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Rabbi David Hoffman, lecturer in the Department of Talmud and Rabbinics and scholar-in-residence in the Development Department at JTS, discusses the use of the pronoun you and all its implications, in his commentary on Parashat Tetzavvah.
Dr. David G. Roskies, Sol and Evelyn Henkind Professor of Yiddish Literature, JTS, discusses the importance of Jewish sacred space and the divine blueprint for its assembly in his commentary on Parashat Terumah.
Published 10/28/11
Dr. Vivian Mann, director of the Master's Program in Jewish Art and Visual Culture, The Graduate School, JTS, discusses Moses's sight of the Promised Land before his death, man's inability to see God, and the prohibition against making images for worship.
Published 10/28/11
Rabbi Burton L. Visotzky, Appleman Professor of Midrash and Interreligious Studies and director, Louis Finkelstein Institute for Religious and Social Studies of JTS, explores the need for interreligious dialogue.
Published 10/28/11