Articles by Dr. Lawrence H. Schiffman

The Center for Modern Torah Leadership is Proud to Announce the first-ever Men's Winter Beit Midrash!
The Men's Winter Beit Midrash is a one-week, full-day experience of intense and exhilarating learning with Rabbi Aryeh Klapper, Rosh Beit Midrash of the Summer Beit Midrash!
We will seek to reclaim halakhic issues from controversy and study them non-controversially, from unmediated primary sources and without an agenda other than Talmud Torah. Our topics for this year are the position of the Ritva's teacher regarding נמצא אחד מהן קרוב או פסול and the possibility of זכין מאדם שלא בפניו in the context of gittin.
Admission is open to men capable of traditional learning at a high level. Tuition will be $120. Scholarships are available as necessary. The program will be hosted at the West Side Institutional Synagogue and lunch and dinner will be provided. The program will run from 10:30am Sunday, January 10 through 9:30am Friday, Jan. 15, 2016.
Find out more here, and for questions, contact us.

8.4 Tanakh in the 21st Century: Looking Back, Looking Ahead (Text | PDF)
8.3 Jewish Community: Models and Ideals (Text | PDF)
8.2 Judaism and Other Faiths (Text | PDF)
8.1 The World of the Beit Midrash (Text | PDF)
7.5 Privacy (Text)
7.4 Freedom (Text)
7.P K'ol ha-Mevaser (Text | PDF)
7.3 Mashiah (Text | PDF)
7.2 Israel and Zionism (Text | PDF)
7.1 Music and Spirituality (Text | PDF)
6.7 Rights and Obligations (PDF)
6.5 Technology (PDF)
6.4 Kol Hamevakker (PDF)
6.3 Worship (PDF)
6.2 Politics and Activism (PDF)
6.1 Miracles and Divine Intervention (PDF)
5.5 The Other in Judaism (PDF)
5.3 War and Peace (PDF)
5.2 Jewish Education (PDF)
5.1 Jewish Leadership (PDF)
4.6 The Year in Israel (PDF)
3.7 Halakhah and Minhag (PDF)
3.6 Torah, Literature, and the Arts (PDF)
3.5 Kol Hamishtakker (Part I, PDF | Part II, PDF)
3.4 Jewish Denominations and Sects (PDF)
3.3 Academic Jewish Studies (PDF)
3.2 Family and Community (PDF)
3.1 Musar and Jewish Ethics (PDF)
2.7 Orthodoxy in the 21st Century (PDF)
2.6 Jewish Philosophy (PDF)
2.5 Qol Hamevaser (PDF)
2.3 Jewish Education (PDF)
2.2 Politics and Leadership (PDF)
2.1 Spirituality: Teshuvah and Tefillah (PDF)
1.8 Israel at 60 (PDF)
1.7 Emunah (PDF)
1.3 Derekh Halimmud (PDF)
1.2 Judaism and Pop Culture (PDF)
1.1 Religious Growth and Change (PDF)