Ohr Torah Stone: Torah For Our Time

This week's shiur, "Can Teshuva Ever Be Authentic? Do People Really Change?" – A conversation with Rabbi Shlomo Vilk, Rosh Yeshiva of Ohr Torah Stone’s Robert M. Beren Yeshivat Hesder Machanaim, and Rabbanit Dr. Hannah Hashkes, Director of OTS’s International Halakhic Scholars Program.

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This week's shiur, "What Are the Next Glass Ceilings for Women in Orthodoxy?" – A Conversation with Rabbanit Devorah Evron, Director of Ohr Torah Stone's Susi Bradfield Women's Institute of Halakhic Leadership at Midreshet Lindenbaum, Rabbanit Sally Mayer, Rosh Midrasha of Ohr Torah Stone's Maria and Joel Finkle Overseas Program at Midreshet Lindenbaum, and moderated by Judy Hecht Berman, Director of the Global New Business Intake and Information Management department at the international law firm of Shearman & Sterling LL.

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This week's shiur, "LGBTQ Jews and the Orthodox Community: Where Things Stand and Where They're Going" – A Conversation with Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander, Dr. Michelle Friedman, Dr. Tuvia Peri, Rachael Fried, and Yitzi Lindenbaum.

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This week's shiur, "Why a Jewish State? Rav Kook and Rav Soloveitchik on Religious Zionism and Modern Orthodoxy" – A Conversation with with Rabbi Dr. Yehudah Mirsky, Professor, Brandeis University Rabbanit Mali Brofsky, Educator and Alumna, Midreshet Lindenbaum Moderator: MK Tehilla Friedman, Attorney, Social Activist, and Alumna, Midreshet Lindenbaum.

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"This Night CAN be Different -- Transforming Ritual into Inspiration" -  with Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander, President and Rosh Yeshiva, Ohr Torah Stone Marc Gerson, Chairman United Hatzalah, Entrepreneur and Author  Rabbanit Yael Nitzanim, Fellow at Ohr Torah Stone's Susi Bradfield Women's Institute of Halakhic Leadership

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This week's shiur, Presidents and Prime Ministers: The Role of Morality in Leadership” – A Conversation with Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander, President and Rosh Yeshiva, Ohr Torah Stone and William Daroff, CEO Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, moderated by Miriam L. Wallach, General Manager Nachum Segal Network.

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This week's shiur, "V'Chai Bahem: Halakhic Aspects of Vaccinating," was delivered by Rabbanit Dr. Hannah Hashkes, a fellow in OTS's Susi Bradfield Women's Institute of Halakhic Leadership (WIHL).

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This week’s shiur, “Chanukah and COVID-19: Spiritual Responses to the Challenges of the Pandemic” was delivered by Rabbi David Brofsky, author and senior lecturer at Midreshet Lindenbaum’s Maria and Joel Finkle Overseas Program. 

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This week’s shiur, “Why is the Miracle of the Oil Such a Big Deal? Shedding Light on Why We Light on Chanukah” was delivered by Rabbanit Dena Freundlich Rock, Senior Lecturer at Midreshet Lindenbaum’s Maria and Joel Finkle Overseas Program

This week’s shiur, “Esau Loves Yaakov: Sibling Reconciliation in the Torah and in the Present” was delivered by Rabbi Dr. Yakov Nagen, Director of OTS’s Blickle Institute for Interfaith Dialogue and Beit Midrash for Judaism and Humanity.