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Renewing Religious Zionist Identity: National & Individual
In
co-sponsorship with K’Lavi Yakum
(haKibbutz
haDati, Beit Morasha of Jerusalem, Kolech, & Bar Ilan University)
and
Yeshivat Chovevei Torah
Thursday,
September 26, 2002
David
Citadel Hotel (Formerly known as the Hilton), Jerusalem
8:30-10:00 AM Registration and Coffee
9:00-9:50 AM Text Study Sessions
Dr. Tamar Ross - The Human Component in Revelation
Dr. Joelle Hansel - Revolution and Judaism
Rachel Keren - The Sage as Educator
Rabbi Yehuda Brandes - The Foundations of the Structure of the Family
Rabbi Yitzchak Cohen - History in the Eyes of Chazal
10:00-10:15 Greetings: Chief Rabbi Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron
10:15-11:45 Plenary I: Rethinking
National Religious Zionist Identity
Is it necessary to rethink the
fundamental elements of religious Zionism in
the light of the external challenges presented by current conditions?
Keynote Panel:
R.
Yehuda Amital
R. Saul
Berman
R. David
Bigman
Dr. Shalom Rosenberg
Dr. Effie Zuroff
12:00-1:10 Breakout 1 or Sukkah
Lunch Shift 1
1. The Supreme Court’s power of
Judicial Review – Imbalancing the Dialectic
between Jewishness and Democracy?
Prof. Yedidya Stern, Prof. Arnold Enker
2. Has the Messianic element enhanced or debased modern religious Zionism?
R. Yuval Sherlow, Gershom
Gorenberg
3. Women and Halacha – Should the community insist upon limits on behavioral
expression in areas of Halachik debate?
4. The Lives of the Avot/Imahot – Are there limits to psychological and
“midrashic” speculation about their behavior and inner lives?
Dr. Uri Simon, Esther Lapian
5. What is the meaning of being a Religious Zionist in the Golah?
R. Basil Herring, R. Danny Landes
6. Truth in History – Is historical revisionism in the interest of
inspiration an acceptable approach in education and religious literature?
Yoske Ahituv, Dr. Jeffrey Woolf
1:20-2:30 Breakout 2 or Sukkah Lunch Shift 2
7. Balance between private and
public responsibility for social
welfare
Prof.
Eliezer Yaffe, Barbara Sofer
8. Is Modification of the Law of Return the Key to Preservation of Jewish
Identity in Israel?
Prof.
Benny Ish Shalom, Zev Gazal
9. What Are The Goals of Rabbinic Leadership in Israel and Golah?
R. Ronan
Lubitz, Dr. Chaim Waxman
10. Science and Revelation – Where ought and can Orthodoxy stand on
issues of tension between religious and scientific truth?
Dr. Gerald Schroeder, Dr. Tzvi Mazeh
11. Can there be one Jewish people: the Kinneret Declaration
12. Spirituality Without Halakhic Obligation ; The new Religiosity
R.
Benny Kalmanson, R. Uri Gordon
2:40-2:55 Mincha
3:00-4:15 Plenary II:
Rethinking Individual Religious Zionist Identity –
Religion on the Job
Spirituality is not only manifested in behvaior which we think of as being
distinctively “religious.” The
integration and manifestation of Jewish values in daily
life is an even more profound indicator of the serious religious soul. As
halachically
committed Jews, what should our
aspirations be in our various productive roles?
Keynote: Dr. Naftali Rotenberg
Respondents: R. Saul Berman, R. Shmuel Reiner
4:30- 5:45 Breakout 3
13. The Practice of Law – How can relationships to clients, employees and
colleagues reflect Halacha and Torah values?
Aviad
haCohen, Rachel Levmore
14. Medicine and Health Care – What is a Jewish perspective on the dignity
and rights of patients?
Dr. Deena
Zimmerman, Dr. Noam Zohar
15. Jewish Business Ethics
Shmuel
Selivan, Prof. Hannah Rothstein
16. Education – The relationship
of teachers and administrators to students and
parents transcends the content in educational process. What Jewish spiritual
values ought to inhere in such relationships?
Dr. Shmuel
Wygoda, Dr. Debbie Weissman, Beverly Gribetz
17. Parenting – Is there a distinctively Jewish approach to the balancing of
physical, spiritual, and emotional needs in fathering and mothering?
Dr.
Tova Halbertal, Rabbanit Yehudit Shilat
18. The Creative Arts – Is there a Jewish spiritual and aesthetic component
embodied in creative arts done by Orthodox Jews?
Tobi Kahn, Prof.
Andre Haidu
6:00 – 6:45 Closing Plenary Panel: The Authoritative Character of An Approach
which Integrates Orthodoxy and Modernity
The tension between Judaism as an
authoritative theological and ideological
system, and the diversity resulting from the passage of time and the absence
of a central religious authority, have left us with deeply unclear
boundaries as to the limits of authentic Orthodox positions. Should we
embrace the diversity which is the consequence of this historical reality,
or ought we attempt to define new and fixed boundaries?
Panel:
Rabbi Yehuda Gilad, Rabbi Shear Yashuv Cohen, Rabbi Shlomo Riskin
6:45 – 7:00 Maariv