Rabbi Naftali Rothenberg at Temple Israel of Hollywood
Rabbi Naftali Rothenberg at Temple Israel of Hollywood
Mar 2, 2014 7:00pm - 9:00pmRabbi Naftali Rothenberg is a Senior Research Fellow at the Van Leer Institute, and will visit with members of Temple Israel of Hollywood on March 2, 2014. He will speak to the community about:
Why Israeli Arabs are a Jewish issue, and
What it means for Israel to be both a Jewish and democratic state.
This is event is by invitation only. For more information, please contact Leah Stern, [email protected].
Speaker Bio
Rabbi Professor Naftali Rothenberg is a senior research fellow at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute (since 1994), where he is Jewish Culture and Identity chair and editor of Identities, Journal for Jewish Culture & Identity. He also serves as the Rabbi and spiritual leader of Har Adar, a Jerusalem suburb town, where he resides with his family.
His main fields of research are: The wisdom of love; Political Philosophy; Environmental philosophy; Philosophy of Halakha.
He has published numerous articles and 12 books. His most recent books are: Wisdom by the week - the Weekly Torah Portion as an Inspiration for Thought and Creativity, Yeshiva University Press, New York 2012.
Values and Citizens - Civic Democratic Education, The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, 2011.
Rabbi in the New World: The Influence of Rabbi J. B. Soloveitchik on Culture, Education and Jewish Thought, (with Avinoam Rosenak) Magnes Hebrew University Press, Jerusalem 2011.
The Wisdom of Love-Man, Woman & God in Jewish Canonical Literature, Academic Studies Press, Boston 2009.
Naftali Rothenberg is the 2011 laureate of the Liebhaber Prize for the encouragement of religious tolerance in Israel.