Our scholar in residence program this year is as exciting as ever. Each scholar will teach three times over the course of a Shabbat. On Friday night, the scholars speak in a more intimate setting at the home of one of our community members, allowing for much interaction and participation from the community. The scholar addresses the entire shul from the pulpit on Shabbat morning, and returns to shul for a special Seudah Shlisheet shiur with more time for questions and answers.
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Dr. Shnayer Leiman
October 29–30, 2010
Dr. Shnayer Z. Leiman is Professor of Jewish History and Literature in the Department of Judaic Studies at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, and also teaches at the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Yeshiva University. Prior to his arrival at Brooklyn College and Yeshiva University, he served as Professor of Jewish History and Literature at Yale University. He is the author of Rabbinic Responses to Modernity (2007) and The Canonization of Hebrew Scripture (second edition, 1991). He is an Associate Editor of Tradition, where he contributes the column entitled “From the Pages of Tradition,” and served as Editor of the Yale Judaica Series of Yale University Press from 1988 to 1996. He earned his doctorate from the Department of Oriental Studies at the University of Pennsylvania and his rabbinical ordination from the Mirrer Yeshiva in New York.
Dina Najman
February 11–12, 2011
Rosh Kehila Dina Najman has been the Marta d’Atra (decider of Jewish law) of Kehilat Orach Eliezer in Manhattan since 2006. She has extensive experience teaching and speaking in the Jewish community on topics ranging from bioethics to environmental law. She is frequently consulted by doctors, rabbis and the larger community for her expertise in the area of bioethics and halacha. She is on the Executive Board of the Halachic Organ Donor Society (HODS) and is Education Committee chair for the Agunah Commission. She has served as a Drisha fellow and as the shoel u’maishiv in the Bet Midrash at Nishmat in Israel. She earned her certification in Bioethics and Medical Humanities from NYU/Einstein Bioethics and Medical Humanities Certificate Program. Rosh Kehila Najman also teaches Talmud at the SAR High School in Riverdale, NY.
YU Shabbaton
March 4–5, 2011
Through the Center for the Jewish Future at Yeshiva University, and in conjuction with our neighborhood Orthodox shuls, we will have the honor of hosting several leading scholars and personalities from Yeshiva University. On Friday night, we will have an oneg with Dr. David Schatz. Shabbat morning, we will be addressed by Dr. Rona Novick. The Shabbat afternoon panel discussion will also include YU President Richard Joel.
RZLA Shabbaton
May 6–7, 2011
Again this year, in honor of Yom Ha’atzma’ut, we will be hosting teachers and scholars from Medinat Yisrael.
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