equality case, which struck down a key provision of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), explores this groundbreaking ruling. Dozens of courts have relied explicitly on this case to accord gay couples equal rights under the law.
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Hanukkah Reignited! 1 Wondering Jew, Lab/Shul, and Friends Light Up 91Ώμ²₯
Dec 2, 2014 By 91Ώμ²₯ | Public Event video | Hanukkah
A panel discussion with Jewish Daily Forward columnist Abigail Pogrebin and Lab/Shul founder Amichai Lau-Lavie (RS β16) cohost this panel featuring Bruce Feiler, Rabba Sara Hurwitz, Rabbi David Ingber, Rabbi Jill Hammer, and Rabbi Burton L. Visotzky, and a performance with students from 91Ώμ²₯’s cantorial school, cantors and song leaders of New York City congregations, and Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul, and Mary.
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Gaza, the IDF Code of Ethics, and the Morality of War
Nov 20, 2014
This summer, Israel faced a war with Gaza, but what are the moral implications involved in such a war? 91Ώμ²₯’s (91Ώμ²₯) Chancellor Arnold M. Eisen and Dr. Moshe Halbertal, Gruss Professor of Law at New York University School of Law discuss this complicated topic.
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Veterans Day at 91Ώμ²₯: Honoring US Military, Veterans, and Chaplains with Admiral Michelle Howard
Nov 10, 2014
What does the US Navy have to say about morals? Admiral Michelle Howard, the first female four-star admiral in the history of the US Navy, lectures on ethics and diversity.
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