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  • Is Teshuva Possible? In the Shadow of Trauma in Modern Israel

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    The public is invited to attend the lecture of Professor William Kolbrener

  • Rosh Hashana and the Missing King

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    Once upon a time, in a large, gloomy palace high on a mountain, where the night wind howled outside its massive walls, there lived a king—a real one. He had a beard as long as a silver waterfall and a voice that boomed like thunder. A king needs no more.

  • Choral Spanish/Portuguese Selichot

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    Join us for a Choral Arvit Incorporating Special Selichot In the Spanish and Portuguese Tradition

  • Rosh Hashanah, Nicolaes Maes and the Uproar in Our Souls

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    The Holy One blessed be He has many ways to create an uproar in our souls. He can show us a moment in the life of a person who seems to live a simple life, with such tranquility and profundity that we are immediately transformed.

  • God Does Not Exist – The New Thirteen Principles of Faith – Principle Two

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    The truly great need no synthesis. They absorb whatever experience offers them. Their intensely creative personalities act like a fiery furnace, melting away contradictions.

  • Lecture Tour South Africa

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    Rabbi and Mrs. Lopes Cardozo will visit South Africa. Rabbi Cardozo will be lecturing at  the Limmud Conference: Cape Town: August 2-4 Durban:  August 5-7 Johannesburg: August 9-11. Click here for more information

  • Listen to Rabbi Marc Angel’s Talk on: Conversions, Autopsies and Women, How Hashkafa Impacts on Halakha: Rav Kook versus Rav Uziel

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      Click here to listen to Rabbi Marc Angel’s talk on: Conversions, Autopsies and Women, How Hashkafa Impacts on Halakha:  Rav Kook versus Rav Uziel. Which was delivered on Wednesday July 10, 2013 in Jerusalem.

  • A Thought on Tisha Be’Av

    By Calev Ben-Dor

    A few years ago, Israeli academic Amnon Rubinstein wrote 'The Sea above us,' a fictional tale in which Tel Aviv, Israel’s first Hebrew metropolis, lies under water. In an interview with Ari Shavit, the author explained the idea behind his novel, describing his deep ‘existential anxiety that our country is hanging by a thread, that one day it may simply cease to be. I haven’t read the book, but I admire Rubenstein and share his anxiety about the future

  • Listen to Dr. Samuel Lebens’ talk on: Religious Belief or Make Belief: Which one makes you Frum?

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    Listen to Dr. Samuel Lebens’ talk on: Religious Belief or Make Belief: Which one makes you Frum? Click here to listen to Dr. Samuel Lebens’ talk on: Religious Belief or Make Belief: Which one makes you Frum? Which was delivered on Wednesday May 1, 2013 in Jerusalem. Click here for handout of Dr. Samuel Lebens […]

  • Conversions, Autopsies and Women How Hashkafa Impacts on Halakha: Rav Kook versus Rav Uziel

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    Rabbi Dr. Marc D. Angel Founder and Director of the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals Rabbi Emeritus of Congregation Shearith Israel, New York City will be speaking on Conversions, Autopsies and Wome, How Hashkafa Impacts on Halakha: Rav Kook versus Rav Uziel

  • The Rebellion of Chief Rabbi Sacks

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    Let it be said. Jonathan Sacks has been a rebellious chief rabbi. Now that he is stepping down, we had better keep an eye on him and hope he will become even more of an insurgent.

  • The Challenge and Opportunities at Limmud – Reflections from Australia

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    Judaism is the most astonishing and daring religion the world has been blessed with. It defies definition, standing head and shoulders above anything else I know. It is not just a faith, a sentiment, or a ritual;