Lecture in Memory of Rabbi Professor Saul Lieberman, z”l

Rabbi Wayne Allen, author of the 2009 book, “Perspectives on Jewish Law and Contemporary Issues” explores Professor Lieberman’s analysis of the origin of the term Halakhah in a talk entitled "The Term ‘Halakhah’ and Its Implications for Jewish Life"

UTJ MTV Challenge Youth Award honoree Joe Klein's cinematic work on behalf of impoverished survivors is discussed in Jewish Week front-page article.

link to the article

Hakham Isaac Sassoon, Senior Talmud Faculty member at the Institute of Traditional Judaism, the Metivta, presented a shiur on the theme of the day at the annual UTJ membership meeting on March 7.

Rabbi Professor Edward Gershfield presents a new online shiur:

An overview of Biblical literature: Narrative, poetry, and prophecy, and their literary styles

It is designed for those who would like to develop a familiarity with Biblical language and literature as well as consider ideas that emanate from selected sections of Chumash (the Joseph story), Kings (the beginning and end of the reign of King David), Early and Late Prophets (Amos and Hoshea, Yirmiyahu) and the Ketuvim (Poetry of Psalms, Wisdom literature of Kohelet and Proverbs).

Hebrew background is not required but is helpful.