Judaism's Top Talks

The recent upheavals surrounding Covid have transformed many aspects of our lives. When it comes to Kosher food, can we even trust what the label says? Find out how the world of Kosher food has changed in the 2022 Kosher Update. This lecture was delivered at the 16th annual National Jewish Retreat. For more information and to register for the next retreat, visit:  Jretreat.com .

Explore the history of Jewish humor and the humor of Jewish history. This lecture was delivered at the 16th annual National Jewish Retreat. For more information and to register for the next retreat, visit:  Jretreat.com .

Jewish spirituality grounds our minds, emotions, and behaviors in a loving and compassionate life of Mitzvot. Mindfulness training cultivates an awareness of “what is happening” without being swept along by judgments and emotions. Are they compatible? This lecture was delivered at the 16th annual National Jewish Retreat. For more information and to register for the next retreat, visit:  Jretreat.c...

This interactive session challenges you to engage your view of spirituality. Asking the questions you’ve been wondering about, we’ll introspect, discover our assumptions, and consider new perspectives. This session took place at the 16th annual National Jewish Retreat. For more information and to register for the next retreat, visit:  Jretreat.com .  

Whether it’s meditation, a nature walk, reading a sacred text, or saying a prayer, there are many ways to tap into a heightened awareness of the world and your place in it. A leading expert illuminates the surprising science of spirituality and its application to our lives. This session took place at the 16th annual National Jewish Retreat. For more information and to register for the next retreat...

Can bad things really come from a good G-d? This lecture was delivered at the 16th annual National Jewish Retreat. For more information and to register for the next retreat, visit:  Jretreat.com .

If the Jewish people are G-d’s ambassadors on earth, how does that affect how we act and how other people see us? Discover what being G-d’s ambassador truly means, and recognize that somebody’s keeping an eye on you wherever you go.

Each of us embodies a minature version of the Holy Temple which once stood in Jerusalem. Learn how to navigate your soul, its purpose and your impact on the world. This lecture was recorded at the 15th annual National Jewish Retreat. Visit Jretreat.com to learn more and sign up to upcoming Retreats.

Project G-d’s mind onto the screen of time and space, and voila, you get our physical world. Join us as we unfold the matrix of creation, and realize our role as G-d’s partner in an unfinished creation. We’ll look at human psychology and the way the universe is contained within our person and life.

Neuroscientist Andrew Newberg draws on his years of research as he explores the measurable effect belief in G-d has on your brain, your health, and your mental wellbeing.

When the Surfside Condominiums collapsed on June 24, 2021, Rabbi Sholom Lipsker was just up the block. Hear the story of his personal involvement in an unfathomable communal tragedy, and the community's responce in the aftermath.

Explore the Jewish guide to social skills and interpersonal relationship. Learn core insights gleaned from Tanya’s 32nd Chapter, you’ll wish you’d known sooner.

Every human being is both who they are and who their G-dly potential says they can become. Life hands us myriads of opportunities to put these two dimensions into sync. The key to a meaningful and impactful life lies in seizing these moments.

Atheism has one major advantage: it explains evil elegantly. But how does the man of faith approach this question? In a letter penned in 1965 by the Lubavitcher Rebbe to Noble Laureate Eli Wiesel, the Rebbe discusses the questions of all questions. This lecture took place at the 11th annual National Jewish Retreat. For more information and to register for the next retreat, visit:  Jretreat.com .

Did G-d communicate to human beings all that He would like us to be doing down here? How do we know we heard G-d at Sinai? Who wrote the Torah? G-d? Moses? A committee of authors? How do we deal with apparent contradictions and inconsistencies which “academia” claims to “discover” in the Torah? Can a modern, reasonable, educated person still believe that the Torah is literally the word of G-d? If...

The commandment tells us, "And you shall love G-d," but what about the reverse? Does G-d, can G-d, love us back? Does that mean we can't get him upset? Explore the relationship of a lifetime.

Discover how Torah’s spiritual technology enables us to live with purpose, passion, and power, and to fill our days with greater goodness and ultimate joy. This lecture was delivered at the 13th annual National Jewish Retreat. For more information and to register for the next retreat, visit:  Jretreat.com .

This talk will use Jewish perspectives on trauma, loss, and consolation, to con-sider the psychological challenges that such situations present. The wisdom of Jew-ish approaches in providing comfort and steering us towards healthy adaptations will be highlighted, in the face of psychological research. This lecture took place at the 12th annual National Jewish Retreat. For more information and to r...

In this session abortion will be addressed, one of the most polarizing issues in contemporary discourse, from the perspective of Jewish law and ethics. Does a woman always have the right to terminate her pregnancy? Or does life begin at conception, and destroying a fetus tantamount to murder? This lecture was delivered at the 9th annual National Jewish Retreat. For more information and to register...

Do thoughts really impact reality? Explore the power of positivity in this exploration of the expression, "Tracht Gut Vet Zein Gut" , Think good and it will be good.

As we start the Torah anew, explore the strange story in Genesis of Adam and the Tree of Knowledge with Kabbalist Rabbi Dovber Pinson.

Explore the Four Species which are taken on Sukkot: the Lulav, Etrog, Myrtle and Willow, and their representation in our lives.

Change sins to merits with one simple discovery. Through  teshuvah , repentence, we can lessen past sins and even change some to merits. Rabbi  Pinchas Taylor  shows how science is coming to support different approaches to time and space, which have always been known in Jewish mystical literature.

The Talmud teaches, “A  baal teshuvah  stands in a place where even the most righteous cannot stand.” What is teshuvah (repentance)? Is it just saying, “I’m sorry”? That’s hardly grand! Discover the power of  teshuvah , Judaism’s gift of redemptive transformation.

As you prepare for the New Year, take stock of the past one and plan for the future.