Hodesh Tov

Hodesh Tov - Heshvan

Hodesh Tov

“Out of Zion: Rabbinic Travel in the 4th Century”
by Mordecai Schwartz, adjunct assistant professor of Talmud and Rabbinics at JTS; Marion and Norman Kanzman charitable foundation distinguished scholar at the Pre-Collegiate Learning Center of New Jersey.

Hodesh Tov - Kislev

“A Contemporary Look at the Story of Hanukkah”

by Dr. Benjamin Edidin Scolnic, Temple Beth Sholom, Hamden CT, bible scholar who has authored 11 books and over 80 articles.

He has been the Biblical Consultant on an archaeological dig in Egypt, the Northwest Sinai Archaeological Expedition, pursuing the route of the Exodus. His current area of interest is the relationship between the Book of Daniel and the story of Hanukkah, specifically the reasons for the Antiochene persecution.

Hodesh Tov - Nisan

Phil Lieberman"Jewish Urbanization Under Early Islam"

by Phillip Ackerman-Lieberman, Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies, Assistant Professor of Law, and Affiliated Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies and History Vanderbilt University

Hodesh Tov - Tevet

Diana Villa

"Conversion Annulments and the Current Policy of Israel’s Batei Din: A Halakhic Refutation

by Rabbi Diana Villa,  lecturer in Jewish Law and Talmud at the Schechter Rabbinical Seminary and a Senior Researcher at the Center for Women and Jewish Law at the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem