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Committed to education of all ages, Areyvut sponsors a lecture series for adults twice a month in Riverdale, New York. Lectures are given by leading educators, rabbis and speakers, are open to the public and free of charge.
Riverdale Lecture Series 2002-2003 Season
Kol Yisrael Areivim Zeh B'Zeh
Tuesday December 17 at 8:00 PM
Robby Berman: Halacha & Organ Donation
Founder & Executive Director, Halachic Organ Donation Society
At the home of Atara Gorsetman & Brian Spira
3215 Arlington Avenue, #2H
Tuesday January 7 at 8:00 PM
Rabbi Dr. Edward Reichman: Is a Stem Cell Just a "Stam" Cell: Embryonic Stem Cell Research in Halakha
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Montefiore Medical Center & Assistant Professor of Philosophy and History of Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine
At the home of Yoela & Rabbi Jeff Holman
3616 Henry Hudson Parkway, #2A South
Tuesday January 21 at 8:00 PM
Rabbi Yosef Blau: Different Modes of Rabbinic Authority
Masgiach, Yeshiva University
At the home of Niti & Joshua Minkove
630 West 246th Street, #231
Tuesday February 4 at 8:00 PM
Rabbi Daniel Feldman: Human Dignity in Jewish Law and Thought
Instructor of Talmud, Stone Beit Midrash Program, Yeshiva University & Author of The Right and the Good: Halakhah and Human Relations
At the home of Kally & Barry Kislowicz
600 West 239th Street, #3E
Tuesday February 18 at 8:00 PM
Rabbi Avi Weiss: Leadership and Spiritual Activism
Rabbi of Hebrew Institute of Riverdale & Founder & Dean of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah
At the home of Betty & Fred Sugarman
3010 Arlington Avenue
Tuesday March 4 at 8:00 PM
Rabbi Basil Herring: What are we doing in America Anyway?: Orthodoxy, Patriotism and Zionism in Light of 9/11 and the Matzav in Israel
Executive Chairman, Orthodox Caucus
At the home of Michelle & Rabbi Jeff Kobrin
3530 Henry Hudson Parkway, 4E
Tuesday March 25 at 8:00 PM
Shani Bechhofer: HaYashar vehaTov: Chinuch at the Crossroads
Senior Research Associate, Jewish Education Service of North America & Madrikha, Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education
At the home of Alyssa & Jeff Kronisch
3777 Independence Avenue, 1B
Tuesday April 8 at 8:00 PM
Rabbi Nathaniel Helfgot: When Halakha & Ethics Collide: Reflections on What to Do
Chair, Bible & Jewish Thoughts Departments at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah
At the home of Shifra & David Waxman
611 West 239th Street, #2H
Tuesday April 29 at 8:00 PM
William E. Rapfogel: Poor Jews; Not an Oxymoron
Executive Director, The Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty
At the home of Debbie & Rabbi Moshe Drelich
3110 Fairfield Avenue
Tuesday June 17 at 8:00 PM
Rabbi Shmuel Goldin: Interdenominational Dialogue
Rabbi of Congregation Ahaveth Torah, Englewood, NJ & Instructor of Bible at Yeshiva University
At the home of Laurie & Shiffy Kilimnick
3935 Blackstone, #4H
If you want more information, are interested in arranging a lecture or presentation in your community please contact Daniel Rothner at 212-221-5910 or via e-mail at
daniel@areyvut.org.
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