Interested in immersing yourself in Jewish text study with adults of all ages and backgrounds from around the country?
Looking to integrate with the dynamic, cutting-edge community at Yeshivat Hadar?
Yeshivat Hadar's Executive Seminar
Sunday July 7, 2013 (evening) -- Thursday, July 11, 2013 (evening)
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Check out our 2013 Executive Seminar Brochure!
We welcome both new and returning participants!
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WHAT OUR EXECUTIVE SEMINAR PARTICIPANTS SAY
"Thank you so much for providing this extraordinary opportunity for full immersion in Torah Lishma, in an egalitarian setting that was accepting and welcoming.
"This was, quite simply, one of the richest, most satisfying, most joyous weeks of my life. The study was superb. All teachers were excellent and beyond. Learning with the younger folk was a source of tremendous hope and optimism for the future of the Jewish people. The concept of the yeshiva, and the dedication and commitment of its leadership, surpass descriptive adjectives--just absolutely superlative.
"I can't think of any time when I have been this stimulated in many years." – 2012 Executive Seminar Participant
SAMPLE SCHEDULE
Join us for an intense week-long study program at Mechon Hadar, the only egalitarian immersion learning program in North America. You will study with a small group of men and women from around the country, and participate in sessions along with the dozens of young adults studying for the summer at Yeshivat Hadar.
This program will give you a unique opportunity to:
o Get a taste of the intense Jewish learning at Yeshivat Hadar and be part of its energetic community
o Interact with other serious students for Torah Lishmah ("Learning for its own sake")
o Engage in discussions about key issues in Jewish thought and Halakhah (Jewish Law)
o Study with exciting and engaging teachers in classes appropriate to various levels of knowledge and background
o Learn from outstanding guest speakers
Sunday
7:00 pm - Registration
7:30 pm - Opening Shiur with Shai Held
8:55 pm - Maariv
9:05 pm - Communal break fast
Monday
7:30 am - Shaharit with Yeshiva community
8:30 am - Breakfast/Orientation
9:00 am - Talmud with Yeshivat Hadar
12:30 pm - Lunch/Minchah
2:15 pm - Law and Values: New Perspectives with Ethan Tucker
3:45 pm - Break
4:15 pm - Literary Approaches to Rabbinic Texts with Avital Campbell Hochstein
5:45 pm - Dinner
7:15 pm - 90@190: Open Beit Midrash
8:45 pm - Maariv
Tuesday
7:30 am - Shaharit and Dvar Torah with Yeshiva community
8:30 am - Breakfast
9:00 am - Talmud with Yeshivat Hadar
12:30 pm - Lunch/Minchah
2:00 pm - What It Means to Be Human with Shai Held
4:30 pm - Break
6:00 pm - Dinner at home of Mechon Hadar's Board Member
Wednesday
8:15 am - Shaharit with Yeshiva community
9:00 am - Breakfast
9:45 am - Yom Iyun Introduction
10:00 am - Judaism's Fourth Cardinal Sin: Better to Die Than Humiliate Another with Shai Held
12:15 pm - Lunch
1:15 pm - Where Love Meets Condescension: Understanding the Actions of Others with Ethan Tucker
2:45 pm - Break/Minchah
3:15 pm - Towards an Ethic of Speech: Speaking To and About Others with Avital Campbell Hochstein
5:00 pm - Field Trip
Thursday
7:30 am - Shaharit with Yeshiva community
8:30 am - Breakfast/Orientation
9:00 am - Talmud with Yeshivat Hadar
12:30 pm - Lunch/Minchah
2:15 pm - What It Means to Be Human with Shai Held
3:45 pm - Break
4:15 pm - Law and Values: New Perspectives with Ethan Tucker
5:45 pm - Group Dinner, Closing Reflections
7:45 pm - Closing Sichah
8:45 pm - Maariv
Faculty Biographies
Avital Campbell Hochstein is rosh yeshiva at Mechon Hadar and teaches Talmud at Yeshivat Hadar. She is the former rosh kollel at the Pardes Institute. A research fellow at Mechon Shalom Hartman, she has taught Talmud for several years at both institutions and was rosh beit midrash at the new Hartman High School for Girls. She is the co-author of The Place of Women in Midrash (Yedioth Ahronoth 2008). Avital is also a founder of Kehilat Shirah Hadashah in Jerusalem.
Rabbi Shai Held is co-founder and rosh yeshiva at Mechon Hadar and chair in Jewish Thought. He served as scholar-in-residence at Kehilat Hadar, taught at the Jewish Theological Seminary, and is a Jacob Javits fellow in religion at Harvard University. A Wexner Graduate Fellow, Shai was director of education and conservative rabbinic advisor at Harvard Hillel. A graduate of Harvard, he has taught for institutions such as the Drisha Institute, Hebrew College, Meah, UJACJP, and the Rabbinic Training Institute. Shai has also recently completed a doctorate in the department of religion at Harvard University; his main academic interests are in modern Jewish and Christian thought and in the history of Zionism.
Rabbi Elie Kaunfer is co-founder, rosh yeshiva and executive director of Mechon Hadar and on the Talmud faculty at Yeshivat Hadar. A graduate of Harvard College, he was ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary, where he also completed an MA and is pursuing a doctorate in liturgy. A Wexner Graduate Fellow, Elie is a co-founder of Kehilat Hadar and in 2009 Newsweek named him one of the top 50 rabbis in America. He was selected as an inaugural AVI CHAI Fellow, and is the author of Empowered Judaism: What Independent Minyanim Can Teach Us About Building Vibrant Jewish Communities (Jewish Lights, 2010).
Rabbi Ethan Tucker is co-founder and rosh yeshiva at Mechon Hadar and chair in Jewish Law. Ethan was a faculty member at the Drisha Institute for Jewish Education, where he taught Talmud and Halakhah in the Scholars Circle. Ethan was ordained by the Chief Rabbinate of Israel and earned a PhD in Talmud and Rabbinics from the Jewish Theological Seminary and a B.A. from Harvard College. A Wexner Graduate Fellow, he was a co-founder of Kehilat Hadar and a winner of the first Grinspoon Foundation Social Entrepreneur Fellowship.
