My Lips, My Mouth, My Heart
Oct 10, 2012 By Samuel Barth | Commentary
With the cycle of Festivals behind us, and approaching the Torah portion Parashat Bereishit (βIn the beginning . . . β), it is fitting to look at the very beginning of the core text of our liturgyβthe βA³ΎΎ±»ε²Ή³σ or tefillah. We turn to this ordered sequence of blessings in every Jewish service, whether with a community or praying privately. The structure and history of the βA³ΎΎ±»ε²Ή³σ open enormous areas of reflectionβto which this column will turn quite frequentlyβbut here let us look at the phrase that comes, so to speak, even before the beginning. The words βAdonai sefatai tiftach ufi yagid tehilatekhaβ (God open my lips and my mouth will declare Your praise) are from Psalm 51:17, and are printed in just about every version of the siddur (in smaller type) just before the opening of the βA³ΎΎ±»ε²Ή³σ (see for example the Shabbat/Festival siddur of the Rabbinical Assembly on pages 35, 115, 156).
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Whoβs the Hero and Whoβs the Villain?
Oct 10, 2012 By Richard Kalmin | Commentary | Bereishit
To state things up front, my claim is that Adam and Eve did not just undergo a fall, but also a significant rise; to make that claim, Iβm going to argue that two of the main characters, the snake and God, have often been misunderstood. The snake has gotten a bum rap, and God has usually gotten off much too easily.
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The Rise of the Christians: Whither Sephardic Jewry (Part 3)
Oct 9, 2012 By Benjamin R. Gampel | Video Lecture
Introduction to Sephardic History: From the Golden Age to Expulsion
The History, Society and Culture of Medieval Sephardic Jewry
The Reconquista: Sephardic Jewish Culture and Society are Transformed? (Part 4)
Oct 8, 2012 By Benjamin R. Gampel | Video Lecture
Introduction to Sephardic History: From the Golden Age to Expulsion
The History, Society and Culture of Medieval Sephardic Jewry
The Riots and Conversions of 1391-1392 and their Immediate Aftermath (Part 5)
Oct 7, 2012 By Benjamin R. Gampel | Video Lecture
Introduction to Sephardic History: From the Golden Age to Expulsion
The History, Society and Culture of Medieval Sephardic Jewry
The Iberian Expulsions and their Repercussions (Part 6a)
Oct 6, 2012 By Benjamin R. Gampel | Video Lecture
Introduction to Sephardic History: From the Golden Age to Expulsion
The History, Society and Culture of Medieval Sephardic Jewry
Moses’s Final Words
Oct 6, 2012 By Matthew Berkowitz | Commentary | Simhat Torah
As we approach the end of the Five Books of Moses with our celebration of Simhat Torah, we arrive at Parashat Vezot Haberakhah.
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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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The Emergence of the Sephardi Diaspora (Part 6b)
Oct 5, 2012 By Benjamin R. Gampel | Video Lecture
Introduction to Sephardic History: From the Golden Age to Expulsion
The History, Society and Culture of Medieval Sephardic Jewry.
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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