Lectures

Dr. Arthur Green

Irving Brudnick Professor of Philosophy and Religion
Hebrew College

Rector, The Rabbinical School of Hebrew College

SUGGESTED LECTURE TOPICS

Jewish Mysticism and the Post-modern Jew (Weekend series, contemporary focus)

An Introduction to Jewish Mysticism (Weekend series; historical orientation)

New Directions in Jewish Theology

Seek My Face, Speak My Name: A Judaism for Today’s Seeker

Restoring the Aleph: Building the Jewish Future

Back to Creation: Judaism, Ecology, and Our Planet’s Future

God-Talk: Recovering our Religious Language

Zohar: Masterwork of Jewish Mystical Creativity (Single lecture or series)

Jewish Prayer: An Evolutionary Approach

The Hasidic Movement: Success and Failure

Hasidism in the Twentieth Century

Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav: A Hasidic Master for Moderns

The Tales of Rabbi Nahman

Sabbatai Zevi, the Mystical Messiah

Eros and Judaism: The Song of Songs in the Jewish Mystical Tradition

Abraham, the Commandments, and Jewish Faith

The Crown of God: History of a Mythic Motif

Zaddik: The Holy Man Traditions of Judaism

Leaders for a New Generation: Thoughts on Rabbinic Education