A virtual class series hosted by Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz ABOUT THE CLASS: This series will consist of 40 classes. All are held over Zoom every Tuesday at 10am MT (12pm ET). This series has been updated to 45 classes. ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz is the President & Dean of Valley Beit […]
A virtual event presentation by Rabbi Dr. Jeremiah Unterman ABOUT THE EVENT: The polytheism of the ancient Near East conceived of the gods as natural beings who needed sacrifices and libations to physically sustain them. The ethical monotheism of the Torah created a revolution against paganism which would ultimately change forever the concept of religion. One of […]
A virtual class series hosted by Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz ABOUT THE CLASS: This series will consist of 40 classes. All are held over Zoom every Tuesday at 10am MT (12pm ET). This series has been updated to 45 classes. ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz is the President & Dean of Valley Beit […]
A virtual event presentation by Rabbi Dr. Martin Lockshin EVENT CO-SPONSORED BY: ABOUT THE EVENT: The Bible is full of commandments that say “do x” or “don’t do y,” almost always without specifying who is being addressed. When the Bible says not to mistreat widows and orphans, was it addressing judges? Or the wealthy? Or […]
A hybrid event (in-person and virtual) by Dara Horn EVENT CO-SPONSORED BY: ABOUT THE EVENT: In her latest book, acclaimed author Dara Horn explores a pointed question: Why do far too many people seem to love dead Jews, but ignore the living ones? In 2022, the Holocaust continues to make headlines, fill our films and […]
A virtual event presentation by Rabbi Dr. Yehuda Mirsky EVENT CO-SPONSORED BY: ABOUT THE EVENT: Liberalism is in crisis everywhere, and everywhere the crises bear similarities and real differences. We will look at what has been going on in Israel, to understand it on is own terms, as a Jewish and Democratic state, and in […]
A virtual event presentation by Rabbi Jonathan Spira-Savett ABOUT THE EVENT: The Talmud proposes that on Purim we enter a state of mind in which we no longer know the difference between the goodness of Mordechai and the evil of Haman. At a key moment in the Megillah, when the fate of the Jews seems […]
A virtual class series hosted by Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz ABOUT THE CLASS: This series will consist of 40 classes. All are held over Zoom every Tuesday at 10am MT (12pm ET). This series has been updated to 45 classes. ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz is the President & Dean of Valley Beit […]
A virtual event presentation by Dr. Nadav Shifman Berman ABOUT THE EVENT: In this class, which would take place just before Purim 5784, we shall focus on one important term in the Scroll of Esther, namely "Dat", and ask: Is Judaism really a "Religion"? What are the main modern currents, mainly in Protestantism, which arguably pushed toward […]
A virtual class series hosted by Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz ABOUT THE CLASS: In this new 10-part class series, Rabbi Shmuly will explore, what he proposes to be, the 10 most amazing Jewish insights that have transformed and beautified the world for millennia. All are held over Zoom every Tuesday at 10am PT (1pm ET). […]
A virtual event presentation by Rabbi Marc Gitler ABOUT THE EVENT: From Jesus to Shabtai Zevi to the 7th Lubavitcher Rebbe, over the course of the past 2000 years, numerous people, or at least their followers, have fashioned themselves the long sought-after Messiah. But how does one prove that he, or she, is the true […]
