Shavuot

חלום דניאל : The Daniel Barach z’l Shavuot Program at BDJ

We are looking forward to welcoming Rabbi Dr. Zev Eleff as our scholar-in-residence for Shavuot 5785! More info on his shiurim below.

We are also delighted to have Dr. Miriam Heller Stern as our speaker for the Marilyn Lowenstein z'l Shiur, now in the post-davening time slot on day 2! See here for more info and to register children for extended childcare.

Shavuot Sponsorship: There are several sponsorship opportunities available. Please click here to donate.

Shavuot Committee: Many thanks to Bruce Dickstein, Rae Drazin, Alex Fax, Jonah Hyman, Rich Kellner, Daniella Levy, Noah Nathan, Jeffrey Rabin, Rabbi Adam Rosenthal, Alana Rotter, Rena Selya Cohen, Ariel Stein, Barbara Wettstein, and Abigail Yasgur

Rabbi Dr. Zev Eleff is president of Gratz College. A prolific scholar, he is the author or editor of nine books and more than fifty scholarly articles in the fields of Jewish Studies and American Religion. His most recent book is Authentically Orthodox: A Tradition-Bound Faith in American Life. Zev's research in American Jewish history has received numerous awards, including the American Jewish Historical Society’s Wasserman Prize and the Rockower Award for Excellence by the American Jewish Press Association. He is also a two-time finalist for the National Jewish Book Award, and a member of the Academic Council of the American Jewish Historical Society. Dr. Eleff received his Ph.D. from Brandeis University and M.A. from Teachers College, Columbia University. At Yeshiva University, Rabbi Eleff graduated from Yeshiva College and received ordination from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary. He is a past Wexner Graduate Fellow/Davidson Scholar. He resides in Merion Station, Pennsylvania, with his wife, Melissa, and their three children.

Rabbi Dr. Eleff will speak on five occasions over Shavuot:

Night 1 at 7:55 PM (between Mincha and Ma'ariv): Torah, Technology and the Transformed Beit Midrash

Leil Tikkun at 11:00 PM: Ramban, Avner and the Remaking of a Legend

Day 1 at 7:30 PM: The Tradition of “Authenticity” within American Orthodox Judaism

Day 2 at 1:45 PM (following community Luncheon): The Rambam, the Exodus, and a Curious Link in the Chain of Tradition

Day 2 at 6:30 PM: Non-Jewish Wisdom and the Rabbinic Mind