Mighty Be Our Powers: Standing Together to Confront Tyranny
May 10, 2017 By Ruth Messinger | Public Event video
Renowned peace activist Leymah Gbowee delivers the annual John Paul II Lecture on Interfaith Understanding. Gbowee won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011 for her work leading a women’s peace movement that brought an end to the Second Liberian Civil War.
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Teaching Mahshevet Yisrael: The Universalist / Particularist Issue
Feb 14, 2017
Elie Holzer: 鈥淛ews, Non-Jews, and Teaching the Hasidic Homily: Hermeneutic Approaches and Pedagogical Deliberations鈥�
Avinoam Rosenak: 鈥淢achshevet Yisrael as an Encounter: Jewish Philosophy or Judaism as a Philosophy鈥�Educational Implications鈥�
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Seeing the 鈥淥ther鈥� in Jewish Canonical Texts
Feb 13, 2017
Adriane Leveen: 鈥淏iblical Narratives of Israelites and their Neighbors鈥�
Matt Goldish: 鈥淩eading the Gospel through Talmudic Eyes: John Lightfoot鈥檚 Revolution鈥�
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Teaching Jews about the 鈥淥ther鈥� and Teaching the 鈥淥ther鈥� about Jews
Feb 13, 2017 By Sarah Tauber (z”l) | Public Event video
Sarah Tauber: 鈥淎 Jewish Professor and Christian Students Meet: Teaching and Learning in an Introduction to Judaism Course at a Christian Seminary鈥�
Michael Gillis: 鈥淭eaching About Other Religions in Jewish Education鈥�
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Taking Care of Ourselves and the Stranger
Feb 24, 2017 By David Rosenn | Commentary | Mishpatim
This week鈥檚 Torah reading contains instructions for taking care of one鈥檚 own: 鈥淚f you lend money to My people, to the poor among you, do not act toward them like a creditor; exact no interest from them鈥� (Exod. 22:25).
Deuteronomy is even clearer, stating, 鈥淵ou shall not charge interest on loans to your countrymen, interest on money, interest on food, interest on anything that is lent for interest. But you may charge interest to a foreigner…鈥� (23:20-21).
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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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Religion and Diplomacy
May 9, 2016 By 91快播 | Public Event video
Religion is personal, yet it looms large in international diplomacy, much as it factors into interpersonal relations. This year鈥檚 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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