Valley Beit Midrash

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash, interviews Rabbi Akiva Gersh, editor of the book "Becoming Israeli" (www.becomingisraeli.com), on the topic of "Moving to Israel!" DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash

Enjoy the first session of Valley Beit Midrash's "39 Ways to Repair the World" series. In celebration of Rabbi Shmuly’s 39th birthday, he is going to teach the 39 melachot over the coming year (1 per week for 39 weeks). He’ll teach the 39 Shabbat Channels from philosophical & theological perspectives. Each of the 39 can move us toward a deeper realization of these 39 dimensions of Shabbat rejuvenation in order that we can bring about 39 strengthened ways to repair & heal the world (& ourselves! & our families! & our communities!) on the other 6 days (emulating Divine creation and transforming our world into a holy dwelling place! DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash, interviews Rabbi Dov Laimon, a renowned scribe of Jewish holy texts (https://www.dovlaimon.com/about), on the topic of "The Spiritual Experience of Being a Torah Scribe!" DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash, interviews Amanda Berman, the Founder and Executive Director of the Zioness Movement (https://zioness.org/), on the topic of "Progressive & Zionist?" DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash, interviews Rabbi Dr. Rachel Adler, the Rabbi David Ellenson Professor of Jewish Religious Thought at HUC-JIR/Los Angeles (http://huc.edu/), on the topic of "Tales of the Holy Mysticat." DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP Learn more about the book & pre-order: https://mysticattales.com/ For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash, interviews Rabbi Dr. Ariel Evan Mayse, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Stanford University (https://religiousstudies.stanford.edu/people/ariel-evan-mayse) on the topic of "The Maggid of Mezritch." DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP Learn more about the book: https://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/16120.html For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash

Rebbe Nachman on Despair & HopRabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash, interviews Rabbi Dr. Ariel Burger (https://arielburger.com/about/) on the topic of "Rebbe Nachman on Despair & Hope." DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash, interviews Rabbi Michael Adam Latz, Senior Rabbi at Shir Tikvah Congregation (http://www.shirtikvah.net/), on the topic of "Defund the Police? Re-imagining Public Security." DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash, interviews Prof. Schneur Zalman Newfield, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY, on the topic of "Leaving Ultra-Orthodox Judaism." DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP BUY THE BOOK: https://amzn.to/3dNC3GN For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash, interviews Rabbi Dovid Sears, director of the New York Breslov Center (http://breslovcenter.blogspot.com/), on the topic of "Art & Chassidut." DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash, interviews Prof. Alexander Kaye, Karl, Harry, and Helen Stoll Chair of Israel Studies at Brandeis University (https://www.brandeis.edu/near-eastern-judaic/), on the topic of "Jewish Theocracy?" DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP BUY THE BOOK: https://amzn.to/30ksbAq For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash, interviews Sabrina Burger on the topic of "Grounding Ourselves in Faith." DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash, interviews Professor Jonathan Haidt, Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University's Stern School of Business (https://www.stern.nyu.edu/), on the topic of "Healing Political & Religious Divides in Difficult Times." DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP BUY THE BOOK: https://amzn.to/2U6vDdY For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/lea... https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmi...

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash, interviews Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, the Spiritual Leader of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah (https://cbst.org/) in New York City, on the topic of "What We Learned From The AIDS Crisis!" DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash, interviews Prof. Lila Corwin Berman, professor of history at Temple University, on the topic of "Dynamics of American Jewish Philanthropy." DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash, interviews Rabbi Denise Eger, the Founding Rabbi - Congregation Kol Ami (https://www.kol-ami.org/), on the topic of "Where Pride Dwells." DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP BUY THE BOOK: https://bit.ly/2zX2wmb For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash, interviews Dr. Michelle Friedman, a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst in private practice, the Steven and Sharon Lieberman chair of Pastoral Counseling at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School (YCT), and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, on the topic of "Mental Health During COVID." DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidras

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash interviews Rabbi Nathaniel Helfgot, rabbi at Congregation Netivot Shalom in Teaneck, NJ (https://www.netivotshalomnj.org/), on the topic of "Particularism & Universalism of the Torah." DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash interviews Rabbi Baruch Gartner (https://www.rabbigartner.com/), a rosh yeshiva and author of, on the topic of "Living Aligned." DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash speaks on the topic of "Shavuot & Revelation!" DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash