Are You What You Eat? – If so, you might be in serious trouble. Learn about what they’re really putting in your food and how Judaism deals with the...
Scholar - Rabbi Berel Bell
Rabbi Bell is the author of the Jewish Learning Institute’s noted course, From Sinai to Cyberspace; and serves as the Director of Teacher Training and e-learning for JLI’s 350 worldwide affiliates.
Oftentimes healers will recommend surgery or other high-risk procedures – with possibly fatal implications – as remedies for various ailments and conditions...
Who decides the moment of death, how is it determined, and how does this determination affect us all? Rabbi Berel Bell, an expert on medical issues in Jewish law, gives...
Explore the opening text of the talmud, and engage in dialogue and debate. Whether you are a novice or an experienced student of Talmud, you will be fascinated by this...
Who gives life, and who has the right to end it? Debated by theologians and doctors alike, step into the unique halachic process, and learn about the compassion and the...
We all deserve to have a marriage relationship of friendship, joy, and pleasure. But how do we get there? Two couples with expertise in marriage weigh in. Rabbi Berel...
Why do men wear black and white and women wear all colors, how does the Torah deal with the age of the earth, why can’t women be rabbis? These are some of the...
Academic, Ethics, In Depth, Jewish Law, Science, Talmud, Thought Provoking
Does a Fetus Have Rights?
If you aren’t Pro Life are you pro death? If you aren’t Pro Choice are you for no choice? What makes us a person and when do we become one? The National...
In Depth, Jewish Law, Lecture, Medical Ethics, Talmud, Thought Provoking
”Untouchable”: May One Use Data from Nazi Experimentation?
How do our inner desires affect the outcome of decisions? Rabbi Berel Bell discusses the opinions of secular and Torah authorities on the use of data acquired with...
Why don’t we live in Israel? Why do all holidays revolve around food? Why can’t a woman be counted in a Minyan? What is the response to Antisemitism? Will...
Maimonides’ magnum opus, the Mishneh Torah, is a work spanning hundreds of chapters and describing all laws mentioned in the Torah. This text-based class offers...
In Depth, Jewish Law, Lecture, Medical Ethics
A Clergyman’s Perspective on the Toughest Medical Quandaries
Every day, rabbis are asked to make halachic decisions in all areas of daily life. What goes through a rabbi’s mind when heart-stopping life and death decisions...
The panelists will answer questions and address medically related ethical quandaries submitted by participants. No question is too basic or too complex. To see our other...
From Kiddush to Havdalah, learn about the do’s, don’ts, how’s and why’s of keeping the day of rest. This lecture was delivered at the 13th annual...
Discover the immeasurable value Judaism places on the food we put in our mouth, with a step-by-step guide to ‘going kosher’ in your own life. This lecture...
Is euthanasia assisted suicide or human mercy? Hear what Jewish law has to say about this controversial topic. This lecture was delivered at the 13th annual National...
A Beit Din is a Jewish court of law, made up of three rabbis who determine the Jewish law on a case-by-case basis. Join a reenactment of a rabbinical courtroom, where...