Recorded On:
May 28, 2022
SPEAKERS:
Rabbi Elliot Dorff
Rabbi Elliot Kukla
Rabbi Melanie levav
Reverend Dr. Marcos A. Miranda
What do religious traditions, including Judaism, have to say about the most pressing questions around mortality β both the eternal one and those unique to the world today.
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May 27, 2022
Journey through Israelβs past and present by means of Torah text, historical context, and a camera with world-renowned, surrealist photographer, Ralph Gibson.
Recorded On:
May 11, 2022
One might have assumed that the clinical reality of a global pandemic would crystallize shared notions of truth. In fact, the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the βtruth crisisβ and made the issues animating Symposium 2: Judaism in the Age of Truthiness, brainchild of Rabbi Aaron D. Panken, Ph.D., zβl, more urgent. Rabbi Joshua Garroway, Ph.D., and Rabbi Wendy Zierler, Ph.D., editors of These
Truths We Hold: Judaism in an Age of Truthiness, an outgrowth of the Symposium project, will present an overview of the book and engage Dr. Jeremy Brown on questions not addressed in the book since the Symposium preceded the COVID-19 pandemic. Although the book includes a chapter on Judaism, Science, and Truth, the pandemic has raised additional issues around medicine, public and communal policy, and truth.
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Recorded On:
May 10, 2022
SPEAKERS:
Rabbi Jonathon Crane
Christina Jefferson
Andrew Rehfeld, Ph.D.
There is no doubt America was built by enslaved people. Though many argue whether anything is owed to their descendants, Judaism strongly disagrees.
Recorded On:
May 6, 2022
SPEAKERS:
Ilana Kaufman
Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner
Andrew Rehfeld, Ph.D.
Experts meet at the nexus of diversity, faith, and American sociology to discuss how religious groups engage with identity and its intersection with race.
Recorded On:
March 22, 2022
SPEAKERS:
Adam Kantor
Join Adam Kantor in an exploration of his journey through Judaism as an American performer. Best known for the roles of Mark Cohen in the closing cast of Rent, Motel Kamzoil in the 2015 revival of Fiddler on the Roof, and as an original cast member in The Band's Visit, Kantorβs Jewish identity is closely connected to his voice and life on stage.
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