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Memory on Trial: Evaluating Eyewitness Identification Evidence In The 21st Century
Jan 23, 2013 By 91Ώμ²₯ | Public Event video
Eyewitness identification can have an enormous impact on the outcome of a trial. But how trustworthy is such testimony? And, if inaccurate, could it result in a miscarriage of justice? How should the courts proceed?
Shalom, Shalom, Yet There is No Peace: Waging Peace and Making War
Dec 13, 2012 By 91Ώμ²₯ | Public Event video
How can the United States defend its freedoms? What is required to promote peace around the world? And, what was it like to be the highest-ranking Jewish officer in the US military?
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The Fiction of Teshuvah
Nov 20, 2012
Does anyone ever really change their ways? Can we become “someone new”? Is teshuvah really possible, or is it just fiction? Best-selling authors Susan Isaacs and Linda Fairstein as they discuss this topic through the characters in their books.
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Judaism Without Revelation?
Oct 5, 2012
“Can There Be Judaism Without Revelation?” As part of the Tikvah Instituteβs lecture series on Contemporary Jewish Philosophy, Professor Michael Morgan from the University of Toronto delivers a talk on just how necessary a central point of Jewish belief system truly is.
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Maimonides and the Messiah
Oct 5, 2012
Professor Kenneth Seeskin, Northwestern University, discusses “Maimonides on the Days of the MessiahβRestorative or Utopian?”
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On Holiness
Oct 5, 2012
If holiness is defined as transcendence, how does one emulate God’s transcendence? Dr. Lenn Goodman delivers a lecture relating to this topic.
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The Renewal of the Covenant
Oct 5, 2012
The third in a series on Contemporary Jewish Philosophy by The Tikvah Institute for Jewish Thought at 91Ώμ²₯, Rabbi Irving “Yitz” Greenberg delivers a lecture entitled “The Renewal of the Covenant- Humanity Come of Age.”
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Zionism and Jewish Theology
Oct 5, 2012
Dr. David Novak of the University of Toronto, delivers a talk entitled βZionism and Jewish Theologyβ as part of a series on Contemporary Jewish Theology by The Tikvah Institute for Jewish Thought of 91Ώμ²₯ (91Ώμ²₯).
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Doing Jewish Theology Today
Oct 5, 2012 By Arnold M. Eisen | Public Event video
What does it mean to be a Jew in the modern world? Professor Arnold Eisen, Rabbi Julie Roth, Rabbi Gordon Tucker, and Rabbi Neil Gillman discuss this topic throughout the program, “Doing Jewish Theology Today: God, Torah, and Israel in Modern Judaism.”
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Gillman on Gillman
Oct 5, 2012 By Neil Gillman (z”l) | Public Event video
What does it mean to be a Jew in the modern world? Professor Arnold Eisen, Rabbi Julie Roth, Rabbi Gordon Tucker, and Rabbi Neil Gillman discuss this topic throughout the program, “Doing Jewish Theology Today: God, Torah, and Israel in Modern Judaism.”
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Oct 5, 2012 By Gordon Tucker | Public Event video
What does it mean to be a Jew in the modern world? Rabbi Gordon Tucker describes a vision of an immanent God. A clip from “Doing Jewish Theology Today: God, Torah, and Israel in Modern Judaism.”
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God on Campus
Oct 5, 2012 By 91Ώμ²₯ | Public Event video
What does it mean to be a Jew in the modern world? Rabbi Julie Roth reflects on the role of God and theology in the lives of college students. A clip from “Doing Jewish Theology Today: God, Torah, and Israel in Modern Judaism.”
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Preaching the Gospel of Martin Luther King Jr.
Oct 5, 2012
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. became famous in his protests that advocated for the equal treatment of African Americans. Reverend Dr. James Alexander Forbes Jr., the senior minister emeritus of Riverside Church in New York City and president of the Healing of the Nations Foundation delivers a lecture continuing on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s philosophies.
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A Jewish Feminine Mystique? Jewish Women in Postwar America
Oct 5, 2012
βA Jewish Feminine Mystique? Jewish Women in Postwar Americaβ is a discussion between editors Shira Kohn, assistant dean of The Graduate School of 91Ώμ²₯, and Rachel Kranson, a postdoctoral research fellow in Yiddish Studies at the libraries of New York University.
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As Light Before Dawn: The Inner World of a Medieval Kabbalist
Oct 5, 2012 By Eitan Fishbane | Public Event video
Dr. Eitan Fishbane, assistant professor in the Department of Jewish Though, discusses his new book “As Light Before Dawn- The Inner World of a Medieval Kabbalist” in this book talk held through The Library of 91Ώμ²₯.
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Hope Will Find You: My Search for the Wisdom to Stop Waiting and Start Living
Oct 5, 2012
Rabbi Naomi Levy delivers a talk on her new book Hope Will Find You: My Search for the Wisdom to Stop Waiting and Start Living.
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The Sabbath with Judith Shulevitz
Oct 5, 2012
Author Judith Shulevitz participates in the Henry N. Rapaport Memorial Lecture at 91Ώμ²₯, discussing her recent book, The Sabbath World: Glimpses of a Different Order of Time. She is joined in dialogue by Rabbi Shai Held, cofounder of Mechon Hadar.
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Translating Psalms
Oct 5, 2012 By Stephen A. Geller | Public Event video
Translating Psalms: A Reading and Reflection. A discussion with translator Pamela Greenberg
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New American Haggadah
Oct 5, 2012
An extraordinary conversation with one of America’s most acclaimed and influential young authors discussing the timelessness of the Passover story, the thinking behind the New American Haggadah, the secret desire of Jewish writers to be rabbis, and more.
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Making Our Democracy Work
Oct 5, 2012
The 2012 Bernard G. Segal Memorial Lecture in Law and Ethics
Why does the American public accepts the Court’s decisions? What must the Court do to maintain the public’s trust? How do our courts make our democracy work? This and more is discussed in this lecture by Associate Justice Stephen G. Breyer of the United States Supreme Court.
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