Lectures in Jewish History and Thought. No hard questions, please.
Please join me for a special webinar on The Response to Pandemics in Jewish History, scheduled for Thursday, May 14 at 2:00 pm EST. Participation is free and open to the community, but registration in advance is required to maintain security and prevent the unwanted intrusions of intellectual vandals. Please click on the image or […]
Read More The Response to Pandemics in Jewish HistoryGood morning–this is a recording of a recent webinar for educators.
Read More Finding Velcro on the Moon: How YouTube will Revolutionize Your Teaching ForeverReally enjoyed this conversation with Rabbi Avi Heller in the OU Daily Dvar. Please visit ou.org/dvar for more!
Read More Av Harachamim, The Crusades, and the Formation of Ashkenazic IdentitySome thoughts on COVID-19 in a Jewish context, recently published in OU Torah. Judaism, as we know it today, bears the scars of multiple plagues throughout history. Perhaps the largest is the weeks-long period known as sefirah, which commemorates the death of 24,000 students of Rabbi Akiva in the 2nd century. The Rabbis of the […]
Read More This is not the biggest plague in Jewish history, but it may be the most consequential.Hello students of Jewish history! I hope you will have the opportunity to join me in one of three public presentations coming up. Here’s the relevant dates and times! Please click on the images for the links: The State of Israel: I SURVIVED JEWISH HISTORY, PT. XI Monday night, May 3 at 8PM EST, YouTube […]
Read More Israel, the Crusades, and the 21st Century: Jewish History Lectures this WeekNow open to non-Touro College faculty! Please RSVP to James.Ligorski@touro.edu.
Read More Webinar for Teachers: How YouTube will Revolutionize your Teaching (3pm EST)Part XI of the I SURVIVED JEWISH HISTORY series. If you have attended the previous Zoom classes, the link is still active; if not, please write me directly for the password.
Read More The State of Israel: Tonight at 7:30 PM ESTLive chat moderated by The Shomer. Join us for a look at this very difficult period in Jewish history.
Read More Premieres Monday Night at 8PM EST, Live ChatPleased to host this Virtual Open House for Machon L’Parnasa Institute for Professional Studies, together with Director Esther Braun, on Tuesday April 28 at 11:00 am. Click on the image or visit http://machon.touro.edu/events/list/virtual-open-house-42820.php to RSVP!
Read More Machon L’Parnasa Virtual Open House!