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Video Conference on Intermarriage – This Sunday

By admin at 5:10 pm on Wednesday, January 31, 2007

The Ki Metzion Tatzai Torah Video Conference Series

Come to this Sunday’s Live from Jerusalem Interactive Video Conference – 10 A.M. in Baltimore at the CJE, 2nd floor of the Park Heights JCC

Topic: Interfaith Dating & Marriage:
Understanding & Discussing the Phenomenon

Speaker: Doron Kornbluth

As a popular teacher of Jewish ideas, Doron Kornbluth is regularly consulted by Jewish parents who care very much about their kids’ Jewish identities. Parents want to know what they should be focusing on to ensure that their kids identify strongly as Jews. Doron’s popular Raising Kids to Stay Jewish (also called The Five Secrets of Great Jewish Families) seminars are the result of years of research & experience. Presented in funny, unique, easy-to-remember way, this talk has been a hit from LA to Vancouver, and from Antwerp to Dublin. Its target audience is Jewish parents and grandparents, and it discusses influencing Jewish kids of all ages.

Working with Jewish students and singles, Doron was faced with questions about the “I� word … intermarriage. His best-selling Why Marry Jewish? is the result of many years of research [Reviews and more information are available at http://www.jewishanddating.com/]. With his entertaining speaking abilities and expertise on the subject, the popular Dating Jewish?! and Why Marry Jewish?! seminars were the natural result: Upbeat, interactive, and powerful, many thousands of Jews have made real efforts towards finding a Jewish partner as a result of these unique, open-minded and proven talks. This talk has proven so popular that organizations regularly invite Doron back to give it again and again.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

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This Sunday: Jonathan Rosenblum

By admin at 4:42 pm on Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Jonathan Rosenblum

The Middle East Conflict – When Hope is Gone: An Optimist Perspective.

Sunday, January 21st at 10 AM, JCC on Park Heights Ave.

Jonathan Rosenblum, director of Jewish Media Resources, also serves as an English-language spokesman for the Orthodox Jewish community with foreign journalists, and is a columnist for the Jerusalem Post. Jewish Media Resources is a leading media organization dedicated to furthering an understanding of Torah Judaism. JMR works with foreign journalists stationed in Israel and with local journalists by providing access to leading figures within the Orthodox Jewish community in Israel, and with information and insights about the community.

This past Sunday our Baltimore audience enjoyed an intrigueing presentation by Rabbi Motty Berger of Jerusalem. He began the talk with the question “What is the reason for Anti-Semitism?” He took a number of suggestions from the audience in Baltimore and wrote them on his dry-erase board in Jerusalem, and then proceeded to zero in on the real reason for the phenomenon with his strictly rational approach.

Doron KornbluthComing up, February 4th, 10 AM: Doron Kornbluth, author of the best-selling “Why Marry Jewish?!” and international lecturer and expert on intermarriage, will give a talk on “Interfaith Dating & Marriage: Understanding & Discussing the Phenomenon“.

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Lifeline – Shemos

By admin at 4:51 pm on Friday, January 12, 2007

COMING THIS SUNDAY, January 14: Our “Ki MiTzion” lecture series continues, with Rabbi Motty Berger speaking at the Center for Jewish Education in Baltimore at 1pm Sunday. He will be speaking on the topic “Anti-Semitism: Why the Jews?”Next week: Rabbi Jonathan Rosenblum on “Turbulence in the Middle East: The Next Chapter” — so stay tuned!Good Shabbos!

Rabbi Yaakov Menken
Director, Project Genesis / Torah.org

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