Edah’s 4th International Conference The Challenges. The Opportunities. Diversity, Change, Meaning, Justice

February 20th 2005

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All tapes are produced without editing to preserve spontaneity of each session. Therefore, you may find an occasional late start or interruption in the flow of presentation. We hope you enjoy reliving the excitement and enthusiasm of this historic event.

#CD #Cass TEXT STUDY SESSIONS

E5-1 Isaac Encounters Ishmael: A Jewish Perspective on Islam Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller E5-2 "The Gates of Weeping are Not Closed": Berachot 5b Dr. Gerald Cromer E5-3 Brother or Other: Orthodox Attitudes Towards Non-Observant Jews Dr. Adam Ferziger E5-4 Benefiting From Comparative Study of Religious Ritual: T’vilah and Baptism Marcie Lenk E5-5 Re-reading Esav in the : Religious Dialogue with the Non-Jewish World Rabbi Francis Nataf N/A N/A E5-6 Independent-Minded Students: Talmudic Models for the Seder Night Ilana Fodiman Silverman E5-7 The Role and Power of Kavannah and Lishmah in Talmudic Texts Rabbi Jay Miller E5-8 Constructing a Halachic Ethos: Obligation vs Right in Perek Elu Metziot Rabbi David Bigman E5-9 Coping with Challenges: A Response to Human Suffering Rabbi Avi Weiss PLENARY #1

E5-10 Who are We? Where Are We? Where Are We Headed? Dr. Sam Heilman Dr. Jacob Ukeles Rabbi Saul J. Berman SESSION #1

E5-11 Madonna and Kabbalah: What Can We Learn From the Headlines? Rabbi Dr. Alan Brill E5-12 Confronting Intermarriage in Communities and Families Dr. Sylvia Barack Fishman Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld E5-13 Has the Mix of Religion and Politics Corrupted the Vision of Religious Zionism? Rabbi Dr. Daniel Tropper Moshe Tur-Paz E5-14 Military Ethics in Fighting Terror Dr. Asa Kasher E5-15 Seeing the Spiritual in Material Objects Tobi Kahn Mierle Ukeles E5-16 The Perception of Antagonism: Media Coverage of the Orthodox Community Gary Rosenblatt Ami Eden E5-17 Working and Learning with Priests and Imams Rabbi Dr. B. Barry Levy Rabbi Dr. Michael Chernick E5-18 Changing Gender Roles in Society and Their Impact on the Modern Orthodox Family Dr. Gila Leiter Naomi Mark E5-19 Modern Orthodox Political Values and our Prayers for the Government Rabbi Benjamin Samuels Rabbi Aryeh Spero E5-20 Shifts in the Modern Orthodox/Charedi Divide Rabbi Francis Nataf Dr. Steve Bayme E5-21 Women in Community Leadership Roles Rabbi Dr. Aryeh Frimer E5-22 Are Day Schools Preparing Our Children for the Real World? Rabbi Charles Sheer Rabbi Jeffrey Kobrin E5-23 Toward a Halachic Theory of Truth Telling in Speech and Sexuality Rabbi Dr. Yitz Greenberg E5-24 The Ethics of Prioritizing Rescue: Jewish Leadership During the Holocaust Dr. Efraim Zuroff E5-25 Of Wigs and Restaurants: Re-Encountering Avoda Zara in the 21st Century Rabbi Dr. Jeffrey Woolf E5-26 Modern Orthodoxy – The 4th Century Version Rabbi Dr. Yaakov Elman E5-27 Rabbinic Authority vs. Personal Autonomy: Asking A She’elah vs Deciding for Yourself Rabbi Dov Linzer Rabbi Robert Klapper SESSION #2

E5-28 Modern Biblical Scholarship and Orthodoxy Rabbi Menachem Leibtag Eric Grossman N/A N/A E5-29 Creating Bridges Across the Jewish Divide Rabbi David Kalb E5-30 A New Orthodox Rabbinate: Theory and Practice Dr. Adam Ferziger Rabbi Dov Linzer E5-31 Honoring Parents: Kaddish and Memory Sam Freedman Ari Goldman E5-32 Can be Both Democratic and Jewish? Dr. Daniel Statman Rabbi Dr. Jeffrey Woolf E5-33 The “Other” As Amalek in Orthodox Life Dr. Gerald Cromer Dr. Steven Bayme E5-34 Pre-Nuptial Agreements as Solution to the Problem in the US and Israel Rabbi Michael Broyde Rachel Levmore E5-35 Religious Dimensions of the Israeli- Palestinian Conflict Dr. Shmuel Sandler Rabbi Dr. Marc Gopin E5-36 Halacha and Emotions in Organ Donation Nechama Glogower Blu Greenberg Robert Berman E5-37 Whither Who Goest? Modern Orthodoxy and Conversion Dr. Sylvia Barack Fishman Rabbi Yair Silverman E5-38 The Price of Science Without Moral Constraints: German & US Medicine Before DNA & Now Dr. Robert Pollack E5-39 "Silly but Dangerous": The Slippery Slope of Rabbinic Responses/Responsa to Feminism Dr. Tova Hartman E5-40 Rav Soloveitchik and Non-Orthodox Denominations Rabbi Seth Farber E5-41 Orthodox Shuls Serving the non-Orthodox: Should They, Can They? Rabbi Barry Gelman Fran Lunzer Kritz E5-42 The Use and Abuse of the Holocaust in North American and Israeli Culture Dr. Efraim Zuroff Dr. Gilbert Kahn E5-43 Accent Wars in Synagogues and Schools: Linguistic and Halachic Aspects of Pronouncing Loshon Kodesh Dr. Lewis Glinert E5-44 From Prayer to Avodah: To Improve Tefillah in Modern Orthodox Synagogues Rabbi Nathaniel Helfgot Ilana Fodiman Silverman E5-45 Kevod HaBeriyot as A Factor In Halachic Decision Making Rabbi Ezra Labaton: In the Writings of Hacham Ovadia Yosef Rabbi Dr. Daniel Sperber: With Regard to Women SESSION #3

E5-46 The Performance of Mitzvot in a World Emptied of Religious Meaning Rabbi Dr. Tsvi Blanchard Dr. Daniel Statman E5-47 Does Israeli Orthodoxy Share in Democratic Values? Dr. Shmuel Sandler Dr. Amnon Shapira E5-48 The Modern Orthodox in Haredi Garb: Are We All Headed to the Same Intellectual Haberdasher? Rabbi Dr. B Barry Levy Rabbi Dr. Alan Brill E5-49 Conversion as a Personal and as a National Issue Rabbi Dr. Seth Farber Rabbi Robert Klapper E5-50 Addressing Sexual Abuse in the Orthodox Community Rabbi Mark Dratch Dr. Brian Leggiere E5-51 Orthodox Responses to the Rise of Reform: What Can we Learn? Dr. Jay Berkovitz Rabbi Adam Mintz N/A N/A E5-52 Torah and Economic Justice: Revitalizing a Lost Connection Rabbi Micha Odenheimer Dr. Moses Pava E5-53 Substance Abuse in Yeshiva High Schools Rabbi Jack Beiler Rabbi Scot Berman E5-54 Our Obligations To Ourselves and the World Linda Levi Tarlow Dr. Rick Hodes E5-55 Leaders for Klal Yisrael in a Post Denominational Era Rabbi Dr. Naftali Rothenberg Rabbi Nathaniel Helfgot E5-56 , Idolatry and our Gentile Neighbors Dr. Asa Kasher Rabbi Dr. Eugene Korn N/A N/A E5-57 When Our Children Choose A Different Path: A Workshop Chana Sperber E5-58 Is Government Funding for Day Schools a Boon or a Threat to Jewish Survival? Cooki Levy Yossi Prager E5-59 Understanding “Honor”: Kevod Ha Tzibbur and Kevod HaBeriyot Revisited Rabbi Dr. Aryeh Frimer E5-60 Halachic Challenges for Orthodox Lawyers Rabbi Michael Broyde Rabbi Stephen Friedman E5-61 A New Look at Yirat Shamayim Dr. Jacob Joshua Ross E5-62 The Legal Thought of Rabbi Hershel Schachter Rabbi Alan J. Yuter E5-63 Tolerance & Unity: The Challenge of Tribalism Rabbi Binny Freedman SESSION #4

N/A N/A E5-64 “Tikkun Olam” – A Biblical Theme or A Mitzvah? Rabbi Menachem Leibtag E5-65 The Biblical Tendency to Limit and Mitigate War Dr. Amnon Shapira (Hebrew) E5-66 God Post-9/11: Theology, Politics and the New World Order Rabbi Eliyahu Stern E5-67 What Happened to Modern Orthodoxy When it went to the Army? Moshe Tur-Paz E5-68 Law of Love: The Ethical and Moral Basis of Halacha Rabbi Dr. Daniel Sperber N/A N/A E5-69 Rejection or Reconstruction: Reb Nachman and the Haskala Rabbi David Bigman E5-70 Can Peace be Made Without Religious Leaders? Rabbi Dr. Marc Gopin E5-71 Maoist Rebels and Ethiopian tribes: A Jewish Journey to the Heart of Globalization Rabbi Micha Odenheimer E5-72 Jewish Attitudes to Divorce: A Thoughtful Interpretation of the Sources Rachel Levmore E5-73 Holiness Even in Heresy: The “Other” in the Thought of Rav Kook Rabbi Bob Carroll E5-74 The Limits of Halachic Diversity in Issues of Personal Status Rabbi Rod Glogower E5-75 Amalek-Absolute or Relative Evil: "The Descendants of Haman Studied Torah in Bnei Brak" (Sanhedrin 96b) Rabbi Yair Silverman E5-76 The Authority of Gedolim: Preliminary Examination of R. Soloveitchik and His Circle Rabbi Shalom Carmy E5-77 Women, Keriah and Aliyot to the Torah Rabbi Dr. Ephraim Bezalel HaLivni E5-78 The Crisis of Halachic Authority Rabbi Dr. Daniel Tropper E5-79 Case Studies in Ethical Dilemmas of Jewish Students Dr. Moses Pava CLOSING PLENARY

E5-80 Religiously Motivated Disobedience of Military Orders in a Democratic Society: Israeli Voices Rabbi Dr. Naftali Rothenberg Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Riskin

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