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Rabbi Klitsner, teacher at Midreshet Linenbaum takes us through various word plays in his explanation of the stories of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob with a focus of Parashat Vayera. 

This is a preview to his book entitled, "WRESTLING JACOB: Deception, Identity, and Freudian Slips in Genesis."
This book can be purchased through Urim Publications.

Rav Gigi, Rosh HaYeshiva of Yeshivat Gush Etzion, presents his thoughts on Parshat Noach -  comparing the relationships are created between God, Adam, Noach and Avraham.

This lecture was given by RAv Meidan, Rosh HaYeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion.

Rabbi Dr. Alon Goshen-Gottstein is the director of the Elijah Interfaith Institute and lecturer and director of the Center for the Study of Rabbinic Thought, Beit Morasha College in Jerusalem. A renowned lecturer, Rabbi Goshen-Gottstein is the author of over three dozen articles on the topics of spirituality, theology and philosophy, which have appeared in a numerous scholarly journals including Harvard Theological Review. He is most recently the author of The Sinner and the Amnesiac: The Rabbinic Invention of Elisha ben Abuya and Eleazar ben Arach (Stanford University Press).

"What Should Klal Yisrael's Immigration Policy Be?"
The Intersection of Law and Values in the Conversion Controversy 

Rabbi Aryeh Klapper is Dean of the Center for Modern Torah Leadership and Rosh Beit Midrash of its Summer Beit Midrash Program, Instructor of Rabbinics and Medical Ethics at Gann Academy, and a member of the Boston Beit Din. He previously served as Orthodox Advisor and Associate Director for Education at Harvard Hillel and as Talmud Curriculum Chair at Maimonides High School. Rabbi Klapper is consulted internationally on issues of Jewish law and his work is cited by both academic and traditional scholars.

This shiur was given on November 12, 2008. 

Rav Meir Lichtenstein Shmitah, RAM at Otniel, presents the halachot and issues with this year's shmitah.

Rabbi Chaim Druckman speaks about conversion in Israel.

Lecture given at the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale on December 1, 2009.

A Night of Learning with Yeshivat Chovevei Torah and Uri L'Tzedek
Sex, Power, and Abuse in the Orthodox Community

November 2, 2009

Sexual violence and abuse is a serious problem in the Jewish community, and one that we often fail to address. Rabbi Mark Dratch from JSafe, Ben Hirsch from Survivors for Justice, and Shayna Weiss explore these issues and how systems of sexual power within our community enable these crimes to continue.

Co-sponsored by Drisha and JOFA

Rabbi Mark Dratch is founder and director of JSafe: The Jewish Institute Supporting an Abuse Free Environment. He served as a congregational rabbi for 22 years, was a Vice President of the Rabbinical Council of America, is chairman of its Task Force on Rabbinic Improprieties, and is responsible for spearheading and formulating its new policy guidelines for responding to allegations against member rabbis. Rabbi Dratch is also a member of the Clergy Task Force on Abuse of Jewish Women International, a member of the Jewish Advisory Committee of the FaithTrust Institute, a member of the Editorial Board of The Journal of Religion and Abuse, and a sought after speaker and consultant in matters of domestic violence and clergy abuse.

Survivors for Justice is an advocacy, educational and support organization for survivors of sexual abuse and their families from the right-wing Orthodox world. We offer support services to survivors, work within the right-wing Orthodox community to raise awareness of the issue and develop solutions to the problem.

Shayna Weiss graduated summa cum laude from Brandeis University in 2007 with a double major in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies and International and Global Studies. At Brandeis, she received highest honors for her thesis on religious women in the Israeli Defense Forces. She is a 2008 graduate of the Drisha Beit Midrash Program, in which she spent the year studying Talmud and other Jewish texts full time. Shayna is now pursuing her Ph.D at NYU, focusing on issues of religion, gender, and nationalism in israeli society.

Rabbi Saul Berman spoke at the YCT Rabbinical School Weinstein Award Ceremony on May 13, 2009.