Dec 11, 2011
Speaker: Dr. David Ruderman, Joseph Meyerhoff
Professor of Modern Jewish History and the Ella Darivoff Director
of the Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of
Pennsylvania
Location: B'nai Israel Congregation; Rockville, MD
"The Book of the Covenant" (Sefer ha-Brit), first published by a relatively...
Nov 22, 2011
Speaker: Rabbi Dr. Levi Cooper, professor at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem and spiritual leader of Kehillat HaTzur VeHaTzohar in Tzur Hadassah
Location: Temple Shalom; Chevy Chase, MD
The Maharal is celebrated as a mystic, but he was also a legal authority. To be sure, only a few of his halakhic...
Nov 20, 2011
Speaker: Rabbi Dr. Levi Cooper, professor at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem and spiritual leader of Kehillat HaTzur VeHaTzohar in Tzur Hadassah
Location: Ohr Kodesh Congregation; Chevy Chase, MD
Rabbi Akiva is generally seen as the central legal authority in the Mishna; much of Jewish law, both...
Nov 17, 2011
Speaker: Rabbi Dr. Levi Cooper, professor at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem and spiritual leader of Kehillat HaTzur VeHaTzohar in Tzur Hadassah
Location: Washington DC JCC; Washington, DC
This lecture looks at the famous Hasidic tale and how it has been retold so that it conforms to the norms of...
Nov 10, 2011
Speaker: Dr. Ziony Zevit, Distinguished Professor of Biblical Literature and Northwest Semitic Languages at American Jewish University
Location: Agudas Achim Congregation; Alexandria, VA
The idea of "the Fall" of humanity from divine grace as a result of original sin is deeply ingrained in both Jewish...