Jewish Ideas to Change the World

Rabbi Dr. Eugene Korn, the Academic Director of The Center for Jewish-Christian Understanding and Cooperation, presents his lecture "Jewish Schizophrenia: What Did the Rabbis Think of Christianity?" before a roundtable audience at The New Shul (http:/www.thenewshul.org/) in Scottsdale, AZ. ABOUT THIS LECTURE: For most of the last 2,000 years, Christianity understood Judaism and Jews as its enemies...

Rabbi Daniel Landes presents his lecture "The Poetry of Rav Kook: Finding The Lights in A New Dark Age" for Valley Beit Midrash event at Congregation Beth Tefillah (bethtefillahaz.org/) in Scottsdale, AZ. Rav Kook (1865 – 1935) was a towering leader of the Jewish renaissance in the Land of Israel and a profound master in every area of classic Jewish scholarship. His philosophic mysticism contained...

Rabbi Dr. Irving (Yitz) Greenberg, noted theologian and writer, presented his lecture "Principles and Laws That Reflect the Triumph of Life Principle" at Valley Beit Midrash's opening event in Oct. 2017.This Valley Beit Midrash lecture took place before an audience at Temple Chai (www.templechai.com/) in Phoenix, AZ. DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP LEARNING MATERIALS: http://bit.ly/2yNW0v3 For more info, p...

Rabbi Dr. Irving (Yitz) Greenberg, noted theologian and writer, presented his lecture "The 10 Jewish Moral Imperatives: A Jewish Response to a Fractured Society" at Valley Beit Midrash's opening event in Oct. 2017. This lecture proposes that the big story is not the deep polarization in American society and internal dissension in Jewry over Israel and communal policy. We are at the opening of a ne...

Rabbi Sherre Hirsch (www.sherrehirsch.com/) presents her experiential lecture "Becoming a Mindful Soul in a Mindbending World" before an audience at Temple Kol Ami(www.templekolami.org/) in Scottsdale, AZ. DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP LEARNING MATERIALS: http://bit.ly/2ziiNMT For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/rabbisherrehirsch/ twitter...

Rabbi Mike Uram, Executive Director of Penn Hillel, presents his lecture "Next Generation Judaism: How College Students and Hillel Can Help Reinvent Jewish Organizations" before an audience at The New Shul(http:/www.thenewshul.org/) in Scottsdale, AZ. ABOUT THIS LECTURE: The Jewish world is changing before our eyes. The traditional notions of what it means to be a Jew, what Jewish organizations lo...

Mr. Bassem Eid, a Palestinian Human Rights activist, presents his lecture "How Does the BDS Movement Harass the Palestinian People?" before a lively roundtable audience at Temple Chai (www.templechai.com/) in Phoenix, AZ. DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ www.facebook.com/temple.chai twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/...

Mr. Bassem Eid, a Palestinian Human Rights activist, presents his lecture "Palestinians’ Internal Politics and Conflicts" before a roundtable audience at Temple Solel (www.templesolel.org/) in Paradise Valley, AZ. DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ www.facebook.com/templesolelaz/ twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/ Music...

Rabbi Yehuda Gilad of Yeshivat Ma'ale Gilboa (www.maalegilboa.org/) presents his lecture "The Culture of Debate in Israel: Creating Tolerant Discourse Within the Orthodox Community" for a Valley Beit Midrash event at Congregation Beth Tefillah (bethtefillahaz.org/) in Scottsdale, AZ. DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP Learning Materials: http://bit.ly/2qy2738 For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/vall...

Rabbi Yehuda Gilad of Yeshivat Ma'ale Gilboa (www.maalegilboa.org/) presents his lecture "The Binding of Yishmael: Balancing our National Interests with our Humanistic Values Then and Now" before a roundtable audience at Temple Chai (www.templechai.com/) in Phoenix, AZ. DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP Learning Materials: http://bit.ly/2qScTCe For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/...

Rabbi Yehuda Gilad of Yeshivat Ma'ale Gilboa (http://www.maalegilboa.org/) presents his lecture "The Ten Commandments: The Nexus Between Religion and Ethics" before a roundtable audience at The New Shul (http://thenewshul.org/) in Phoenix, AZ. DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP Learning Materials: http://bit.ly/2qsaMUm For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ https://www.facebook.com/T...

Rabbi Naomi Levy, founder and leader of NASHUVA, presents her lecture "Learning to Live Up to the Best in Our Souls" before an audience at Temple Chai (www.templechai.com/) in Phoenix, AZ. For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ www.facebook.com/temple.chai twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/ ★ Support this podcast ★

Rabbi Danny Nevins presents his Valley Beit Midrash (www.valleybeitmidrash.org) lecture "Drinking from Elijah's Cup" at Congregation Or Tzion (www.congregationortzion.org) in Scottsdale, AZ. Learning Materials: http://bit.ly/2oO6TJc DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ www.facebook.com/Congregation-Or-…on-103351795773/ twitter.com/VBMTorah www.fac...

Rabbi Danny Nevins presents his Valley Beit Midrash lecture "Practicing Judaism: Flawed but Fulfilling Expeditions on the Path of Torah" before a roundtable audience at the Jewish Community Foundation (www.jcfphoenix.org/) in Scottsdale, AZ. LEARNING MATERIALS: http://bit.ly/2nQLY4q DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP For more info, please visit: www.valleybeitmidrash.org/ www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ t...

Rabbi Ian Pear of Shir Hadash (https://shirhadash.wordpress.com/) presents his Valley Beit Midrash lecture "A Murder, a Mystery, and Mamzerut: The Pursuit of Truth and How Ancient Jewish Law Impacts Modern Secular Israeli Jurisprudence" before an audience at the Jewish Community Foundation (www.jcfphoenix.org/) in Scottsdale, AZ. DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP For more info, please visit: www.valleybeitmi...

Rabbi Amy Eilberg presents her lecture "Middot for Living in Troubled Times" before an audience at The New Shul(thenewshul.org/) in Scottsdale, AZ. DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ www.facebook.com/The-New-Shul-207398175969503/ twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/ Music: "Good Starts," a free-use public domain song by J...

Rabbi Amy Eilberg presents her Valley Beit Midrash (www.valleybeitmidrash.org) lecture " Seeing You is Like Seeing the Face of God: Healing Interpersonal Conflict" at Congregation Or Tzion (www.congregationortzion.org) in Scottsdale, AZ. Learning Materials: http://bit.ly/2nfaagA DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ www.facebook.com/Congregation-Or...

Rabbi Dr. Dov Weiss of the University of Illinois presents his lecture "Sins of the Parents: Ethics and Theology in Rabbinic Literature" before a roundtable audience at Temple Solel (www.templesolel.org/) in Paradise Valley, AZ. LEARNING MATERIALS: http://bit.ly/2mZaIGr DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ www.facebook.com/templesolelaz/ twitter.c...

Rabbi Dr. Dov Weiss of the University of Illinois presents his lecture "Pious Irreverence: Confronting God in Rabbinic Judaism" before an audience at Temple Chai (www.templechai.com/) in Phoenix, AZ. DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP Learning Materials: http://bit.ly/2mxOu36 For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ www.facebook.com/temple.chai twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/Rab...

Rabbi Pinchas Allouche of Congregation Beth Tefillah (bethtefillahaz.org/) presents the second part of his class series "What Is The Soul? Exploring Our Hidden Inner Wonders!" before an audience at Temple Chai (www.templechai.com/) in Phoenix, AZ. LEARNING MATERIALS: http://bit.ly/2m7JoKD For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ www.facebook.com/cbtaz/ www.facebook.com/temp...

Rabbi Dr. Aryeh Cohen presents his Valley Beit Midrash (www.valleybeitmidrash.org) lecture "Deep Shabbos: On Doing Nothing as Doing Something" at Congregation Or Tzion (www.congregationortzion.org) in Scottsdale, AZ. Learning Materials: http://bit.ly/2mLys2j DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ www.facebook.com/Congregation-Or-…on-103351795773/ tw...

Yavilah McCoy of Visions (http://visions-inc.org/) presents her lecture "Getting Proximate: Developing and Maintaining Multiracial, Multicultural & Multi-Faith Alliances Toward Equity and Justice" before an audience at Temple Chai (www.templechai.com/) in Phoenix, AZ. For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ www.facebook.com/temple.chai twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook...

Rabbi Pinchas Allouche of Congregation Beth Tefillah (bethtefillahaz.org/) presents the first part of his class series "What Is The Soul? Exploring Our Hidden Inner Wonders!" before an audience at Temple Chai (www.templechai.com/) in Phoenix, AZ. LEARNING MATERIALS: http://bit.ly/2m0OYJS For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ www.facebook.com/cbtaz/ www.facebook.com/templ...

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg, Rabbi-in-Residence at Avodah (https://avodah.net/), an organization dedicated to creating leaders for economic justice, presents her Valley Beit Midrash (www.valleybeitmidrash.org) lecture "Nurture the Wow: Finding Spirituality in the Frustration, Boredom, Tears, Poop, Desperation, Wonder, and Radical Amazement of Parenting" at Congregation Or Tzion (congregationortzion.org...

Dr. Gillian Steinberg presents her Valley Beit Midrash (www.valleybeitmidrash.org) lecture "What Jews Can Learn From Christian Poets" at Congregation Or Tzion (congregationortzion.org) in Scottsdale, AZ. Learning Materials: http://bit.ly/2lQmea5 DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ www.facebook.com/Congregation-Or-…on-103351795773/ twitter.com/VBM...