Heschel and Kaplan: Cross Sections and Intersections
Apr 18, 2013 By The Jewish Theological Seminary | Public Event video
Dr. Susannah Heschel, as the devoted student of her father’s (Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel) life and thought, and Dr. Mel Scult, as biographer of Rabbi Morecai M. Kaplan and scholar of his voluminous diaries, discuss the private lives of Kaplan and Heschel, the relationship between them over many years of teaching at JTS, and their contributions as Jewish public intellectuals.
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Zionism and Jewish Theology
Oct 5, 2012
Dr. David Novak of the University of Toronto, delivers a talk entitled “Zionism and Jewish Theology” as part of a series on Contemporary Jewish Theology by The Tikvah Institute for Jewish Thought of The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS).
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The Renewal of the Covenant
Oct 5, 2012
The third in a series on Contemporary Jewish Philosophy by The Tikvah Institute for Jewish Thought at JTS, Rabbi Irving “Yitz” Greenberg delivers a lecture entitled “The Renewal of the Covenant- Humanity Come of Age.”
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On Holiness
Oct 5, 2012
If holiness is defined as transcendence, how does one emulate God’s transcendence? Dr. Lenn Goodman delivers a lecture relating to this topic.
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Maimonides and the Messiah
Oct 5, 2012
Professor Kenneth Seeskin, Northwestern University, discusses “Maimonides on the Days of the Messiah—Restorative or Utopian?”
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Judaism Without Revelation?
Oct 5, 2012
“Can There Be Judaism Without Revelation?” As part of the Tikvah Institute’s lecture series on Contemporary Jewish Philosophy, Professor Michael Morgan from the University of Toronto delivers a talk on just how necessary a central point of Jewish belief system truly is.
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