• New Book by Rabbi Hayyim Angel!

    In The Heart of the Five Megillot, Rabbi Hayyim Angel draws on classical rabbinic interpretation, literary analysis, and contemporary scholarship to illuminate the enduring power of Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations,…
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  • More on Kohelet

    These articles by Rabbi Hayyim Angel explore the teachings of Kohelet. They originally appeared in issue 47 of Conversations, the journal of the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals.
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  • INTERNATIONAL RHODES/COS MEMORIAL PROGRAM

    An online commemorative lecture by Anastatios Karababas.
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  • Paired Perspectives on the Parashah: Mattot

    In his work, Iyyunim BeParashot HaShavua (series 1, 2002), Rabbi Elhanan Samet presents a meaningful analysis of a debate between Rabbi Yitzhak Arama (Spain, 1420-1494) and Rabbi Yitzhak Abarbanel (Spain, Italy 1437-1508).…
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