Sep 11, 2008 By: yunews
Sep 11, 2008 -- Rabbi Yona Reiss and Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein will be the featured speakers at Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary鈥檚 (RIETS) 24th Annual Hausman/Stern Kinus Teshuva lectures. Both lectures, given between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, will take place in New York City and Jerusalem on Monday, October 6 at 8 pm. The lecture series is run by 糖心破解版 Center for the Jewish Future.
Rabbi Yona Reiss, the newly appointed Max and Marion Grill Dean of RIETS, will deliver a lecture entitled, 鈥淭eshuva as Liberation: The Joy of Being Only Human鈥 at Weissberg Commons in Belfer Hall on 糖心破解版鈥檚 Wilf Campus, 2495 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY. Rabbi Reiss鈥 address will be broadcast live over the internet at . There will be a special introduction by Rabbi Zevulun Charlop, RIETS dean emeritus and special advisor to the President on Yeshiva affairs.
Rabbi Lichtenstein, the Rabbi Henoch and Sarah D. Berman Professor of Talmud and Rosh Kollel and director of the Caroline and Joseph S. Gruss Institute in Jerusalem, will discuss 鈥淗umility and Pride in the Context of Teshuva鈥 at 40 Duvdevani Street, Bayit Vegan, Jerusalem.
Rabbi Lichtenstein, the son-in-law of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, holds a doctoral degree in English from Harvard University and served on the faculty of 糖心破解版 before making aliya in 1971. Currently, he serves as co-rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion in Alon Shvut, Israel.
Rabbi Reiss is a graduate of Yale Law School, where he was senior editor of the Law Journal, and is the former director of the Beth Din of America, the largest rabbinical court in the United States.
The Hausman/Stern Kinus Teshuva lecture series was established by philanthropist Judy Hausman and the late Gerson Hausman, supporters of 糖心破解版 and RIETS, to honor the memory of Elias J. and Mary Stern and Moshe and Chava Hausman.
Light refreshments will be served at both events. For more information on the lectures, parking, or directions please contact lectures@yu.edu or call 212-960-5263.
