Oct 24, 2018
Speaker: Professor David Kraemer
Program Series: Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman Distinguished Speaker Series
Location: B'nai Israel Congregation, Rockville, MD
Date: October 7, 2018
In many respects, Islam is Judaism's closest "relative." It is a religion of law, based upon both Judaism and other inherited near eastern...
Apr 23, 2018
Speaker: Professor Arieh Saposnik
Program Series: Jewish Enrichment
Location: Kehilat Shalom, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Date: Monday, April 9, 2018
"If the Jews wish to become a nation of 'Jewish Culture,'" Eliezar Ben-Yehuda wrote in 1904, "they must first become truly a nation."
Throughout the subsequent decade,...
Apr 23, 2018
Speaker: Dr. Christof Koch
Rabbinic Response: Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt
Program Series: The Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman Distinguished Scholar Series
Location: Adas Israel Congregation, Washington, DC
Date: Tuesday, April 3, 2018
A top neuroscientist's stimulation explanation of the physical qualities of consciousness,...
Apr 23, 2018
Speaker: Rabbi Lee Levine
Program Series: Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman Distinguished Scholar Series
Location: Ohr Kodesh Congregation, Chevy Chase, MD
Date: November 21, 2017
The study of ancient Jewish art is a relatively new field fueled by ongoing archaeological discoveries. Only in Late Antiquity (third to seventh...
Feb 28, 2018
Speaker: Rabbi Sid Schwarz
Program Series: Jewish Enrichment
Location: Adat Shalom, Bethesda, MD
Date: January 24, 2018
Rabbi Sid Schwarz does pioneering work uncovering organizations across North American that re-inventing conceptions of Jewish identity and Jewish life. This session provides insight into the people...