Daydreaming Out the Window

Oct 17, 2012 By Rabbi Abigail Treu | Commentary | Noah

The ark鈥檚 window bothered the Rabbis. It is a technical problem: in Genesis 8:6, Noah 鈥渙pened the window (chalon) of the ark that he had made,鈥� but in the very thorough account of the construction of the ark earlier in the parashah, no window was ever made. 鈥淲hat window?鈥� the Rabbis wonder.

A Tiny Point of Hope

Oct 17, 2012 By Matthew Berkowitz | Commentary | Noah

Unrelenting human wickedness leads to the collapse of humanity and the world.

When the Jews Arrived in the Iberian Peninsula (Part 1a)

Oct 12, 2012 By Benjamin R. Gampel | Video Lecture

Introduction to Sephardic History: From the Golden Age to Expulsion
The History, Society and Culture of Medieval Sephardic Jewry

The Myths of Creation

Oct 12, 2012 By Matthew Berkowitz | Commentary | Bereishit

With the celebration of this coming Shabbat, we return to the beginning鈥攕pecifically, to the narrative of Creation.

The Rule of the Visigoths (Part 1b)

Oct 11, 2012 By Benjamin R. Gampel | Video Lecture

Introduction to Sephardic History: From the Golden Age to Expulsion
The History, Society and Culture of Medieval Sephardic Jewry

The Muslims Triumph; Andalusian Jewish Community Grows and Sephardic Jewry Emerges (Part 2)

Oct 10, 2012 By Benjamin R. Gampel | Video Lecture

Introduction to Sephardic History: From the Golden Age to Expulsion
The History, Society and Culture of Medieval Sephardic Jewry

My Lips, My Mouth, My Heart

Oct 10, 2012 By Samuel Barth | Commentary

With the cycle of Festivals behind us, and approaching the Torah portion Parashat Bereishit (鈥淚n the beginning . . . 鈥�), it is fitting to look at the very beginning of the core text of our liturgy鈥攖he 鈥楢尘颈诲补丑 or tefillah. We turn to this ordered sequence of blessings in every Jewish service, whether with a community or praying privately. The structure and history of the 鈥楢尘颈诲补丑 open enormous areas of reflection鈥攖o which this column will turn quite frequently鈥攂ut here let us look at the phrase that comes, so to speak, even before the beginning. The words 鈥�Adonai sefatai tiftach ufi yagid tehilatekha鈥� (God open my lips and my mouth will declare Your praise) are from Psalm 51:17, and are printed in just about every version of the siddur (in smaller type) just before the opening of the 鈥楢尘颈诲补丑 (see for example the Shabbat/Festival siddur of the Rabbinical Assembly on pages 35, 115, 156).

Who鈥檚 the Hero and Who鈥檚 the Villain?

Oct 10, 2012 By Richard Kalmin | Commentary | Bereishit

To state things up front, my claim is that Adam and Eve did not just undergo a fall, but also a significant rise; to make that claim, I鈥檓 going to argue that two of the main characters, the snake and God, have often been misunderstood. The snake has gotten a bum rap, and God has usually gotten off much too easily.

The Rise of the Christians: Whither Sephardic Jewry (Part 3)

Oct 9, 2012 By Benjamin R. Gampel | Video Lecture

Introduction to Sephardic History: From the Golden Age to Expulsion
The History, Society and Culture of Medieval Sephardic Jewry

The Reconquista: Sephardic Jewish Culture and Society are Transformed? (Part 4)

Oct 8, 2012 By Benjamin R. Gampel | Video Lecture

Introduction to Sephardic History: From the Golden Age to Expulsion
The History, Society and Culture of Medieval Sephardic Jewry

The Riots and Conversions of 1391-1392 and their Immediate Aftermath (Part 5)

Oct 7, 2012 By Benjamin R. Gampel | Video Lecture

Introduction to Sephardic History: From the Golden Age to Expulsion
The History, Society and Culture of Medieval Sephardic Jewry

The Iberian Expulsions and their Repercussions (Part 6a)

Oct 6, 2012 By Benjamin R. Gampel | Video Lecture

Introduction to Sephardic History: From the Golden Age to Expulsion
The History, Society and Culture of Medieval Sephardic Jewry

Moses’s Final Words

Oct 6, 2012 By Matthew Berkowitz | Commentary | Simhat Torah

As we approach the end of the Five Books of Moses with our celebration of Simhat Torah, we arrive at Parashat Vezot Haberakhah.

Judaism Without Revelation?

Oct 5, 2012

“Can There Be Judaism Without Revelation?” As part of the Tikvah Institute鈥檚 lecture series on Contemporary Jewish Philosophy, Professor Michael Morgan from the University of Toronto delivers a talk on just how necessary a central point of Jewish belief system truly is.

Maimonides and the Messiah

Oct 5, 2012

Professor Kenneth Seeskin, Northwestern University, discusses “Maimonides on the Days of the Messiah鈥擱estorative or Utopian?”

On Holiness

Oct 5, 2012

If holiness is defined as transcendence, how does one emulate God’s transcendence? Dr. Lenn Goodman delivers a lecture relating to this topic.

The Renewal of the Covenant

Oct 5, 2012

The third in a series on Contemporary Jewish Philosophy by The Tikvah Institute for Jewish Thought at 91抖阴, Rabbi Irving “Yitz” Greenberg delivers a lecture entitled “The Renewal of the Covenant- Humanity Come of Age.”

Zionism and Jewish Theology

Oct 5, 2012

Dr. David Novak of the University of Toronto, delivers a talk entitled 鈥淶ionism and Jewish Theology鈥� as part of a series on Contemporary Jewish Theology by The Tikvah Institute for Jewish Thought of 91抖阴 (91抖阴).

Doing Jewish Theology Today

Oct 5, 2012 By Arnold M. Eisen | Public Event video

What does it mean to be a Jew in the modern world? Professor Arnold Eisen, Rabbi Julie Roth, Rabbi Gordon Tucker, and Rabbi Neil Gillman discuss this topic throughout the program, “Doing Jewish Theology Today: God, Torah, and Israel in Modern Judaism.”

Gillman on Gillman

Oct 5, 2012 By Neil Gillman (z”l) | Public Event video

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