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Rabbi Dr. Nathan Lopes Cardozo, Dean, is a prominent lecturer
and author who is world renowned for his highly original
insights into Judaism and his ability to communicate the
relevance of Jewish values and practice in today’s complicated
world. A native of the Spanish- Portuguese Jewish community of
Holland who holds a doctorate in philosophy, Rabbi Lopes
Cardozo received rabbinic ordination from the Gateshead
Talmudic College and studied in Israel at the Institute for
Higher Rabbinical Studies of Chief Rabbi Unterman and at the
Mir Yeshiva. In addition to teaching Jewish audiences, Rabbi
Lopes Cardozo often lectures to non-Jewish groups, including
Christian leaders, about comparative religion and the
fundamentals of Judaism. Several of his many books and
articles have been translated into several languages (see
books page).
Rabbi Francis Nataf, Educational Director, is a
well-respected educator who has held many senior educational
positions in Israel and the United States at such prestigious
institutions as Yeshiva University, the Shehebar Sephardic
Study Center and the David Shapell College of Jewish
Studies. Rabbi Nataf was ordained at Yeshiva University and
also holds degrees in Jewish history and international
affairs. He has written numerous articles for a variety of
important Jewish websites and periodicals and has just
finished writing his first book entitled Redeeming Relevance
in the Book of Genesis: Explorations in Text and Meaning
(Urim Publications).
Prof. Yehudah Gellman is Professor of philosophy at
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Senior Fellow at the
Shalom Hartman Institute, Jerusalem. He is the author of
Experience of God and the Rationality of Theistic Belief
(Cornell University Press), The Fear, the Trembling, and the
Fire: Kierkegaard and Hasidic Masters on the Binding of Isaac
(University Press of America), Mystical Experience of God, a
Philosophical Enquiry (Ashgate Publishers, London), and
Abraham! Abraham! (Ashgate Publishers, London). Prof. Gellman
is on sabbatical in 2006-7.
Rabbi Zvi Grumet is a teacher and thinker who served the
American Jewish community for more than two decades before he
made aliyah. He now teaches at Machon Pardes and Yeshivat
Eretz HaTzvi, and is a senior member of the educational team
at The Lookstein Center for Jewish Education at Bar Ilan
University. He has published numerous articles on Bible,
Jewish Thought and Education, is Associate Editor of Jewish
Educational Leadership, and is working on a new commentary on
Bereishit. Rabbi Grumet was ordained at Yeshiva University
and has a MA in Educational Administration from the Azrieli
Graduate Institute.
Rabbi Dr. Yehuda Schnall teaches philosophy at Bar Ilan
University. He is a prolific writer whose articles frequently
appear in a variety of scholarly journals. Rabbi Schnall's
ordination is from Yeshiva University and he taught Jewish
Studies for over a decade at David Shapell College of Jewish
Studies in Jerusalem. Among his areas of interest are the
philosophy of science and the philosophy of religion.
Visiting Lecturers
Prof. Susan Handelman, Bar Ilan University
Prof. Moshe Koppel, Bar Ilan University
Rabbi Prof. Menachem Kellner, Haifa University
Dr. William Kolbrener, Bar Ilan University
Rabbi Simcha Krauss
Prof. Gideon Lewensohn, Bar Ilan University
Simi Peters, Nishmat
Rabbi Dr. Eliezer Shore
Rabbi Natan Slifkin
Rabbi Prof. Daniel Sperber, Bar Ilan University
Rabbi Dr. Avraham Walfish, Herzog Teacher's College
Guest Speakers
Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm
Chief Rabbi Prof. Jonathan Sacks
Dr. David Bernstein
Rabbi Chaim Brovender
Prof. Dov I. Frimer
Prof. Andre Hajdu
Rabbanit Chana Henkin
Rabbi Prof. Carmi Horowitz
Elli Jaffe
Rabbi Ari Kahn
Prof. Aaron Kirschenbaum
Rabbi Menachem Liebtag
Prof. Elliot Melamet
Prof. Aviezer Ravitzky
Rabbi Shlomo Riskin
Rabbi Dr. Gidon Rothstein
Rabbi David Rosen
Rabbi Prof. Naftali Rothenberg
Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz
Dr. Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg
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