 2006-2007 Speakers |
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Banks |
Mitchell Banks, president of M&L Banks International Distribution and a long-time film and Torah scholar. |
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Bob |
Channa Lockshin Bob has an advanced certificate in Talmud and Jewish Law from the Drisha Scholars Circle. She also holds an MA in Religion from Columbia University, where she has completed work toward a Ph.D in Talmud. |
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Chanes |
Prof. Jerome Chanes, Faculty Scholar at Brandeis University's Cohen Center and has taught at Barnard, Y.U., and Harvard, and is a regular lecturer for Drisha and CLAL. |
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Cohen |
Joel Cohen, partner at the law firm of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan and has published several books and numerous articles. |
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Dniaye |
Mamadou Dniaye is not only a security guard at the Ramaz Middle School, but also a friend to every student there. |
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Ebrahimoff |
Ruby Ebrahimoff, aka "the Haftorahman", will speak on the topic of "Tehillim as it was Recited in Temple Times." |
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Fischer |
Shlomo Fischer, director of Yesodot - Center for Torah and Democracy will speak. Yesodot works for the advancement of education for democracy in the state Orthodox (Mamlachti Dati) school sector in Israel. |
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Freedman |
"Prof. Samuel Freedman, professor at the Columbia School of Journalism and author of the ""On Education"" column in the New York Times." |
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Goldman |
Ari Goldman, professor at the Columbia School of Journalism and noted author. |
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Goldman |
Shalom Goldman, Professor of Hebrew and Middle Eastern Studies at Emory University. |
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Gottlieb |
Leeor Gottlieb, a graduate of Yeshivat Shaalvim and Beit Morasha, is a Ph.D. candidate and an instructor of Bible in Hebrew University's Department of Bible. |
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Heilig |
Karen Heilig, legal counsel at the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. |
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Horowitz |
Elliott Horowitz is Associate Professor of Jewish History at Bar Ilan University and co-editor of the Jewish Quarterly Review. |
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Joel |
Rabbi Avery Joel, Judaic Studies teacher at the Ramaz Upper School and a doctoral student at Yeshiva University's Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration. |
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Lifshitz |
Anat Lifshitz, Fellow in the Advanced Fellowship Circle, Drisha Institute, and manager at Simatron Technology in Tel Aviv. |
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Lifshitz |
Prof. Shahar Lifshitz, visiting professor at Cardozo School of Law. Since 2005, he has been an ad hoc advisor to the Israeli Knesset’s Constitution, Law, and Legislation Committee and is the author of a spousal registry legislative proposal and family law chapter for the proposed Israeli Constitution. |
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Mintz |
Rabbi Adam Mintz is Community Liaison for Comptroller William Thompson of New York City and a Visiting Lecturer at Queens College. |
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Polsky |
Rabbi David Polsky, Rabbinic Intern at KRA and "Ask the Rabbi" consultant at the Orthodox Union. |
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Schwartz |
Professor Shuly Rubin Schwartz, professor of American Jewish History at JTSA and author of The Rabbi's Wife: The Rebbetzin in American Jewish Life. |
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Uhrbach |
Rabbi Jan Uhrbach, Wexner Graduate Fellow, is an adjunct faculty member of the Jewish Theological Seminary and has taught for Wexner Heritage, the Skirball Center, and the 92nd Street Y. She is the founding rabbi of the Conservative Synagogue of the Hamptons. |
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Wachsman |
Nina Wachsman, Strategic Consultant in Healthcare Marketing, will speak on the topic of "Prewar German Artists, the Prophets of Doom: Degenerate Jewish Art and the Effects of the Nazi Regime on Artists and Art." |
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Weinstein |
Michael L. Weinstein, a former Air Force officer and lawyer within the Reagan Administration, recently won the distinction of being named one of 2006's Forward 50, a coveted list of movers and shakers named by the prestigious national newspaper The Forward. |
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