Is Hebrew Education in Sunday School Working?
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash interviews Professor Sarah Bunin Benor, the Professor of Contemporary J...
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Orthodox Rabbis Censoring Truth?
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash interviews Rabbi Professor Marc B. Shapiro, the Weinberg Chair in Judai...
Emily Langowitz - Judaism and Reproductive Justice: Reframing the Jewish Conversation on Abortion
Rabbi Emily Langowitz, of Temple Solel, presents her lecture "Judaism and Reproductive Justice: Reframing the Jewish Conversation on Abortio...
Shmuly Yanklowitz - The Book of Jonah: A Rebellious Prophet We Can Relate To
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz (www.rabbishmuly.com), the President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash, presents his lecture, "The Book of Jonah: A...
Utilitarian Perspectives on Saving Lives, Organ Donation, & End-of-Life Ethics!
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash interviews Professor Peter Singer (https://petersinger.info/) the Ira W...
The Grandfather of the Jewish Vegan Movement!
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash interviews Rabbi Dr. Richard Schwartz, one of the earliest voices on th...
Amichai Lau-Lavie - Interrupting the Bible: Five Tools to Reinvent the Jewish Story
Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie (http://amichai.me/), the founding spiritual leader of Lab/Shul NYC and the creator of Storahtelling, Inc., presents...
Noa Kushner - Social Justice, Mitzvah, and God Then and Now: The writing of R. Arnold Jacob Wolf z”l
Rabbi Noa Kushner, Founding Rabbi at The Kitchen (www.thekitchensf.org/), presents her Valley Beit Midrash discussion "Social Justice, Mitzv...
Noa Kushner - Jewish Thought in Three Acts: Creation, Revelation, Redemption
Rabbi Noa Kushner, Founding Rabbi at The Kitchen (https://www.thekitchensf.org/), presents her Valley Beit Midrash discussion "Jewish Though...
Jonathan K. Crane - Eating Ethically: Religion and Science for a Better Diet
Professor Jonathan K. Crane, Raymond F. Schinazi Scholar in Bioethics and Jewish Thought at Emory University, presents his Valley Beit Midra...
Jonathan K. Crane - Dying to Die: Jewish Perspectives on End of Life Interventions
Professor Jonathan K. Crane, Raymond F. Schinazi Scholar in Bioethics and Jewish Thought at Emory University, presents his Valley Beit Midra...
Peter Beinart - Jewish Power and Jewish Vulnerability in the Age of Trump
Professor Peter Beinart (http://peterbeinart.net/), Associate Professor of Journalism and Political Science at the City University of New Yo...
Peter Beinart - The Coming Democratic Party Civil War Over Israel
Professor Peter Beinart, Associate Professor of Journalism and Political Science at the City University of New York and a contributor to The...
Samuel Brody - What Would God’s Economy Look Like?
Professor Samuel Brody, assistant professor of religious studies at the University of Kansas, presents his Valley Beit Midrash lecture "What...
Samuel Brody - A Land of Two Peoples: Martin Buber and Bi-nationalism in Palestine
Professor Samuel Brody, assistant professor of religious studies at the University of Kansas, presents his Valley Beit Midrash lecture "A La...
Jordan B. Gorfinkel - Illustrating the Passover Haggadah Graphic Novel
Jordan B. Gorfinkel(http://jewishcartoon.com/), aka GORF, presents his lecture "Illustrating the Passover Haggadah Graphic Novel" before an...
Alexandra Birch - Music and the Holocaust
Dr. Alexandra Birch (www.alexandrabirch.com) presents her lecture and performance piece "Music and the Holocaust: Musical Stolpersteine and...
Steven Windmueller - The Jewish Community in 2050
Professor Steven Windmueller, the Rabbi Alfred Gottschalk Emeritus Professor of Jewish Communal Service, presents his lecture "The Jewish Co...
Steven Windmueller - Why Now, Why Here: Anti-Semitism in America
Professor Steven Windmueller, the Rabbi Alfred Gottschalk Emeritus Professor of Jewish Communal Service, presents his lecture "Why Now, Why...
Stephen M. Flatow - A Father’s Story: My Fight for Justice Against Iranian Terror
Stephen M. Flatow, vice president of the Religious Zionists of America and a noted author, presents his lecture "A Father’s Story: My Fight...