470 Glencairn Avenue,
Toronto, Ontario
M5N 1V8
Canada
Join us for our 12th annual conference, with fascinating lectures and hard-hitting, provocative panel discussions with some of the finest scholars in the Jewish world today.
Conference fee: $40
Individual Session: $15
TiMPass holders - no charge (please email us at info@torahinmotion.org to order your complimentary lunch).
Students - no charge for program with valid student ID.
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To purchase a TiMPass, please click here.
For our eTiM Livestream Renewing Our Spirit: 12th Annual Conference in Memory of Nathan (Noteh) Krauss, z"l, click here.
To listen to MP3 recordings of sessions at previous Renewing Our Spirit conferences, please click here.
Sponsorships begin at $180 and include two tickets and are tax-receiptable.
Schedule:
Saturday Night, November 2, 8:30-10:30 pm:
Israel, the Arab World, and the Media - A Panel Discussion
Jonathan Kay, Tovah Lazaroff, Shmuel Rosner, David Weinberg
Moderator: Dr. Elliott Malamet
sponsored by the Hart and Malamet families in memory of Colin Malamet, z"l
Sunday, November 3, 9:20 am – 4:45 pm:
9:20-10:00 am
Hindu Hassidim: How East Meets West
Rabbi Herzl Hefter
Or
The Beatles and the Bible: Thinking About General Culture
Ari Lamm
Or
Aliya? No one told me about this...A Candid Discussion of the Realities of Aliya
Rabbi Reuven Tradburks
10:00-10:55
Torment and Ecstasy in the Teachings of Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav
Dr. Joel Hecker
Or
Uncovering Rabbinic Forgeries
Professor Moshe Koppel
Or
Thinking Positively: Why Israel Is Winning the Battle Against All Its Adversaries
David M. Weinberg
11:05 am-12:00 pm
The Mystical Program of the Kabbalists in Zefat
Dr. Joel Hecker
Or
Did the Tannaim Study Philosophy? Socrates, Aphrodite & Rabban Gamliel
Ari Lamm
Or
When War Starts With a Tweet: The Impact of New Media on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Tovah Lazaroff
Or
Awakening: The Resurgence of Patriotism in Post-Post-Zionist Israel
David M. Weinberg
12:05- 1:00 pm
Who's Afraid of God? Why Modern Orthodoxy Has Run Away From Jewish Mysticism
Rabbi Herzl Hefter
Or
Hazal's Theory of Probability
Dr. Moshe Koppel
Or
The Return to Yerushalayim: What Exactly Are We Hoping For?
Rabbi Reuven Tradburks
1:00-2:55 pm
Lunch and Keynote Panel
Israel as a Religious State: Challenges and Opportunities
Professor Moshe Koppel, Shmuel Rosner, Rabbi Reuven Tradburks, David M. Weinberg
Moderator: Dr. Elliott Malamet
3:00-3:55 pm
Yaakov and Eisav: Case Study of a Symbolic Interpretation of the Torah
Rabbi Herzl Hefter
Or
Four Who Entered the Pardes: How Rabbi Akiva Emerged Unscathed
Dr. Joel Hecker
Or
Perspectives on Sports & Sports Fandom
Ari Lamm
4:00-4:50 pm
What Can Computers Tell Us About the Torah?
Dr. Moshe Koppel
Or
From Boston to Jerusalem: Covering the Media in the Middle East
Tovah Lazaroff
The Yom Kippur War, 40 Years Later: Lessons for Today
Shmuel Rosner
4:55 pm
Minchah