Harvard Torah

This week, Rabbi Jonah Steinberg, executive director of Harvard Hillel, talks with Harvard humanities professor Stephen Greenblatt and Isaac Longobardi '21 about adversity as it plays out in the odyssey of the Biblical Joseph, Shakespeare's characters, and our modern world.

This week our executive director, Rabbi Jonah Steinberg invites Diane Rosenfeld, head of the Gender Violence Program at Harvard Law School, and Rebecca Araten '22, immediate past president of our Student Board, for a conversation about the biblical narrative of the rape of Dinah and its echoes in our present day.  Mindful of how sexual violence affects so many, this conversation also points to the following resources, in addition to our Deans, Harvard Chaplains, and the Proctors and Tutors who care for our students in our campus residential system:

Harvard's Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (https://osapr.harvard.edu/);

Harvard's Title IX Office (https://titleix.harvard.edu/);

Boston Area Rape Crisis Center (https://barcc.org/);

Victim Rights Law Center (https://www.victimrights.org/)

Men Can Stop Rape (https://mcsr.org/home).

Rabbi Jonah Steinberg welcomes Dr. Robert Stickgold of Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, who studied the nature and function of sleep and dreams from a cognitive neuroscience perspective, and Diana Meyers '21.

In episode 6 of Harvard Torah, Rabbi Jonah Steinberg sits down with Rob Shapiro '72, JD '78, former president of both the Harvard Alumni Association and the Harvard Law School Alumni Association, leader on Harvard's Board of Overseers, and expert in the field of trust and estate laws, along with Jonathan Katzman '22. This week's discussion focuses on legacy as relates to the story of Isaac's blessing of his and Rebecca's twin children, Jacob and Esau.

On this episode of Harvard Torah, executive director of Harvard Hillel and Harvard Jewish chaplain Rabbi Jonah Steinberg welcomes Prof. Ramie Targoff and Jenna Freidus '22 for a discussion about love in the face of death, themes of this week's Torah portion.

Rabbi Jonah Steinberg Executive Director of Harvard Hillel and a Harvard Jewish chaplain, sits down with Ambassador Nick Burns, Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Relations at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government and Amitai Abouzaglo '20, founder of Embodying Peace.

In the third episode of Harvard Torah, Rabbi Jonah Steinberg is joined by Professor Derek Penslar (William Lee Frost Professor of Jewish History) and graduate student Helen Yang, who reflects on her journey from a childhood in China to the Jewish community in Cambridge.

Rabbi Jonah Steinberg welcomes Professor Neri Oxman, whose path-making work at the intersection of biology and design finds its way to the World Economic Forum in Davos and the Museum of Modern Art in NYC, and with Harvard College student Ariel Silverman, who spent a semester in Cook Inlet in Alaska studying beluga whales.

Harvard Hillel Executive Director Rabbi Jonah Steinberg explores the Genesis Torah portion with Prof. Adam Cohen (Professor of Chemistry, Chemical Biology and Physics and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator at Harvard) and with Harvard sophomore Tobias Benn.