Shaarei Tefillah – January 20 – 9:00 am
MEDIEVAL HALAKHIC DECISION-MAKING AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR MODERNITY
Rabbi Dr. Ephraim Kanarfogel
Professor of Jewish History at the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Yeshiva University, and director of the Jewish Studies program at Stern College for Women. Internationally recognized author and authority on medieval Jewish intellectual history and rabbinic literature.
BAYT – January 27 – 9:00 am
TRUST AND TAXES: ETHICAL ISSUES IN GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
Rabbi Dr. Jeremy Wieder
Rosh Yeshiva in the Mazer Yeshiva Program, Gwendolyn and Joseph Straus Chair in Talmud, and Professor of Bible at Yeshiva College, at Yeshiva University
B’nai Torah – February 17 – 9:00 am
VALUING LIFE: JEWISH AND SECULAR
APPROACHES TO ETHICAL DILEMMAS
Rabbi Dr. David Shatz
Professor of Philosophy at Yeshiva University, Adjunct Professor of Religion at Columbia University, and editor ofThe Torah u-Madda Journal. Published twelve books, authored over fifty articles and reviews in Philosophy, and is the editor of theMeOtzar HoRav Series.
Clanton Park – Februrary 24 – 9:00 am
SHOULD A GOOD JEWISH BOY/GIRL BE A LAWYER?
Rabbi Yonah Reiss
Incoming dean of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University, Director of theBeth Dinof America, and former editor of theYale University Law Journal.
Kehillat Shaarei Torah – March 23 – 9:00 am
COHEN VS CLONE: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES AND ETHICS OF CLONING
Rabbi Kenneth Brander
Dean of Yeshiva University Center for the Jewish Future, Rabbi Emeritus of the Boca Raton Synagogue, founding dean of the Boca Raton Community Kollel and the Yeshiva High School of Broward and Palm Beach County, and co-editor of theYeshiva University Haggadah.
Shaarei Shomayim – March 30 – 9:00 am
WALL STREET CHALLENGES TO JEWISH ETHICS
Rabbi Benjamin Blech
Professor at Yeshiva University, who has written nine publicly acclaimed books on Judaism, including three of the Idiot’s Guide series. Received the American Educator of the Year award and was recently ranked #16 in a listing of the 50 most influential Jews in America.