Abraham Joshua Heschel: The Call of Transcendence
Jan 23, 2014
Rabbi Shai Held discusses his book about Abraham Joshua Heschel with JTS Chancellor Arnold Eisen.
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The Fiction of Teshuvah
Nov 20, 2012
Does anyone ever really change their ways? Can we become “someone new”? Is teshuvah really possible, or is it just fiction? Best-selling authors Susan Isaacs and Linda Fairstein as they discuss this topic through the characters in their books.
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The State of Israel: Messianism Without a Messiah?
Nov 23, 2015 By Benjamin R. Gampel | Public Event video
This presentation explores what the messianic idea has meant for Jews through the ages and in contemporary Israeli politics—and the dramatic implications of messianic thinking in shaping the future and fate of the Jewish state.
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Gaza, the IDF Code of Ethics, and the Morality of War
Nov 20, 2014
This summer, Israel faced a war with Gaza, but what are the moral implications involved in such a war? The Jewish Theological Seminary’s (JTS) Chancellor Arnold M. Eisen and Dr. Moshe Halbertal, Gruss Professor of Law at New York University School of Law discuss this complicated topic.
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Patient Autonomy in the Dying Process: A Jewish Perspective
Feb 10, 2014
This lecture explores Rabbi Moses Feinstein’s approach to establishing an appropriate balance between the strong Jewish legal mandate to preserve life and the value of maximizing patient autonomy. Rabbi Feinstein’s biblical and talmudic sources, as well as the philosophical and ethical implications of his theory for end-of-life issues in Jewish and comparative law, were discussed.
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What Is Life Worth? Tailoring the Law to Meet the Challenges of Unique Catastrophes
Nov 6, 2013
9/11. The BP oil spill. The Boston Marathon bombing. Major tragedies captivate the public and often galvanize officials into using unconventional strategies to help those most affected.
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“Truthiness” in the Bible
Feb 7, 2013 By Robert Harris | Video Lecture
What the Bible Means, What it Meant, and Why the Difference Matters: A recorded live stream lunch and learn
God on Campus
Oct 5, 2012 By The Jewish Theological Seminary | Public Event video
What does it mean to be a Jew in the modern world? Rabbi Julie Roth reflects on the role of God and theology in the lives of college students. A clip from “Doing Jewish Theology Today: God, Torah, and Israel in Modern Judaism.”
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