Panel - Religious Zionism at the Crossroads: Is Land All There Is? New Directions for Religious Zionism
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Dr. Elliott Malamet
Dr. Malamet received his doctorate in English Literature from the University of Toronto, where he taught from 1987-1993. Dr. Malamet's work in the field of spiritual education has been featured in the leading Canadian newspapers and he has appeared on Canadian radio and television. He has run seminars on teaching Judaism to young people in the United States, Canada, England and Israel and is consulted by people worldwide on the subject of Jewish education. A sought-after speaker in Canada and overseas, Dr.…
Dr. Moshe Koppel
Prof. Moshe Koppel is a member of the department of Computer Science at Bar-Ilan University. He studied in Yeshiva University and Yeshivat Har Etzion. He received his PhD in mathematics from Courant Institute and did post-doctoral work in the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. Koppel has published many articles on Rabbinic literature, as well as two books, including a commentary to Masechet Kinim. He also co-founded and co-edited the journal Higayon, which is devoted to mathematics and halacha. His main areas of research…
Rabbi Dr. Avi Berkowitz
Rabbi Avi Berkowitz, Ph.D, is the founder and president of Kosher Italian Wine LTD, the sole importer of Conti degliAzzoni wines (kosher only) in Israel. Rabbi Dr. Berkowitz is on faculty at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, and is the Rabbi of the Minyan Ha’Ma’ayan synagogue in the Rimon section of Efrat. He holds a Ph.D. in political science with a specialty in Middle East studies from Columbia University in New York City and he received his Rabbinical Ordination –…
Rabbi Francis Nataf
Rabbi Francis Nataf is a respected educator and thinker, well known for his ability to find new ways of looking at Jewish texts and tradition and for his willingness to confront the community's problems head on. He is the author of Redeeming Relevance in the Book of Genesis (Urim: 2006) and Redeeming Relevance in the Book of Exodus (Urim: 2009) as well as of numerous articles for a variety of important Jewish periodicals and websites.