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Parashat Yitro 5782: Is the Idolatry a Relevant Category for Contemporary Life

Description: In this week’s podcast, Rabbi Mike Uram tackles Parashat Yitro noting that the first of the 10 Commandments is one that prohibits idolatry. Is this a relevant … Read the rest

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This was originally posted on Authentic Jewish Living with Yiscah Smith. From Yiscah: In Conversation With Rabbi Daniel Silverstein. What a wonderful conversation with an inspiring visionary and compassionate voice of change. Rav Daniel manifests refreshing positive and optimistic energies … Read the rest

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We are proud that Pardes’s efforts to build a new facility in Jerusalem continue to move forward despite the challenges of the current moment. While most of us remain confined to our homes, a new home for our Torah, for … Read the rest

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The last installment in the Heralds of Zion series. This class explores the differences between Political and Cultural Zionism, along with introducing the personalities of Asher Ginsberg and Max Nordau. The primary question on the table is – how do … Read the rest

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Class four in the Heralds of Zion series. In this class we explore teh life of Theodore Herzl. Along the way will discuss assimilation, antisemitism and the major events which led up to the birth of Zionism as a political … Read the rest

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Class three in the ‘Heralds of Zion’ series. This time we explore the formation of Eastern European Enlightenment within the Pale of Settlement, along with the rise of nationalist thought across Europe. Add to this the resurgence of antisemitism within … Read the rest

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Class two of the ‘Heralds of Zion’ series. This class explores the tension between particularism and universalism as it found expression in the utopian socialist movements of the 19th century. In that context, we meet Moshe Hess, whose roots as … Read the rest

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The first in the ‘Heralds of Zion’ series. After introducing the two essential elements of Zionism, we explore its roots in classical religious thinking and how even this underwent an evolution in the 19th century.

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Part two of the exploration of Mendelsohn as a model for the Jewish encounter with modernity. This time the great challenge is more emancipation than Enlightenment.

This lecture is part of the 5780 Pardes Community Education Spring session, January 12, … Read the rest

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No individual embodies the initial encounter between Judaism and the Enlightenment more than Moses Mendelsohn. This episode explores the rise of the man known as “the German Socrates.”

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