Really looking forward to speaking to the Or Avner community in Aurora, CO!

The Maimonidean Controversy
Save the Date: Shabbaton in Roslyn NY, December 20-21

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Sarah Bernhardt: Jews and Celebrity
This lecture was sponsored by Eva Zack de Waiser.
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Leon Trotsky: Jews on the Left
Lecture sponsored by Young Israel of Bal Harbour.
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Shalom Aleichem: The World of Yiddish
Lecture sponsored by Mr. & Mrs. Leon Brum, Mr. & Mrs. Harold Wilinsky, Jay Farkas and Vivian Nemir.
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Theodor Herzl: Visions of Israel
This lecture was sponsored by Mali and Steven Schwartz.
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Rahel Varnhagen: The Salon Life
Lecture sponsored by Mr. Eleazar Hirmes.
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Khane-Rokhl Webermakher: The Maiden of Ludmir
This lecture was sponsored by Eva Zack de Waiser and Aliza Abramson.
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Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch: Architect of Modernity
This lecture is sponsored by Mr. Daniel Sommer. The TorahCafe.com people later edited this video very nicely, although for some reason they keep removing my opening joke! Still, it’s great to have the PowerPoints integrated into the video, so here’s a slightly different version for your enjoyment. Click on the icon below for the……
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Israel ben Eliezer: The Ba’al Shem Tov
Correction: the reference in the lecture was to the Pittsburgh Platform (not the Philadelphia Platform). Even that, however, was a mistake: I was thinking of the 1883 Cincinatti “Trefa Banquet.” Thank you for the clarification, Menachem!
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