Jewish Ideas to Change the World

Rabbi Yehuda Gilad of Yeshivat Ma'ale Gilboa (www.maalegilboa.org/) presents his lecture "The Culture of Debate in Israel: Creating Tolerant Discourse Within the Orthodox Community" for a Valley Beit Midrash event at Congregation Beth Tefillah (bethtefillahaz.org/) in Scottsdale, AZ. DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP Learning Materials: http://bit.ly/2qy2738 For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ www.facebook.com/cbtaz twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/ Music: "Good Starts," a free-use public domain song by Jingle Punks, courtesy of YouTube's Audio Library. ★ Support this podcast ★

Rabbi Yehuda Gilad of Yeshivat Ma'ale Gilboa (www.maalegilboa.org/) presents his lecture "The Binding of Yishmael: Balancing our National Interests with our Humanistic Values Then and Now" before a roundtable audience at Temple Chai (www.templechai.com/) in Phoenix, AZ. DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP Learning Materials: http://bit.ly/2qScTCe For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ www.facebook.com/temple.chai twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/ ★ Support this podcast ★

Rabbi Yehuda Gilad of Yeshivat Ma'ale Gilboa (http://www.maalegilboa.org/) presents his lecture "The Ten Commandments: The Nexus Between Religion and Ethics" before a roundtable audience at The New Shul (http://thenewshul.org/) in Phoenix, AZ. DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP Learning Materials: http://bit.ly/2qsaMUm For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ https://www.facebook.com/The-New-Shul-207398175969503/ twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/ ★ Support this podcast ★

Rabbi Naomi Levy, founder and leader of NASHUVA, presents her lecture "Learning to Live Up to the Best in Our Souls" before an audience at Temple Chai (www.templechai.com/) in Phoenix, AZ. For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ www.facebook.com/temple.chai twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/ ★ Support this podcast ★

Rabbi Danny Nevins presents his Valley Beit Midrash (www.valleybeitmidrash.org) lecture "Drinking from Elijah's Cup" at Congregation Or Tzion (www.congregationortzion.org) in Scottsdale, AZ. Learning Materials: http://bit.ly/2oO6TJc DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ www.facebook.com/Congregation-Or-…on-103351795773/ twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/ ★ Support this podcast ★

Rabbi Danny Nevins presents his Valley Beit Midrash lecture "Practicing Judaism: Flawed but Fulfilling Expeditions on the Path of Torah" before a roundtable audience at the Jewish Community Foundation (www.jcfphoenix.org/) in Scottsdale, AZ. LEARNING MATERIALS: http://bit.ly/2nQLY4q DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP For more info, please visit: www.valleybeitmidrash.org/ www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/ ★ Support this podcast ★

Rabbi Ian Pear of Shir Hadash (https://shirhadash.wordpress.com/) presents his Valley Beit Midrash lecture "A Murder, a Mystery, and Mamzerut: The Pursuit of Truth and How Ancient Jewish Law Impacts Modern Secular Israeli Jurisprudence" before an audience at the Jewish Community Foundation (www.jcfphoenix.org/) in Scottsdale, AZ. DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP For more info, please visit: www.valleybeitmidrash.org/ www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/ ★ Support this podcast ★

Rabbi Amy Eilberg presents her lecture "Middot for Living in Troubled Times" before an audience at The New Shul(thenewshul.org/) in Scottsdale, AZ. DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ www.facebook.com/The-New-Shul-207398175969503/ twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/ Music: "Good Starts," a free-use public domain song by Jingle Punks, courtesy of YouTube's Audio Library. ★ Support this podcast ★

Rabbi Amy Eilberg presents her Valley Beit Midrash (www.valleybeitmidrash.org) lecture " Seeing You is Like Seeing the Face of God: Healing Interpersonal Conflict" at Congregation Or Tzion (www.congregationortzion.org) in Scottsdale, AZ. Learning Materials: http://bit.ly/2nfaagA DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ www.facebook.com/Congregation-Or-…on-103351795773/ twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/ ★ Support this podcast ★

Rabbi Dr. Dov Weiss of the University of Illinois presents his lecture "Sins of the Parents: Ethics and Theology in Rabbinic Literature" before a roundtable audience at Temple Solel (www.templesolel.org/) in Paradise Valley, AZ. LEARNING MATERIALS: http://bit.ly/2mZaIGr DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ www.facebook.com/templesolelaz/ twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/ Music: "Good Starts," a free-use public domain song by Jingle Punks, courtesy of YouTube's Audio Library ★ Support this podcast ★

Rabbi Dr. Dov Weiss of the University of Illinois presents his lecture "Pious Irreverence: Confronting God in Rabbinic Judaism" before an audience at Temple Chai (www.templechai.com/) in Phoenix, AZ. DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP Learning Materials: http://bit.ly/2mxOu36 For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ www.facebook.com/temple.chai twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/ ★ Support this podcast ★

Rabbi Pinchas Allouche of Congregation Beth Tefillah (bethtefillahaz.org/) presents the second part of his class series "What Is The Soul? Exploring Our Hidden Inner Wonders!" before an audience at Temple Chai (www.templechai.com/) in Phoenix, AZ. LEARNING MATERIALS: http://bit.ly/2m7JoKD For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ www.facebook.com/cbtaz/ www.facebook.com/temple.chai twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/ www.facebook.com/rabbiallouche/ ★ Support this podcast ★

Rabbi Dr. Aryeh Cohen presents his Valley Beit Midrash (www.valleybeitmidrash.org) lecture "Deep Shabbos: On Doing Nothing as Doing Something" at Congregation Or Tzion (www.congregationortzion.org) in Scottsdale, AZ. Learning Materials: http://bit.ly/2mLys2j DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ www.facebook.com/Congregation-Or-…on-103351795773/ twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/ ★ Support this podcast ★

Yavilah McCoy of Visions (http://visions-inc.org/) presents her lecture "Getting Proximate: Developing and Maintaining Multiracial, Multicultural & Multi-Faith Alliances Toward Equity and Justice" before an audience at Temple Chai (www.templechai.com/) in Phoenix, AZ. For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ www.facebook.com/temple.chai twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/ ★ Support this podcast ★

Rabbi Pinchas Allouche of Congregation Beth Tefillah (bethtefillahaz.org/) presents the first part of his class series "What Is The Soul? Exploring Our Hidden Inner Wonders!" before an audience at Temple Chai (www.templechai.com/) in Phoenix, AZ. LEARNING MATERIALS: http://bit.ly/2m0OYJS For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ www.facebook.com/cbtaz/ www.facebook.com/temple.chai twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/ https://www.facebook.com/rabbiallouche/ ★ Support this podcast ★

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg, Rabbi-in-Residence at Avodah (https://avodah.net/), an organization dedicated to creating leaders for economic justice, presents her Valley Beit Midrash (www.valleybeitmidrash.org) lecture "Nurture the Wow: Finding Spirituality in the Frustration, Boredom, Tears, Poop, Desperation, Wonder, and Radical Amazement of Parenting" at Congregation Or Tzion (congregationortzion.org) in Scottsdale, AZ. Learning Materials: http://bit.ly/2lPeWjr DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP To PURCHASE Rabbi Ruttenberg's book, please visit: http://amzn.to/2fEMwps For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ www.facebook.com/Congregation-Or-…on-103351795773/ twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/ ★ Support this podcast ★

Dr. Gillian Steinberg presents her Valley Beit Midrash (www.valleybeitmidrash.org) lecture "What Jews Can Learn From Christian Poets" at Congregation Or Tzion (congregationortzion.org) in Scottsdale, AZ. Learning Materials: http://bit.ly/2lQmea5 DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ www.facebook.com/Congregation-Or-…on-103351795773/ twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/ ★ Support this podcast ★

Rabbi Bill Berk presents his lecture "Healing Stories in the Jewish Tradition" before a roundtable audience at Temple Chai (www.templechai.com/) in Phoenix, AZ. DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP LEARNING MATERIALS: http://bit.ly/2kS8VCU For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ www.facebook.com/temple.chai twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/ Music: "Good Starts," a free-use public domain song by Jingle Punks, courtesy of YouTube's Audio Library. ★ Support this podcast ★

Professor Daniel Matt presents his lecture "Shekhinah: The Feminine Half of God" before a lively, roundtable audience at the East Valley Jewish Community Center (www.evjcc.org/) in Chandler, AZ. LEARNING MATERIALS: http://bit.ly/2lNdW0B DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ www.facebook.com/evjcc/ twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/ Music: "Good Starts," a free-use public domain song by Jingle Punks, courtesy of YouTube's Audio Library. ★ Support this podcast ★

Professor Daniel Matt, formerly of the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA, presents his lecture "God and the Big Bang: Discovering Harmony Between Science and Spirituality" before an audience at The New Shul(thenewshul.org/) in Scottsdale, AZ. DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP Learning Materials: http://bit.ly/2leefnp For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ www.facebook.com/The-New-Shul-207398175969503/ twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/ Music: "Good Starts," a free-use public domain song by Jingle Punks, courtesy of YouTube's Audio Library. ★ Support this podcast ★

Professor Michael Fishbane of the University of Chicago presents his lecture "The Trial of Jeremiah and the Trial of Socrates: Two Types of Integrity" before an audience at The New Shul(thenewshul.org/) in Scottsdale, AZ. DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP Learning Materials: bit.ly/2l0NDUv For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ www.facebook.com/The-New-Shul-207398175969503/ twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/ Music: "Good Starts," a free-use public domain song by Jingle Punks, courtesy of YouTube's Audio Library. ★ Support this podcast ★

Professor Michael Fishbane of the University of Chicago presents his lecture "Seeing the ‘Other’: Contemporary and Traditional Jewish Ethical Perspectives" before a roundtable audience at Temple Chai (www.templechai.com/) in Phoenix, AZ. DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP LEARNING MATERIALS: http://bit.ly/2ke5w07 For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ www.facebook.com/temple.chai twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/ Music: "Good Starts," a free-use public domain song by Jingle Punks, courtesy of YouTube's Audio Library. ★ Support this podcast ★

Rabbi David Almog presents his Valley Beit Midrash (www.valleybeitmidrash.org) lecture "Idols and Idealizing: The Jewish Encounter with Buddhism" at Congregation Or Tzion (congregationortzion.org) in Scottsdale, AZ. Learning Materials: http://bit.ly/2kBMyV7 DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ www.facebook.com/Congregation-Or-…on-103351795773/ twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/ ★ Support this podcast ★

Rabbi Daniel Cohen of Congregation Agudath Sholom (http://www.congregationagudathsholom.org/) presents his lecture "What Will They Say About You When You’re Gone? Seven Principles for Reverse Engineering Your Life – Lead the Life Now For How You Want to Be Remembered" before an audience at Temple Kol Ami (www.templekolami.org/) in Scottsdale, AZ. Event Co-Sponsored by Mt. Sinai Cemetery (http://www.mtsinaicemetery.com/) DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ www.facebook.com/temple.kolami.9 twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/ Music: "Good Starts," a free-use public domain song by Jingle Punks, courtesy of YouTube's Audio Library. "Golden Days" by Topher Mohr & Alex Elena, a free-use public domain song courtesy of YouTube's Audio Library. ★ Support this podcast ★

Alan Morinis of the Mussar Institute (www.mussarinstitute.org/) presents "Soul Journeys: Exploring Mussar" before an audience at Temple Chai (www.templechai.com/) in Phoenix, AZ. DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ www.facebook.com/MussarInstitute/ www.facebook.com/temple.chai twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/ Music: "Good Starts," a free-use public domain song by Jingle Punks, courtesy of YouTube's Audio Library ★ Support this podcast ★

Alan Morinis of the Mussar Institute (http://www.mussarinstitute.org/) presents "Soul Journeys: Exploring Mussar" before an audience at Temple Chai (www.templechai.com/) in Phoenix, AZ. DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ https://www.facebook.com/MussarInstitute/ www.facebook.com/temple.chai twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/ Music: "Good Starts," a free-use public domain song by Jingle Punks, courtesy of YouTube's Audio Library ★ Support this podcast ★

Professor Joel Gereboff of Arizona State University and Hebrew Union College presents his lecture "The Emotional Impact of Jewish Ritual Objects" before an audience at Temple Solel (www.templesolel.org/) in Paradise Valley, AZ. LEARNING MATERIALS: http://bit.ly/2iCG0Wg DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ www.facebook.com/templesolelaz/ twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/ Music: "Good Starts," a free-use public domain song by Jingle Punks, courtesy of YouTube's Audio Library ★ Support this podcast ★

Professor Wendy Zierler of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion presents her lecture "Reel Theology: What we can learn about Moses’ leadership and the Word of God from 'The King’s Speech'" before an audience at Temple Chai (www.templechai.com/) in Phoenix, AZ. LEARNING MATERIALS: http://bit.ly/2jV6cb9 CLIP 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrdJqrKBwZ4 CLIP 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emEyiN4lyIY CLIP 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DazoNzie3Zo DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ www.facebook.com/HebrewUnionCollegeJewishInstituteofReligion/ www.facebook.com/temple.chai twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/ Music: "Good Starts," a free-use public domain song by Jingle Punks, courtesy of YouTube's Audio Library. NOTE: The Queen Mother's full name was Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon. ★ Support this podcast ★

Professor David Novak of the University of Toronto presents his lecture" Is There a Right to Die? Physician-Assisted Suicide in Jewish Thought" before a roundtable audience at Temple Chai (www.templechai.com/) in Phoenix, AZ. DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ www.facebook.com/BeitTShuvah www.facebook.com/temple.chai twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/ Music: "Good Starts," a free-use public domain song by Jingle Punks, courtesy of YouTube's Audio Library. ★ Support this podcast ★

Professor Sarah Bunin Benor of Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion (http://huc.edu/) presents her lecture "Chutzpah to Chidush: A Century of Yiddish-Influenced English in America" before a roundtable audience at Temple Kol Ami (www.templekolami.org/) in Scottsdale, AZ. DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP LEARNING MATERIALS (Forthcoming): For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ www.facebook.com/temple.kolami.9 twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/ MUSIC: "Duvid Crockett (The Ballad of Davy Crockett)" by Mickey Katz and His Orchestra, 1955. "Mein Shtetl Belz" by Anonymous, 1928, pre-war Poland ★ Support this podcast ★

Rabbi Alex Israel of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies (www.pardes.org.il/)presents his lecture "Government, Corruption, and Self-Delusion" before a roundtable audience before a roundtable audience at Temple Solel (www.templesolel.org/) in Paradise Valley, AZ. DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP LEARNING MATERIALS: http://bit.ly/2hmThOz For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ www.facebook.com/templesolelaz/ twitter.com/VBMPhx www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/ Music: "Good Starts," a free-use public domain song by Jingle Punks, courtesy of YouTube's Audio Library. ★ Support this podcast ★

Rabbi Alex Israel of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies (http://www.pardes.org.il/)presents his lecture "Government, Corruption, and Self-Delusion" before a lively, roundtable audience at the East Valley Jewish Community Center (www.evjcc.org/) in Chandler, AZ. LEARNING MATERIALS: http://bit.ly/2hFvHMt DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ www.facebook.com/evjcc/ twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/ Music: "Good Starts," a free-use public domain song by Jingle Punks, courtesy of YouTube's Audio Library. ★ Support this podcast ★

Rabbi Mark Borowitz, Senior Rabbi and the Co-Director of the Elaine Breslow Institute at Beit T’Shuvah (http://www.beittshuvah.org/)presents his lecture"Prisoner Re-entry, Drug Recovery, & the Building of a Jewish Halfway House: Torah & Tales" before a roundtable audience at Temple Chai (www.templechai.com/) in Phoenix, AZ. DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ https://www.facebook.com/BeitTShuvah www.facebook.com/temple.chai twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/ Music: "Good Starts," a free-use public domain song by Jingle Punks, courtesy of YouTube's Audio Library. ★ Support this podcast ★

Rabbi Jonah Pesner, Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (http://www.rac.org/) presents his Valley Beit Midrash lecture "Prophecy, Power and the Pursuit of Justice: How People of Faith Can Transform the World" before an audience at Temple Solel (www.templesolel.org/) in Paradise Valley, AZ. DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ www.facebook.com/templesolelaz/ twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/ Music: "Good Starts," a free-use public domain song by Jingle Punks, courtesy of YouTube's Audio Library. ★ Support this podcast ★

Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller presents his lecture "A Zionism of Power or A Zionism of Values? Toward a Renewal of the Zionist Idea" before a roundtable audience at The New Shul(http://thenewshul.org/) in Scottsdale, AZ. DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP Learning Materials: http://bit.ly/2fOTGuT For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ https://www.facebook.com/The-New-Shul-207398175969503/ twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/ Music: "Good Starts," a free-use public domain song by Jingle Punks, courtesy of YouTube's Audio Library. ★ Support this podcast ★

Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller presents his lecture "Inequality: What Can Be Done? – The Biblical Economics of Sufficiency" before a roundtable audience at Temple Chai (www.templechai.com/) in Phoenix, AZ. DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP Learning Materials: http://bit.ly/2gcVpH9 For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ www.facebook.com/temple.chai twitter.com/VBMPhx www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/ Music: "Good Starts," a free-use public domain song by Jingle Punks, courtesy of YouTube's Audio Library. ★ Support this podcast ★

Rabbi David Jaffe presents his lecture "Spirituality and Social Change: Connecting Inner and Outer Transformation" before a roundtable audience at Temple Solel (www.templesolel.org/) in Paradise Valley, AZ. DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP LEARNING MATERIALS: http://bit.ly/2fNhaxP For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ www.facebook.com/templesolelaz/ twitter.com/VBMPhx www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/ Music: "Good Starts," a free-use public domain song by Jingle Punks, courtesy of YouTube's Audio Library. ★ Support this podcast ★

Rabbi David Jaffe (http://rabbidavidjaffe.com/) presents his Valley Beit Midrash lecture "Jewish Peacemaking: Wisdom for Transforming Conflict Between Individuals and Communities" before a roundtable audience at the Jewish Community Foundation (https://www.jcfphoenix.org/) in Scottsdale, AZ. LEARNING MATERIALS: http://bit.ly/2eLpYYd DONATE: http://bit.ly/1NmpbsP For more info, please visit: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/ www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/ ★ Support this podcast ★

Rabbi Yosef Kanefsky presents his lecture "The Practical Wisdom of the Siddur" for Valley Beit Midrash event at Congregation Beth Tefillah (bethtefillahaz.org/) in Scottsdale, AZ. DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ https://www.facebook.com/cbtaz twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/ Music: "Good Starts," a free-use public domain song by Jingle Punks, courtesy of YouTube's Audio Library. ★ Support this podcast ★

Professor David N. Myers presents his lecture " American Shtetl: Kiryas Joel, a Hasidic Town in Suburban New York" before a roundtable audience at Temple Chai (www.templechai.com/) in Phoenix, AZ. DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP (Slideshow presentation) Learning Materials: http://bit.ly/2eiYcCh For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ www.facebook.com/temple.chai twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/ Music: "Good Starts," a free-use public domain song by Jingle Punks, courtesy of YouTube's Audio Library. ★ Support this podcast ★

Professor Tova Hartman presents her lecture "Talmudic Women As Social Critics" before an audience at Temple Kol Ami (www.templekolami.org/) in Scottsdale, AZ. DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP LEARNING MATERIALS: http://bit.ly/2f2pP1M For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ www.facebook.com/temple.kolami.9 twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/ ★ Support this podcast ★

Professor Tova Hartman presents her lecture "Do We Have to Mean What We Pray?" before a roundtable audience at Temple Solel (www.templesolel.org/) in Paradise Valley, AZ. DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP LEARNING MATERIALS: http://bit.ly/2f9iACG For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ www.facebook.com/templesolelaz/ twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/ Music: "Good Starts," a free-use public domain song by Jingle Punks, courtesy of YouTube's Audio Library. ★ Support this podcast ★

Ami Eden, CEO of 70 Faces Media (http://70facesmedia.org/), presents his lecture "The History of the Jewish Electorate & the Impact of the 2016 Election" before a roundtable audience at the East Valley Jewish Community Center (http://www.evjcc.org/) in Chandler, AZ. LEARNING MATERIALS (Slideshow): http://bit.ly/2f1np0z For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ https://www.facebook.com/evjcc/ twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/ Music: "Good Starts," a free-use public domain song by Jingle Punks, courtesy of YouTube's Audio Library. ★ Support this podcast ★

Rabbi Joseph Telushkin, noted author and lecturer, presented his lecture "On Being a Good Person in a Morally Complicated World: On Forgiveness, Self-Esteem, and Why It’s so Hard to Change" at Valley Beit Midrash's opening event in Oct. 2016. This Valley Beit Midrash lecture took place before an audience at Temple Chai (www.templechai.com/) in Phoenix, AZ. For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ www.facebook.com/temple.chai twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/ Music: "Good Starts," a free-use public domain song by Jingle Punks, courtesy of YouTube's Audio Library. ★ Support this podcast ★

Tamar Ross is professor emerita of the Jewish philosophy department at Bar Ilan University, and continues teaching at Midreshet Lindenbaum, a women’s yeshiva in Jerusalem. She has published widely on topics relating to the nexus between traditional Judaism and modernity, focusing on topics relating to theology, philosophy of halakha, and the challenges of historicism, biblical criticism, postmodernity, and feminism. This Valley Beit Midrash lecture took place before audience at Temple Chai (www.templechai.com/) in Phoenix, AZ. LEARNING MATERIALS: http://bit.ly/2cB1U5h DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ www.facebook.com/temple.chai twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/ Music: "Good Starts," a free-use public domain song by Jingle Punks, courtesy of YouTube's Audio Library. ★ Support this podcast ★

Yishai Fleisher (http://yishaifleisher.com/), international spokesperson for the Jewish community of Hebron, radio host, & columnist presents his Valley Beit Midrash lecture "If Two-State is Dead, What’s the Alternative?" at Congregation Beth Tefillah (https://bethtefillahaz.org/) in Scottsdale, AZ. DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP Visit www.ValleyBeitMidrash.org for more info & podcasts. www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/ ★ Support this podcast ★

Avraham Infeld, President Emeritus of Hillel International (http://www.hillel.org/, presents his lecture "Welcoming the New Jewish Family" before audience at Temple Chai (www.templechai.com/) in Phoenix, AZ. Event in partnership with HoneymoonIsrael (http://www.honeymoonisrael.org/) DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ www.facebook.com/honeymoonisraelfoundation www.facebook.com/temple.chai twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/ ★ Support this podcast ★

Rabbi Avi Weiss, Founder of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah (http://www.yctorah.org/) Yeshivat Maharat (http://www.yeshivatmaharat.org/), International Rabbinical Fellowship (http://internationalrabbinicfellowship.org/) & the Coalition for Jewish Concerns – Amcha, presents his lecture "Spiritual Activism: Leadership in the 21st Century" before audience at Temple Chai (www.templechai.com/) in Phoenix, AZ. DONATE: http://bit.ly/1NmpbsP For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ www.facebook.com/temple.chai twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/ ★ Support this podcast ★

Rabbi Dr. Marc Gopin ,Director of the Center for World Religions, Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution (CRDC), the James H. Laue Professor at the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University (http://crdc.gmu.edu/), presents his lecture "Seven Steps Toward A Less Violent World: A View From Science & Torah" before a roundtable audience at Temple Chai (www.templechai.com/) in Phoenix, AZ. DONATE: http://bit.ly/1NmpbsP Learning Materials: http://bit.ly/1VnSLRa To watch Professor Gopin's TEDx talk about peacemaking, go HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMaaWYOckjE For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ www.facebook.com/temple.chai twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/ ★ Support this podcast ★

Professor Christine Hayes of Yale University (http://religiousstudies.yale.edu/) presents her Valley Beit Midrash (www.valleybeitmidrash.org) lecture "What's So Divine About Divine Law?" at Congregation Or Tzion (congregationortzion.org) in Scottsdale, AZ. Learning Materials: http://bit.ly/1We6clB DONATE: http://bit.ly/1NmpbsP For more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ www.facebook.com/Congregation-Or-…on-103351795773/ twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/ ★ Support this podcast ★