Beit Midrash
What We Can Learn From Hasidic Religious Practice: Hasidic Prayer and Spirituality
Clarendon RoomDr. Nehemiah Polen Early Hasidic masters taught that prayer is an opportunity to focus on Divine unity and the dissolution of the ego. At ...
Defanging the Birkat HaMinim (Part 1)
Dalton RoomDr. Ruth Langer The infamous twelfth benediction of the weekday amidah apparently cursed Christians explicitly in its early medieval forms and implicitly in its ...
Israel in Text: From the Land of Milk and Honey to Coercing Aliyah
Hampton RoomDr. Aaron Panken Biblical and Rabbinic texts create a strong foundation for a longing for Zion that inspired later thinkers, including influencing many early ...
Defanging the Birkat HaMinim (Part II)
Dalton RoomDr. Ruth Langer A continuation of the morning session. The infamous twelfth benediction of the weekday amidah apparently cursed Christians explicitly in its early ...
Israel in Context: What Zionist Thinkers Say to Us Today
Hampton RoomDr. Aaron Panken Zionism faces numerous challenges in the contemporary American Reform context. Recent articles even claim that American rabbinical students are beginning to ...
What We Can Learn From Hasidic Religious Practice: Hasidic Niggun and Spirituality
Clarendon RoomDr. Nehemiah Polen The world of Hasidism is famous for its musically creative and emotionally powerful niggunim. This session will explore how this rich ...