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Shabbat Scholar in Residence - Dr. Marc Shapiro

Sponsored by Steve and Lori Frenkiel in honour of the 25th yarhzeit of Steve’s father, Samuel Frenkiel, Shmuel ben David Chaim z”l
Please join us this Shabbat for Parshat Vayera as we welcome Dr. Marc Shapiro 
November 11-12, 2022
 
All talks will be at The Or Chaim Minyan159 Almore Avenue M3H 2H9
 
Speaking schedule is as follows:
 
Friday night oneg 8:30pm
Rav Shlomo Goren: The Revolutionary Chief Rabbi
 
Shabbat morning 8:00am (Shacharit 8:50am)
The Incredible Story of the Mir Yeshiva's Escape to Shanghai
 
Derasha before Laining: 
 
Shiur After Kiddush:
Judaism and Islam: Some Halakhic and Historical Perspectives 
 
Seudah Shlesheet:
“Truth” and Authorial Intent in the Study of Torah

Date

November 11, 2022

Time

5:00 PM EST

Topics

History, Modern History, Jewish History, Society, Jews and Gentiles

Meet the speaker

Dr. Marc Shapiro

Marc B. Shapiro holds the Weinberg Chair in Judaic Studies at the University of Scranton. A graduate of Brandeis (BA) and Harvard (PhD), he is the author of numerous books, articles, and reviews and is a popular scholar in residence at synagogues around the world. He has written Between the Yeshiva World and Modern Orthodoxy and The Limits of Orthodox Theology, both of which were National Jewish Book Award Finalists. Other books of his include Saul Lieberman and the Orthodox, Studies in Maimonides and His Interpreters, and Changing…

Dr. Marc Shapiro bio & resources