The Jewish Virtual Library explores the values of Conservative Judaism. If dogmas or doctrines are the propositional language of a theological system, core values are the felt commitments of lived religion, the refraction of what people practice and profess. To...
Click here to read Shalom Berger's 1997 Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration, Yeshiva University, doctoral thesis.
Reprinted from Ten Da’at Vol. III No. 3 pp.7-8 Taking into account the place of Torah study in the Jewish weltanschauung, the outstanding issue representing a substantial difference between men and women is constituted by the exemption ofwomen from Torah study....
Table of Contents “Ivrit B’Ivrit” by Joel Wolowelsky “Response to Ivrit B'Ivrit” by Alan Stadtmauer “Response to IVRIT beIVRIT: Not In My School” by Moshe Bernstein “RESPONSE IVRIT B’IVRIT” by Eliyahu Safran “More on Ivrit B’Ivrit” by Sara Bellehsen “Response” by...
This work provides an overview of the most important efforts on codification of Jewish Law as well as the commentaries that as a result of the codification. This work makes note of the Rif, the Mishneh Torah, the Tur, and the Shulchan Aruch as well as many other...
Camino Real and Modern Talmud Study [1] Shalom Carmy From Modern Scholarship in the Study of Torah: Contributions and Limitations, ed. Shalom Carmy, Orthodox Forum Series, New York, 1991. The Orthodox Forum Series is a Project of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological...
From Modern Scholarship in the Study of Torah: Contributions and Limitations, ed. Shalom Carmy, Orthodox Forum Series, New York, 1991. The Orthodox Forum Series is a Project of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, An Affiliate of Yeshiva University. The...
Prepared by David Tesler for The AVI CHAI Foundation Table of Contents I. Text Study II. Experiential Programs III. Israel Today IV. Small Group Activities V. Yom “Yom Ha’atzma’ut” I. Text Study Goal: To utilize texts to learn about Israel in an interactive classroom...
Part I – The Problem Part II - Learning from the World of Learning Part III – An Educational Manifesto Part I – The Problem Traditional Judaism1 was long based on authoritarian structures. Jewish authoritarian structures paralleled structures of the general...
Before and after her death in 1997 at age 92, many tributes were paid to Nechama Leibowitz. Perhaps the highest praise came from Prof. Saul Lieberman who, in a letter to Nechama, wrote, “There is no one in our generation, no man or woman, who has contributed so much...
