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The Seven Pillars of an Ideal Jewish Society

Mordechai Bar-Or attended Yeshivat har Etzion, and was ordained by Chief Rabbi Goren in 1984. Mr. Bar-Or received the Avi Chai prize for his work in establishing and directing Elul, the first Beit Midrash for secular and religious Israelis to study together. After the assassination of PM Yitzchak Rabin, Moti Bar-Or founded Kolot, a study center (Beit Midrash) aiming to educate an Israeli leadership that will advance Jewish values and create a meaningful Jewish mission for Israel. He serves as the government adviser on Jewish values and leads a new Jewish values initiative with President Shimon Peres, who personally studies with Mordechai.

Date

July 9, 2012

Time

7:30 PM EDT

Location

Yeshivat Or Chaim

Topics

Society, Community

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The Seven Pillars of an Ideal Jewish Society

August 17, 2012

Rabbi Mordechai Bar-Or

Program: The Seven Pillars of an Ideal Jewish Society

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Rabbi Mordechai Bar-Or

Rabbi Mordechai Bar-Or is the founder and director of Kolot, a study center aiming to educate an Israeli leadership that will advance Jewish values and create a meaningful Jewish mission for Israel. He founded Kolot in 1997, after the assassination of the late Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin. Rabbi Bar-Or serves as the government adviser for Jewish values and leads a new Jewish values initiative headed by President Shimon Peres. Rabbi Bar-Or was brought up in Jerusalem in an observant family,…

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