A Rough Landing

by | Sep 20, 2016 | Parshat Hashavua, Special Topics, Bamidbar

by Rav Herzl Hefter. I am depressed. Early Friday morning I returned home to Israel from the Limmud Conference in the UK. Jews of all backgrounds, Orthodox, Masorati, Reform and Liberal attended. I say attended and not were represented because we were all there as...

Special Topics: Intimacy and Desire

by | Sep 20, 2016 | Special Topics

This dvar Torah was the introduction to this week’s lecture ‘Intimacy and Desire’ given by  Dr. Anna Wruble  in memory of Hannelore Zuckerman z”l From Ancient times there have been diverse attitudes towards human sexuality. Christianity viewed marital relations as a...