admin | May 18, 2020
Dr. David Stern of Harvard University will discuss what hes learned about the Talmud a carefully curated collection of thousands of years worth of rabbinic commentaries on Jewish law and the Jewish Bible and its shifting form over time, based on research related to his recently published book, The Jewish Bible: A Material History, part of the University of Washington Presss Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies series. The layout of the Talmudic page, with its text in the center surrounded by a sea of commentaries, is the iconic page format of the Jewish book
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admin | May 18, 2020
How do we bear up to lifes most formidable challenges? What is our response to a crisis that affects us as individuals, as communities, as countries, and as a world?This week we celebrated Lag Baomer
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admin | May 18, 2020
This column is the 400th appearance of Ethics and Religion Talk in the Grand Rapids Press since we began on July 31, 2012, almost eight years ago. My initial vision, when creating the column, was to model a kind of respectful interfaith dialogue, in which we clearly articulate what defines us as unique religious traditions without disparaging each others faith traditions. The reader, over time, would also see the common threads running through our traditions
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admin | May 18, 2020
For Andy Hull, this was the year that a lifelong dream of being a philosophy professor was set to culminate.
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admin | May 18, 2020
By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb It is a long time since I first heard the term work-study program, something designed to assist young adults with limited financial means to achieve a professional education. Participants were encouraged to continue working while also being paid to enroll in college level courses, to study.
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admin | May 18, 2020
Higher education around the world has been shaken to its core by the coronavirus pandemic. But this pandemic, and our responses to it, have much to teach us. Educational leaders, scholars and policy makers should not only take advantage of this unprecedented moment in university history to fund, invest and get trained in the friendly use of instructional delivery platforms, applications and assessment tools.
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admin | May 8, 2020
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A volunteer group is investigating after paintballs were fired at an Orthodox Jewish man while on his Willowbrook porch on April 26.
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admin | May 8, 2020
Shabbat: A gift I have an exquisite gift in My treasurehouse; it is called Shabbat, and I wish to bestow it upon the Jewish people, Gd toldMoses. Indeed, Shabbat is a gift; a uniquely holy and special day. Ourobservance of Shabbat testifies to Gds creation of the universe and Hisabsolute sovereignty over it
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admin | May 8, 2020
By Rabbi Avi Shafran Among the most disturbing spectacles over the months since the coronavirus was unleashed on the world have been the attacks on haredi Jews in both Israel and the United States.
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admin | May 8, 2020
RAANANA, Israel (JTA) Like all other mass gatherings now, Israels Karmiel choreographed dance festival, one of the largest of its kind in the world, was postponed. The annual fest, which takes place at the end of June, draws thousands who take part in one of the countrys oldest passions: Israeli folk dance
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