Past Divrei Torah and Other Presentations

 

1. Adult Education Presentations

2. Divrei Torah

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1. Adult Education Presentations

- TURNING TOWARD G-D, SOME IDEAS ABOUT TESHUVA by Ari Goldberg

- Jewish Calendar by Edward L. Cohen

- Asherah by Avi Yan

- Calendars of the Dead-Sea-Scroll Sect by Edward L. Cohen

-Jewish History Tables by David Steinberg

- Ugaritic Literature as an Aid to Understanding the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament)  by David Steinberg

-Flavius Josephus, Judaea and Rome: A Question of Context by David Steinberg

- Temple Tablet Transcription and Translation By David Steinberg

- History of the Hebrew Language By David Steinberg

- The Origin and Nature of the Samaritans and their Relationship to Second Temple Jewish Sects  by David Steinberg

- Jewish Sects of the Second Temple Period by David Steinberg

- What Should We Call Eretz Israel-Palestine? by David Steinberg

- Some Ecumenical Thoughts on Sin by David Steinberg

- Israelite Religion to Judaism: the Evolution of the Religion of Israel  by David Steinberg

- The Greek Influence on Judaism from the Hellenistic Period Through the Middle Ages c. 300 BCE- 1200 CE  by David Steinberg

- A Note on Esther 8:17 – What did the Gentiles Do? by David Steinberg

- Orthodox, Conservative and Reform Judaisms - Contrasting Positions on Key Issues by David Steinberg

- A Comparison of the New Conservative Humash, Etz Hayim, with those of Plaut and Hertz by David Steinberg

- Body Part Metaphors and Euphemisms in Biblical Hebrew by David Steinberg

- Arabs, Edomites and Jews - Getting on With Your Relatives by David Steinberg

- Guide to Ancient Treasures and the Dead Sea Scrolls by David Steinberg

- Kaufmann Kohler and the Rise of Reform Judaism in America by David Steinberg

- Conservative Judaism and Halakhah (Jewish Law) - Women in Minyan, Driving on Shabbat, Electricity on Shabbat, Yom Tov Sheni by David Steinberg

- Jewish Responses to Challenges to the Historicity of Biblical History by David Steinberg

 - NOTES FROM TWO WEEKS OF TOURING IN NORTHERN ETHIOPIA

David B. Brooks

2. Divrei Torah

BERESHIT - Susan Robertson 

BERESHIT - Why Were There Two Trees in the Garden of Eden? A Possible Development of the Eden Myth - David Steinberg    

BERESHIT Genesis 2 vs. 3 and the Concept of Nature - David Steinberg

LECH-LECHA - Irwin Brodo

LECH-LECHA - Sylvia Greenspoon

Akeda - Rabbi Miriam T. Spitzer

Shmini Atzeret - Gene Bodzin

Chaye Sarah - Danielle Dugas

Chaye Sarah 3 - David Brooks

TOLDOTH 1 (Bereshit (Genesis) 25:19 - 26:22)- David Brooks

TOLDOTH 2  (Bereshit (Genesis) 26:23 - 27:27) - David Brooks

TOLDOTH - Arabs, Edomites and Jews - David Steinberg

TOLDOTH - God Covers His Tracks - David Steinberg

VAYESHEV (3rd Part - Bereshit (Genesis) 39:1 - 40:23) - David Brooks

Miketz - Susan Landau-Chark

Vayigash - Danielle Dugas

Vayigash1 - David Brooks

Vayehi - Molly Tepper

Vayehi  - Susan Landau-Chark

SHEMOT Exodus Chapters   3:1 to 4:17 – David Brooks

SHEMOT Hardening Pharaoh's Heart - David Steinberg

Bo 2 - Susan Landau-Chark

VA-EYRA (Exodus VI, 2 – end of IX) - Ellen Caplan

VA’ERA - David Brooks

BESHALAKH - Carol Steinberg

MISHPATIM - 3 - David Brooks

TETZAVVEH-2 - David Brooks

Ki Tissa - Susan Robertson

Ki Tissa - Carol Steinberg

Ki Tissa (2nd Part) Shemot (Exodus) 31:18 - 33:11-
David Brooks

Vayakhel -Pikudei – David Brooks

ZAKHOR; VAYIKRA - Irwin Brodo

VAYIKRA - 1 (Vayikra/Leviticus 1:1 - 2:16) - David Brooks

SHMINI - 2– David Brooks

Passover, First Day - The Origins of Pesach and the Haggadah - David Steinberg

Meta-questions for Discussion at the Passover Seder - David Steinberg

PESACH, SEVENTH DAY - Irwin Brodo

Song of Songs: A Comparison of Texts - David Brooks

Acharei Mot - Gene Bodzin

EMOR 2 - David Brooks

Naso - Ellen Caplan

Naso - Susan Landau-Chark

Naso (Sotah) - Carol Steinberg

Acharei Mot/Kedoshim - Homosexuality and Jewish Law

 

B’HA-ALOT’KHA - 3 - David Brooks

Shlach Lecha - Ron Huberman

Korakh – David Brooks

Hukat-Balak - Gene Bodzin

Pinchas 1 - (Bemidbar (Numbers) 25:10 to 26:51) - David Brooks

BALAK - Gene Bodzin

MATTOT - MASE-2 - David Brooks

MASE-3 - David Brooks

MASE - Numbers 33:53 and the Mitzvah of Yishuv Eretz Yisrael - LP

D'VARIM - SATAN IN JEWISH AND EARLY CHRISTIAN THOUGHT - David Brooks

D'VARIM - Carol Steinberg

D'VARIM - Susan Landau-Chark

BECHUKOTAI - Irwin Brodo

BECHUKOTAI - Fern Goldman

VAETCHANAN - Carol Steinberg

VAETCHANAN - David Steinberg

VAETCHANAN 2 - David Brooks

VAETCHANAN 3 - David Brooks

Ekev - Sin - Three Little Words by David Brooks

Re'eh - David Brooks

Ethannan, Ekev and Shoftim - Commandment for Genocide? – David Steinberg

Shoftim - Susan Robertson

Ki Tetse - Roslyn Walker

Ki-Tavo - Elaine Vininsky

Nitzavim Deuteronomy Chapt 30 - David Steinberg

Tashlich - Rabbi Miriam T. Spitzer

HA’AZINU – David Brooks

HA’AZINU – Baruch Sienna

Shabbat Shuvah - David Steinberg

Geshem and Tal:  The Prayers for Rain and for Dew in our Liturgy - David B. Brooks

From Noah to Jonah through Abraham - Rabbi Miriam T. Spitzer

Jonah - David Steinberg

Tisha B’Av Readings - David Steinberg

 

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