Upcoming Events
AJRCA Lectures
The Children of Abraham: An exploration of the values and beliefs that Jews, Christians, and Muslims share with each other
Featuring:
Jerry Campbell, PhD, President of Claremont School of Theology; Jihad Turk, Director of Religious Affairs, The Islamic Center of Southern California, and Interim Dean, Bayan Graduate Program at Claremont Lincoln University; Rabbi Mel Gottlieb, PhD, President of the Academy for Jewish Religion, California; and Rabbi Miriam Hamrell, ’03, the Rabbi of Ahavat Torah Congregation in Brentwood.
March 25, 2012
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Lecture: Spirituality and Healing
Featuring:
AJRCA President Rabbi Mel Gottlieb, PhD; Rabbi Stan Levy, JD, AJRCA Professor of Spiritual Development; and Carolyn Conger, PhD, a clinical psychologist, consultant and teacher
October 24, 2010
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Spirituality and Healing
Lecture: The Power of Healing from the Perspectives of Chassidut and Psychology
Featuring:
Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum
Distinguished Bretslover Scholar
June 14, 2010
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The Power of Healing from the Perspectives of Chassidut and Psychology
Lecture: Dimensions of the Divine Presence: The Meaning of Shiur Qomah in Jewish Mysticism, Liturgy, and Rabbinic Thought
Featuring:
Marvin Sweeney, PhD, AJRCA Professor of Tanach and Professor of Bible at the Claremont School of Theology; Response by Rabbi Mordecai Finley, PhD, AJRCA Professor of Jewish Thought and Rabbi of Ohr-HaTorah Congregation; and Joel Gereboff, PhD, AJRCA Professor of Biblical Thought and Rabbinics and Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Arizona State University
June 13, 2010
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Dimensions of the Divine Presence
Sunday Evening Shiur
Featuring:
Alan Morinis, author of Everyday Holiness
November 15, 2009
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Sunday Evening Shiur
Lecture: The Duty to Heal and to Seek Healing: When do we say ‘Enough is enough?’
Featuring:
AJRCA President, Rabbi Mel Gottlieb, PhD (moderator); Panelists – Jacob Zighelboim, MD, AJRCA Professor of Philosophical Thought; Rabbi Eli Schochet, PhD, AJRCA Professor of Talmud; Rabbi and Psychotherapist Anne Brener, AJRCA Professor of Ritual and Human Development; and Julie Madorsky, MD, AJR, CA Board of Directors
October 25, 2009
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The Duty to Heal and to Seek Healing
Lecture: Understanding the Mystical Meanings of Your Dreams
Featuring:
Tamar Frankiel, PhD
AJR, CA Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of Comparative Religion
February 17, 2009
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Understanding the Mystical Meanings of Your Dreams
Lecture: Who Shall Live and Who Shall Die: Jewish Medical Ethics in the 21st Century
Featuring:
Rabbi Elijah Schochet, PhD
AJRCA Professor of Talmud
November 18, 2008
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Who Shall Live and Who Shall Die






