DOCSLIB.ORG

BIAV to Host 25 Orthodox Rabbis

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
BIAV to Host 25 Orthodox Rabbis $1.00 The KANSAS CITY Volume 91, Number 45 www.kcjc.com October 27, 2011 jewish chronicle BIAV to host 25 Orthodox rabbis By Barbara Bayer meeting to serve as BIAV’s scholar Editor in residence Nov. 4 and 5 and be the featured presenter at Schmooze What is a rabbi? Among other with the Jews at the Zoo: A family things, he/she is often a trusted happening! (For more information leader and adviser. Congregants go on these events, see Page 7.) to their rabbi in times of joy, trou- Rabbi Rockoff explains that Rab- bles and sorrow. bi Rosenblatt has a special interest But where do rabbis go for ad- in the training and mentoring of vice? Luckily young Orthodox rab- young rabbis. The New York rabbi bis can turn to other members of is an instructor in the RIETS Rab- an informal group affectionately binic training program as well as in known as the West Coast Rav. Con- programs in Israel that train rabbis gregation BIAV’s Rabbi Daniel for the Diaspora. Under his leader- Rockoff is hosting this year’s West ship the Riverdale Jewish Center, Coast Rav here Monday through through its internship program, has Wednesday, Nov. 7-9. Twenty-five become a major “finishing school” rabbis are expected to attend from for talented young rabbis. across the country. Rabbi Rosenblatt explained the In some ways, West Coast Rav group arose from an idea he had can be termed a support group. prior to a visit he made to Los Ange- “It’s a great group of guys,” said JOINTMEDIA NEWS SERVICE/ EPA/MOHAMED MESSARA les to speak at Beth Jacob Congre- Libyan children leave a storage freezer after seeing the corpse of dead former Libyan Rabbi Jonathan Gross of Beth Is- gation in Beverly Hills, Calif., where leader Moammar Gadhafi, in Misrata, Libya, on Oct. 23, 2011. rael Synagogue in Omaha, Neb. He Rabbi Steven Weil, now the execu- attended the first one in 2003 and ev- tive vice president of the Orthodox ery one since. Union, was the rabbi. The meeting is always held this Rabbi Rosenblatt thought that Gadhafi’s strange courtship of the Jews time of year as a way for the rabbis while he was there, the two experi- By Ron Kampeas and his family now live. His aunt, Rina to wind down and rejuvenate from enced rabbis should find a way to JTA News & Features Debach, is believed to be the last Jew to the High Holidays. help the many young rabbis work- have lived in Libya. “The High Holidays are our busy ing up and down the West Coast who WASHINGTON — Now it can be Through interlocutors, Gerbi told season. For us, it can be compared didn’t have budgets to bring people told: For the last decade or so, the Jews JTA, “Gadhafi asked me if I could help to a whole bunch of accountants in from all over the country to help had secret back channels to Moammar to normalize the relationship between getting together on April 16th. It’s mentor them and their congrega- Gadhafi. Libya and the United States.” very informal. We unwind,” Rabbi tions. What led the pro-Israel community Gadhafi’s motives were clear, ac- Gross said. Following Rabbi Rosenblatt’s into a careful relationship with Gad- cording to Gerbi: Saddam Hussein The West Coast Rav was the suggestion, Rabbi Weil invited hafi 10 years ago were considerations was in the U.S. sights at the time and brainchild of Rabbi Jonathan I. young rabbis from Vancouver, Brit- of U.S. national interests, Israel’s se- Gadhafi, who already was tentatively Rosenblatt, the senior rabbi of the ish Columbia, Canada, down to San curity needs and the claims of Libyan reaching out to the West through Brit- Riverdale Jewish Center, a diverse Diego to visit Los Angeles for a few Jews. ain, did not want to be next on the list. and dynamic Zionist Orthodox days. After his overthrow by Libyan reb- “He saw what’s next, he was on the synagogue community of some “We sat for two days talking about els and his killing last week, the conclu- list of terrorist countries,” Gerbi said. 700 families located in the Bronx, the rabbinate and the experience of sion among many pro-Israel figures in Gadhafi agreed to end his nascent N.Y. Rabbi Rosenblatt will arrive in America is that it was worth it, despite weapons of mass destruction programs see West, page 7 Kansas City several days before the the Libyan strongman’s erratic behav- and to a payout in the billions of dollars ior and his ignoble downfall. to families of victims of the terrorist at- The reason: Gadhafi’s shift away tack that brought down a Pan Am flight from state terrorism after the Sept. 11, over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988. 2001, attacks eliminated a funder and Gerbi, who still hopes to re-establish organizer of threats to Israeli and U.S. a Jewish presence in Libya, immedi- interests. ately launched a tour of the United Gadhafi’s overtures to the pro-Israel States in hopes of rallying support for community began in 2002, when a lead- bringing Libya into the pro-Western er of the Libyan Jewish community in fold. He met with pro-Israel groups and exile, David Gerbi, returned to Libya to bring an elderly aunt to Italy, where he see Gadhafi, page 8 page 2 The Kansas City Jewish Chronicle October 27, 2011 Th e KANSAS listening post CITY jewish nounced the formation of the Walter S. Clements Endowed Scholarship to chronicle support graduate real estate educa - a tradition since 1920 tion at the White Center, specifically the new Master of Entrepreneurial By Barbara Bayer, Real Estate. The Lewis White Cen - Stephen F. Rose ter is the only provider of graduate Chairman Editor [email protected] real estate education in the region. The family of Lewis White has made David Small JOKE OF THE DAY — A col - a gift of $50,000 for a scholarship President league sent me this joke: named after Walter S. Clements, di - [email protected] Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream is now rector of the Lewis White Real Estate available in Israel in the following Center. Jerry White, son of the late Barbara Bayer Lewis White, noted one reason the Editor flavors: [email protected] Wailing Walnut scholarship is named after Clements Moishemallow is because “He brings outstanding Marcia Horn Montgomery Mazel Toffee experience to the Bloch School and Community Editor Chazalnut was able to quickly develop a suc - [email protected] Oy Ge-malt cessful real estate program from the ground up, which has been extreme- Amy Cohn Mi Ka-mocha Bernard Malamint ly well-received by the real estate Advertising Manager Jerry White [email protected] Berry Pr’i Hagafen community.” Choc-Eilat Chip Barbara Lewis Godfrey Simchas T’Oreo BIPARTISAN PLEDGE — The ers have contributed stories to The Account Executive Anti-Defamation League and the [email protected] It should be noted that all of these Chronicle. In a story published in the flavors come in either a cup or a Co - American Jewish Committee have most recent issue (Sept. 24-Oct. 12) Se- Judy Lanes hen. joined together to encourage other nior Editor Sam Abrams reports that a Account Executive national organizations, elected offi - former HBHA student is among those [email protected] WHITE SCHOLARSHIP — The cials, religious leaders, community who have been arrested while taking UMKC Bloch School of Manage - groups and individuals to join them part in the Occupy Wall Street move - Mike Bennett ment’s Lewis White Real Estate Cen- in signing the “National Pledge for ment protests in New York City. Isaac Production Director - Unity on Israel.” This initiative aims Wilder, now 21, was arrested on Sept. [email protected] ter and the family of Lewis White an to rally bipartisan support for Israel 21 while leading a group of approxi - Heather Swan while preventing the Jewish state mately 85 protesters to the New York Special Sections Editor from becoming a wedge issue in the Stock Exchange for the opening bell, [email protected] upcoming campaign season. and then to the Chase Manhattan Pla- “If there is one thing candidates za. Sam reported that Wilder has been for high office, and people of all po - quoted in the New York Times follow- Questions regarding subscriptions may be litical stripes can agree on, it is the ing his arrest, saying that he told po - directed to Lisa Small. Call 913-951-8407 or importance of the long tradition of lice officers “I stood my ground, and email [email protected] bipartisan support for our friend and said that we were within our rights.” ally, Israel,” said AJC Executive Di - Wilder was also allegedly asked ques- Published every Thursday by rector David Harris. tions about the Israeli stamps on his “We want the discourse on U.S. passports while he was debriefed by support for Israel to avoid the some - police. He was released from custody times polarizing debates and political after a short time with a summons to attacks that have emerged in recent appear later in court. 4210 Shawnee Mission Parkway, Suite 314A weeks, as candidates have challenged Fairway, Kansas 66205-2532 their opponents’ pro-Israel bone fi - Chronicle Offi ce: (913) 951-8440 SOUND THE SHOFAR — If you Facsimile: (913) 674-5379 des or questioned the current admin- are planning a trip to Jerusalem be - Website: www.kcjc.com istration’s foreign policy approach tween now and February, our Israeli E-mail: [email protected] vis-à-vis Israel,” said Abraham H.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • TORAH TO-GO® Established by Rabbi Hyman and Ann Arbesfeld June 2017 • Shavuot 5777 a Special Edition Celebrating President Richard M
    Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary Yeshiva University Center for the Jewish Future THE BENJAMIN AND ROSE BERGER TORAH TO-GO® Established by Rabbi Hyman and Ann Arbesfeld June 2017 • Shavuot 5777 A Special Edition Celebrating President Richard M. Joel WITH SHAVUOT TRIBUTES FROM Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander • Rabbi Dr. Hillel Davis • Rabbi Dr. Avery Joel • Dr. Penny Joel Rabbi Dr. Josh Joseph • Rabbi Menachem Penner • Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter • Rabbi Ezra Schwartz Special Symposium: Perspectives on Conversion Rabbi Eli Belizon • Joshua Blau • Mrs. Leah Nagarpowers • Rabbi Yona Reiss Rabbi Zvi Romm • Mrs. Shoshana Schechter • Rabbi Michoel Zylberman 1 Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary • The Benjamin and Rose Berger CJF Torah To-Go Series • Shavuot 5777 We thank the following synagogues which have pledged to be Pillars of the Torah To-Go® project Beth David Synagogue Green Road Synagogue Young Israel of West Hartford, CT Beachwood, OH Century City Los Angeles, CA Beth Jacob Congregation The Jewish Center Beverly Hills, CA New York, NY Young Israel of Bnai Israel – Ohev Zedek Young Israel Beth El of New Hyde Park New Hyde Park, NY Philadelphia, PA Borough Park Koenig Family Foundation Young Israel of Congregation Brooklyn, NY Ahavas Achim Toco Hills Atlanta, GA Highland Park, NJ Young Israel of Lawrence-Cedarhurst Young Israel of Congregation Cedarhurst, NY Shaarei Tefillah West Hartford West Hartford, CT Newton Centre, MA Richard M. Joel, President and Bravmann Family University Professor, Yeshiva University Rabbi Dr. Kenneth
    [Show full text]
  • Chavrusa Pesach 2007
    Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary A PUBLICATION OF THE RABBINIC ALUMNI OF THE RABBI ISAAC ELCHANAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY • AN AFFILIATE OF YESHIVA UNIVERSITY an affiliate of Yeshiva University Yeshiva University Center for the Jewish Future Max Stern Division of Communal Service 500 West 185th Street New York, NY 10033 CHAVRUSA APRIL 2007 • NISAN 5767 :dx ,ufr c–vrucjc tkt ,hbeb vru,v iht VOLUME 41 • NUMBER 3 CHAVRUSA is a publication of the Rabbinic Alumni of the Yeshiva Bids Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary- The Center for the Jewish Future, Farewell to an affiliate of Yeshiva University Rabbi Melech Richard M. Joel President Schachter z’l Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm Chancellor, Yeshiva University somber and large crowd packed Rosh HaYeshiva, RIETS into the Nathan Lamport Rabbi Kenneth Brander Auditorium on February 27 Dean, Center for the 2006 to bid a kavod acharon Jewish Future A to Rabbi Dr. Melech Schachter z’l, a Rabbi Dr. Solomon Rybak beloved Colleague, Father, Zeide, Rebbe President, Rabbinic Alumni Rabbis Brander, Schachter, Genack and Twersky discuss their revered Rebbe. and Rosh Yeshiva. Among those who Rabbi Ronald L. Schwarzberg offered words of eulogy were RIETS Director, Jewish Career Development and Placement Rosh Hayeshiva and Yeshiva University CJF and Rabbinic Alumni Sponsor Chancellor Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm Rabbi Elly Krimsky Assistant Director, Jewish Career ‘51R; Rabbi Zevulun Charlop ‘54R, the Development and Placement New York Premiere of Film and a Max and Marion Grill Dean of RIETS; Editor, Chavrusa Conversation on Rav Soloveitchik Rabbi Yisrael Meir Steinberg, Rabbi Rabbi Levi Mostofsky Schachter’s son in law; Rabbi Hershel Director of Rabbinic Programming n a scene at the end of “ Lonely Man 1985.
    [Show full text]
  • OF 17Th 2004 Gender Relationships in Marriage and Out.Pdf (1.542Mb)
    Gender Relationships In Marriage and Out Edited by Rivkah Blau Robert S. Hirt, Series Editor THE MICHAEL SCHARF PUBLICATION TRUST of the YESHIVA UNIVERSITY PRESs New York OF 17 r18 CS2ME draft 8 balancediii iii 9/2/2007 11:28:13 AM THE ORTHODOX FORUM The Orthodox Forum, initially convened by Dr. Norman Lamm, Chancellor of Yeshiva University, meets each year to consider major issues of concern to the Jewish community. Forum participants from throughout the world, including academicians in both Jewish and secular fields, rabbis,rashei yeshivah, Jewish educators, and Jewish communal professionals, gather in conference as a think tank to discuss and critique each other’s original papers, examining different aspects of a central theme. The purpose of the Forum is to create and disseminate a new and vibrant Torah literature addressing the critical issues facing Jewry today. The Orthodox Forum gratefully acknowledges the support of the Joseph J. and Bertha K. Green Memorial Fund at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary established by Morris L. Green, of blessed memory. The Orthodox Forum Series is a project of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, an affiliate of Yeshiva University OF 17 r18 CS2ME draft 8 balancedii ii 9/2/2007 11:28:13 AM Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Orthodox Forum (17th : 2004 : New York, NY) Gender relationships in marriage and out / edited by Rivkah Blau. p. cm. – (Orthodox Forum series) ISBN 978-0-88125-971-1 1. Marriage. 2. Marriage – Religious aspects – Judaism. 3. Marriage (Jewish law) 4. Man-woman relationships – Religious aspects – Judaism. I.
    [Show full text]
  • TORAH TO-GO® Established by Rabbi Hyman and Ann Arbesfeld April 2015 • Pesach-Yom Haatzmaut 5775
    Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary Yeshiva University Center for the Jewish Future THE BENJAMIN AND ROSE BERGER TORAH TO-GO® Established by Rabbi Hyman and Ann Arbesfeld April 2015 • Pesach-Yom Haatzmaut 5775 Dedicated in memory of Cantor Jerome L. Simons Featuring Divrei Torah from Rabbi Kenneth Brander • Rabbi Assaf Bednarsh Rabbi Josh Blass • Rabbi Reuven Brand Rabbi Daniel Z. Feldman Rabbi Lawrence Hajioff • Rona Novick, PhD Rabbi Uri Orlian • Rabbi Ari Sytner Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner • Rabbi Ari Zahtz Insights on Yom Haatzmaut from Rabbi Naphtali Lavenda Rebbetzin Meira Davis Rabbi Kenny Schiowitz 1 Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary • The Benjamin and Rose Berger CJF Torah To-Go Series • Pesach 5775 We thank the following synagogues who have pledged to be Pillars of the Torah To-Go® project Congregation Kehillat Shaarei United Orthodox Beth Shalom Yonah Menachem Synagogues Rochester, NY Modiin, Israel Houston, TX Congregation The Jewish Center Young Israel of Shaarei Tefillah New York, NY New Hyde Park Newton Centre, MA New Hyde Park, NY For nearly a decade, the Benajmin and Rose Berger Torah To-Go® series has provided communities throughout North America and Israel with the highest quality Torah articles on topics relevant to Jewish holidays throughout the year. We are pleased to present a dramatic change in both layout and content that will further widen the appeal of the publication. You will notice that we have moved to a more magazine-like format that is both easier to read and more graphically engaging. In addition, you will discover that the articles project a greater range in both scholarly and popular interest, providing the highest level of Torah content, with inspiration and eloquence.
    [Show full text]
  • EBOLA: AM I at RISK? Ébola: ¿ESTOY EN Riesgo?
    NOVEMBER 19 - NOVEMBER 25, 2014 • VOLUME 5 - No. 47 The FREE PRESS The Community’s Bilingual Newspaper BRONX El Periódico Bilingüe de la Comunidad The Goods Life p3 Mónica Barnkow by Alimento de vida Photo p16 Heat p14 Art p13 Aqua p9 El Nuevo San Juan HAS EXTENDED ITS SERVICES AT THE Simpson Pavilion! The new Simpson Pavilion is here to provide you with excellent health care. We provide primary and specialty health services including: Primary Care, Optometry, Child and Adult Behavioral Services, Gynecology and Prenatal. Visit us soon! Call for an appointment (718) 589-4755. Bring this ad to receive a free gift! 2 November 19, 2014 • the broNx free press • www.thebronxfreepress.com A food donation event was held at the Davidson Community Center. Story and photos by Mónica Barnkow cereal, milk, tuna, sardines, and a variety of canned vegetables and legumes. It was the fourth consecutive year in hile others might be worried The Goods Life which the Ford Motor Company Fund and Wabout having a few more over the Hispanic Federation have joined forces for Thanksgiving dinner, Angel for over a quarter of a century, was thrilled to Caballero’s parents, who were raising 8 for “Lucha Contra el Hambre.” The “Lucha” announce that the Center would be welcoming children of their own, also served as foster initiative brings food to the most vulnerable Caballero is ecstatic about his any and all visitors for the holiday. parents for 33 years. families, including many at the Davidson guests. He predicted that many would be served. While he spoke, volunteers in white T-shirts Community Center.
    [Show full text]
  • Urim Publications 2017 Catalog
    Urim PublicationsJerusalem · New York celebrating 20 yearsof publishing Summer 2017 TOPICS Bible Commentary Biography Children Contemporary Issues Education Encyclopedia Fiction Hebrew Historical Fiction History Holidays Holocaust After the Holocaust Inspirational the Bells Still Ring Israel by Joseph Polak Jewish Law foreword by Elie Wiesel Jewish Thought Winner of the National Jewish Book Award 2015 in the category of Biography/Autobiography Lifecycle “This gem of a book, 70 years in the making, is already a classic, Passover Haggadah riveting in what it reveals, in the questions it releases.” –Merle Feld Prayer “As one of the last witnesses to the Shoah, certainly one of Psychology and Judaism the youngest, Joseph Polak has written a memoir that is an essential contribution to the body of Holocaust literature . Science and Judaism This is a must read for anyone not afraid of grappling with the unfathomable.” –Blu Greenberg Tikkun Olam “. Joseph’s voice originates from within Bergen-Belsen, and Women and Judaism perhaps poses the questions and challenges to G-d that Anne [Frank] might have posed, had she survived. His story and Title Index her story merge. These two youngsters from Holland, Anne forever a teenager, Joseph approaching the status of elder, provide a perspective of unusual insight from within the Holocaust, and from within survival.” –Robert Krell, MD Publishing since 1997 Urim Publications, 2015, Hardcover, 141 pages $19.95 (70 nis), isbn 978-965-524-162-4 2 www.UrimPublications.com American Interests World War I in the Holy Land in the Holy Land Revealed in Early Photographs Revealed in Early Photographs From 1840 to 1940 From 1914 to 1919 by Lenny Ben-David by Lenny Ben-David "I congratulate Lenny Ben-David on the publica- World War I in the Holy Land presents this his- tion of this major work illustrating over a century tory of the “great war” in short essays with more of American support for the Jews of the Holy Land.
    [Show full text]
  • THE BENJAMIN and ROSE BERGER TO-GO® Establishedtorah by Rabbi Hyman and Ann Arbesfeld • April 2018 • Yom Haatzmaut 5778
    Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary • YU Center for the Jewish Future THE BENJAMIN AND ROSE BERGER TO-GO® EstablishedTORAH by Rabbi Hyman and Ann Arbesfeld • April 2018 • Yom Haatzmaut 5778 Dedicated in memory of Cantor Jerome L. Simons Israel at 70 Commemorating the 25th Seven Decades of Israel Yahrtzeit of Rabbi Joseph B. Top Seven Torah Issues Soloveitchik zt”l from the 70 Years of the The Rav on Religious Zionism State of Israel We thank the following synagogues which have pledged to be Pillars of the Torah To-Go® project Beth David Synagogue Congregation Ohab Zedek Young Israel of West Hartford, CT New York, NY Century City Los Angeles, CA Beth Jacob Congregation Congregation Beverly Hills, CA Shaarei Tefillah Young Israel of Newton Centre, MA New Hyde Park Bnai Israel – Ohev Zedek New Hyde Park, NY Philadelphia, PA Green Road Synagogue Beachwood, OH Young Israel of Congregation Scarsdale Ahavas Achim The Jewish Center Scarsdale, NY Highland Park, NJ New York, NY Young Israel of Congregation Benai Asher Jewish Center of Toco Hills The Sephardic Synagogue Brighton Beach Atlanta, GA of Long Beach Brooklyn, NY Long Beach, NY Young Israel of Koenig Family Foundation Congregation Brooklyn, NY West Hartford Beth Sholom West Hartford, CT Young Israel of Providence, RI Young Israel of Lawrence-Cedarhurst Cedarhurst, NY West Hempstead West Hempstead, NY Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman, President, Yeshiva University Rabbi Yaakov Glasser, David Mitzner Dean, Center for the Jewish Future Rabbi Menachem Penner, Max and Marion Grill Dean, Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary Rabbi Robert Shur, Series Editor Rabbi Joshua Flug, General Editor Rabbi Michael Dubitsky, Content Editor Andrea Kahn, Copy Editor Copyright © 2018 All rights reserved by Yeshiva University Yeshiva University Center for the Jewish Future 500 West 185th Street, Suite 419, New York, NY 10033 • [email protected] • 212.960.0074 This publication contains words of Torah.
    [Show full text]
  • Leveraging Allied and Commercial Capabilities for Resilience 1
    December 2017 Leveraging Allied and Commercial Capabilities to Enhance Resilience A Virtual Think Tank (ViTTa)® Report Deeper Analyses Clarifying Insights Better Decisions Produced in support of the Strategic Multilayer Assessment www.NSIteam.com (SMA) Office (Joint Staff, J39) Leveraging Allied and Commercial Capabilities for Resilience 1 Author Dr. Belinda Bragg Please direct inquiries to Dr. Belinda Bragg at [email protected] ViTTa® Project Team Dr. Allison Astorino-Courtois Sarah Canna Nicole Peterson Executive VP Principal Analyst Associate Analyst Weston Aviles Dr. Larry Kuznar George Popp Analyst Chief Cultural Sciences Officer Senior Analyst Dr. Belinda Bragg Dr. Sabrina Pagano Dr. John A. Stevenson Principal Research Scientist Principal Research Scientist Principal Research Scientist Interview Team1 Weston Aviles Nicole Peterson Analyst Associate Analyst Sarah Canna George Popp Principal Analyst Senior Analyst What is ViTTa®? NSI’s Virtual Think Tank (ViTTa®) provides rapid response to critical information needs by pulsing our global network of subject matter experts (SMEs) to generate a wide range of expert insight. For this SMA Contested Space Operations project, ViTTa was used to address 23 unclassified questions submitted by the Joint Staff and US Air Force project sponsors. The ViTTa team received written and verbal input from over 111 experts from National Security Space, as well as civil, commercial, legal, think tank, and academic communities working space and space policy. Each Space ViTTa report contains two sections: 1) a summary response to the question asked; and 2) the full written and/or transcribed interview input received from each expert contributor organized alphabetically. Biographies for all expert contributors have been collated in a companion document.
    [Show full text]
  • Shlomo Carlebach (B
    UNIT 4 APPENDICES A PROGRAM OF THE LOWELL MILKEN FUND FOR AMERICAN JEWISH MUSIC AT THE UCLA HERB ALPERT SCHOOL OF MUSIC UNIT 4: THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN…. 1 APPENDIX A: DEBATE POINTS UNIT 4: THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN…. 2 For Art Music • Music of the synagogue should represent, reflect and elevate the beauty of Shabbat/Holiday worship. • Music of the synagogue should be sophisticated and inspiring, elevating the heart and soul. • Prayer is an art form, and art can also be prayer. As with any art form, such as poetry, literature, architecture, and even music, we should bring our greatest talents and training to create the most beautiful expression of prayer we can. • Music of the synagogue should be reflective of and responsive to the “nusach” of the various holidays and Shabbat, carrying forward the theme of these celebrations and observances through music. • The music of the synagogue should invite the listening worshipper to moments of reflection and meditation. • Responsibility for curating, selecting and composing the music of the synagogue lies with the cantor. • Importance of tradition - connection to our past, reverence for past of Jewish music For Communal Participation Music • Music of the synagogue should represent, reflect and elevate the beauty of Shabbat/Holiday worship. • Music of the synagogue should be sophisticated, elevating and inspiring the heart and soul. • Music of the synagogue should invite congregational participation. • Music of the synagogue must be in a key that all can sing. • Music of the synagogue should connect worshippers to the broader Jewish and secular world.
    [Show full text]
  • Critical Philosophy of Halakha (Jewish Law): the Justification of Halakhic Norms And
    Critical Philosophy of Halakha (Jewish Law): The Justification of Halakhic Norms and Authority Yonatan Yisrael Brafman Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 2014 © 2014 Yonatan Yisrael Brafman All rights reserved ABSTRACT Critical Philosophy of Halakha (Jewish Law): The Justification of Halakhic Norms and Authority Yonatan Brafman Contemporary conflicts over such issues as abortion, same-sex marriage, circumcision, and veiling highlight the need for renewed reflection on the justification of religious norms and authority. While abstract investigation of these questions is necessary, inquiry into them is not foreign to religious traditions. Philosophical engagement with these traditions of inquiry is both intellectually and practically advantageous. This does not demand, however, that these discussions be conducted within a discourse wholly internal to a particular religious tradition; dialogue between a religious tradition and philosophical reflection can be created that is mutually beneficial. To that end, this dissertation explores a central issue in philosophy of halakha (Jewish law): the relation between the justification of halakhic norms and halakhic-legal practice. A central component of philosophy of halakha is the project of ta’amei ha-mitzvot (the reasons for the commandments). Through such inquiry, Jewish thinkers attempt to demonstrate the rationality of Jewish religious practice by offering reasons for halakhic norms. At its best, it not only seeks to justify halakhic norms but also elicits sustained reflection on issues in moral philosophy, including justification and normativity. Still, there is a tendency among its practitioners to attempt to separate this project from halakhic-legal practice.
    [Show full text]
  • Welcome to Shabbat Parshat Balak at Anshe Sholom B'nai Lsrael Congregation
    Welcome to Shabbat Parshat Balak ANNOUNCEMENTS Mazal Tov to Donna & Bill Moritz, their parents Dale & Estelle Moritz and Carolla Chocron, and at Anshe Sholom B’nai lsrael Congregation all of their family here to celebrate, on the bris and naming of their son, Chaim Aharon. If you would like to help with meals, please visit TakeThemAMeal.com (Last Name: Moritz, Password: June 29 – 30, 2018 / 17 Tammuz 5778 5990). May this child’s life be filled with the insights of Torah, the warm and supportive love of Kiddush this week is co-sponsored in honor of Danielle Gershon. We wish you all the best family and community, and the blessing of good deeds. Amen. on your big adventure to the south. Thank you for all you have done for our JCC NOTICE: Due to construction at the JCC, their front door will not be accessible and everyone community! Your dedication to the board, the young professionals, and membership have must enter the JCC through the side door off the driveway for the next several weeks. truly made Anshe Sholom a better place. We will miss you! Thank you to this week’s volunteer Tot Shabbat leader, Chai Wilensky, and volunteer reader, Jennifer Loeb, Adam & Libby Smoler, Beverly Agdern & David Porter, Ava Madoff, Rich & Roxie Goldberg, Jonathan Eskreis-Winkler. Lia, Adam & Serena Goldfarb, Joseph Goodman & Sara Morris, Sarah Goldsmith, Stuart & Denise Sprague, Rabbi David & Sara Wolkenfeld, Rachel Shtern, Tzvi & Davita Robinson, Jonathan Rosenblatt & Naomi ANSHE SHOLOM TRIBUTES Kruger (Mazal tov on your new role! We are so happy for you,
    [Show full text]
  • Kol Hamevaser 3.2-Family-And-Community Nov2009.Pdf (814.7Kb)
    Volume III, Issue 2 November 6, 2009/19 Marheshvan 5770 Kol hamevaser The Jewish Thought Magazine of the Yeshiva University Body The Modern Orthodox Response to Orthopraxy Eli Putterman, p. 3 “Am le-Badad Yishkon:” Must the Singular Nation Always Reside Alone? Nicole Grubner, p. 10 An Interview with Rabbi Yaakov Neuberger p. 11 An Interview with Mrs. Shani Taragin: Part One p. 14 Shemirat Negi’ah and Reality Family and Community Nathaniel Jaret, p. 17 Kol Hamevaser Kol Hamevaser The Jewish Thought Magazine Contents of the Yeshiva University Student Body Volume III, Issue 2 November 6, 2009 Staff 19 Marheshvan 5770 Family and Community Editors-in-Chief Sarit Bendavid Eli Putterman 2 The Modern Orthodox Response to Shaul Seidler-Feller Orthopraxy Associate Editors Sarit Bendavid 6 Prayer: A Call for Philosophical In- Shalvi Berger quiry Shlomo Zuckier Alex Luxenberg 7 Rabbinic Leadership Reexamined Layout Editor Menachem Spira Noah Cheses 9 On the Virtue of Followership: Ein Editor Emeritus Melekh be-Lo Am Alex Ozar Nicole Grubner 10 “Am le-Badad Yishkon:” Must the Staff Writers Singular Nation Always Reside Yoni Brander Alone? Jake Friedman Ilana Gadish Nicole Grubner Staff 11 An Interview with Rabbi Yaakov Nate Jaret Neuberger Ori Kanefsky Alex Luxenberg Emmanuel Sanders 13 Be Not Overly Modest: Tseni’ut and Emmanuel Sanders the Inability to Speak About Sex Yossi Steinberger Jonathan Ziring Staff 14 An Interview with Mrs. Shani Copy Editor Taragin: Part One Benjy Abramowitz Nathaniel Jaret 17 Shemirat Negi’ah and Reality Webmaster Ben Kandel Shaul Seidler-Feller 19 Reality Check: Lo Tikrevu le-Gallot Ervah and Shemirat Negi’ah Cover Design Yechezkel Carl General Jewish Thought Business Manager Rabbi Yosef Blau 21 Musar’s Incomplete Victory Saadia Fireman Rabbi Joseph B.
    [Show full text]