As more baby boomers approach traditional retirement age, a seismic shift is taking place in our culture. The change is manifest in the graying of the workforce and in the current political debates on the future of Social Security and Medicare. Recently dubbed the "silver tsunami," the transformation is signaling a need for largely new—and, perhaps, some remarkably time-honored—approaches to education, career tracks, medical practices, spiritual sustenance, family structure, and the concept...

The 2010 Bokser Memorial Lecture, Are We Taking Too Much? Urgent values Questions Brought into Focus by the Global Recession.” Featuring an opening presentation by Dr. Noam Zohar of Bar-ilan University, followed by text study led by Dr. Eliezer Diamond and Rabbi Nina Cardin, and concluding with a panel discussion between these three, moderated by Prof. Alan Mittleman.

Empowered Judaism- What Independent Minyanim Can Teach Us about Building Vibrant Jewish Communities How will the independent minyan movement affect the traditional American Jewish community? What does this new movement imply for the future of synagogues and Jewish education? Rabbi Elie Kaunfer, Rabbi Ayelet S. Cohen, and Professor Steven M. Cohen sit on this engaging panel discussion.