American Jewish University has published a number of installments of “Walking With…” They have included “Walking With God,” “Walking With the Jewish Calendar,” with the latest being “Walking With Mitzvot.” All of the units include a short discussion of a topic along with sources for learning and questions for discussion. For the latest installment I [...]
Last week’s Musaf Shabbat of Makor Rishon had two articles that will no doubt be discussed for quite some time. Both articles are in Hebrew, and in about a month when I have more time I will translate them if no one will have already done so. The first article was by Ariel Picard, On [...]
From Ynet: Education Minister Gideon Sa’ar announced that Professor Michael Schwartz is the recipient of the Israel Prize for Israel Studies for 2011. Schwartz was chosen for his internationally-known expertise in Medieval Jewish philosophy, and especially in “The Guide for the Preplexed,” (Moreh Nevokhim), which was written by the Rambam (Maimonides). See this article about [...]
The weekday edition of Makor Rishon has been available online for some time, and I just saw that part of their Musaf Shabbat is now also online here. If you’re looking for quality writing about Israeli and Jewish culture, this is the place to look.
Ynet has an article (Hebrew) on Rabbi Yisachar Shlomo Teichtal, the author of Eim ha-Banim Semeicha. There is a recent dissertation that has been written on him, and the article discusses both the book and the person.
Dr. Arthur Green, Hebrew College “Radical Judaism: Rethinking God and Tradition” Thursday, February 3, 2011 12:15–1:30 p.m. Mendelson Convocation Center The Jewish Theological Seminary 3080 Broadway (at 122nd Street), New York City All lectures are free and open to the public. Reservations are not required, but encouraged. Please bring photo ID. To make your reservations [...]
Congratulation to Yeshivat Bina on their fifth year anniversary. Read here (Hebrew) or here (English) about this unique secular yeshiva in Israel.
Ariel Finkelstein has written a book, Derekh ha-Melekh, which is a response to the infamous Torat ha-Melekh. There are two articles about it here and here. The book can be downloaded here.
Here you can find the audio of a talk that Arthur Green gave recently at the Shalom Hartman Institute about his book Radical Judaism: Rethinking God and Tradition. It is worth a listen.
Below is a short spot from Israel Radio about Martin Buber. I thought that it was interesting because it included some snippets of Martin Buber speaking in Hebrew.
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