This is a little different: my Jewish take on SPLN 101: Fundamentals of Speech, our required undergraduate course at the mighty Avenue J campus of Touro College. Let me know what you think!
New Series! How to Speak Like a Mensch
Maimonides On Teshuvah, Chapter One
Introduction to a short video series on Maimonides on Teshuvah.
The series is dedicated to the memory of my father, Jack David Abramson a”h, who passed away two years ago today, on the 11th of Av, 5774.
For more information, including a sample translation, please visit here.
The Kabbalah of Forgiveness Coming in Time for Rosh Hashanah
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDsREIo9qwg
New for the Season of Repentance: a translation and modern commentary on Rabbi Moshe Cordovero’s classic of Jewish ethics, the Date Palm of Devorah (Tomer Devorah). Learn the Thirteen Levels of Mercy and discover how to forgive others (and yourself). Please visit http://www.jewishhistorylectures.org and click on “The Kabbalah of Forgiveness” for excerpts and videos. Publication date: Rosh Hodesh Elul (August 26-27, 2014).