JBD - Jews of the CBD

A joint project of JBD together with Kollel MenachemA Modern Day Purim Story:The Quest for Jewish IdentityWith Rabbi Doobie LiskerMonday 18 March.Rabbi Doobie Lisker is a deep thinker. He translates messages from classic Torah sources into meaningful lessons for modern-day living. A global Yeshivah student, Rabbi Lisker is a member of Kollel Menachem Lubavitch. He is a dynamic presenter in the Melbourne community.BILLING BUREAU, LEVEL 5 / 459 COLLINS STREET, MELBOURNE.

JBD invites you to a special security presentation.Tuesday February 12th at 12:45 pmOur world is in constant growth. As opportunities increase, the risks multiply. Terrorists, hackers, and criminals are adapting and creating new methods. Methods designed to exploit and attack you. - Will adding another guard do the trick? - How many bollards are enough?Zohar Dromi has been an intelligence and counter-terrorism expert for 25 years. He served in the Nitzan unit of the Israeli Defence Forces, the anti-crime unit at Ben-Gurion Airport and the Israeli Prime Minister’s office. Zohar gathered information in the Humint and Sigint domains. He initiated special operations to recruit sources in these domains. In 2008, he received a presidential citation.Federation Room, Adina hotel, 88 Flinders St, Melbourne.

JBD and KCL Law are pleased to invite you to a lunchtime lecture

 

with

 

Professor Efraim Inbar

 

“Israel’s Old-New Security Challenges in a Fluid Strategic Landscape”

What Israel should do to meet the new security challenges.

 

Professor Efraim Inbar is the President of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategic Studies. He was a Professor in Political Studies at Bar-Ilan University and the founding Director of the Begin-Sadat (BESA) Center for Strategic Studies. Prof Inbar’s area of specialization is Middle Eastern strategic issues with a special interest in the politics and strategy of Israeli national security. He has written over 100 scholarly articles. He has authored five books and edited fourteen collections of articles. Prof. Inbar was a member of the Political Strategic Committee of the National Planning Council and the Chair of the Committee for the National Security Curriculum at the Ministry of Education. He served on the Academic Committee of the History Department of the IDF and as the President of the Israel Association of International Studies. Prof. Inbal served in the IDF as a paratrooper.

Thank you to KCL Law for hosting and sponsoring this event on Friday, 27 October 2017.

JBD is pleased to invite you to a lunchtime lecture

 

with

 

Yedidya and Lital Slonim

 

 

“The Political Conflict in Israel”

Journey Between the Past, Present and Future

A Glimpse Behind the Scenes of Land Redemption in Israel Today.

 

Wednesday, 9th August 2017

 

Yedidya is a practical Engineer and works in conjunction with the renowned Weitzman Institute in Rechovot heading a team of approximately 15. He has spent a number of years studying Torah, first in Yeshivat Shalhevet and later when he was married at Techiat Haaretz in Hebron.  Over the last decade Yedidya has been an active member of the Nachala movement where he serves today as the Director of Operations. Nachala is a non-governmental pressure group which promotes settling the land of Israel. During the years of his voluntary work for Nachala he has travelled the length and breadth of Israel promoting the ideals of Nachala. His audiences have included youth and adults alike. Lital is a construction engineer who has also been involved with Nachala for the past decade.

JBD and Arnold Bloch Leibler are pleased to invite you to a lunchtime lecture

with 

Rabbi Todd Berman

“Human Dignity as a factor in Jewish Legal Decision Making”

 

Monday, 26 June 2017 

Location: Arnold Bloch Leibler

Level 21, 333 Collins Street 

Rabbi Todd (Tuvia) Berman serves on the senior faculty and is the Director of Institutional Advancement at Yeshivat Eretz HaTzvi in Jerusalem. Rabbi Berman received rabbinic Semikha at Yeshivat HaMivtar and learned for several years at Yeshivat Har Etzion. He holds a B.S. from Columbia University and pursued graduate studies at Harvard University. Rav Berman has held numerous posts in education from the high school level through adult education. He founded the Jewish Learning Initiative (JLIC) at Brandeis University and served as rabbinic advisor to the Orthodox community there for several years. Previously, he was a RaM at Midreshet Lindenbaum where he also served as the Rav of the dormitory. His writings have appeared in the New York Jewish Week, Tradition Magazine, the Meorot Journal, as well as many other publications. He also writes a popular blog on the Times of Israel.

Thank you to Arnold Bloch Leibler for hosting and sponsoring this event.

Professor Shlomo Biderman and Liat Weiss-Shahaf

 

“Beyond the Startup Nation: How Social Business Entrepreneurship is used to fight social disparities and improve solidarity in Israel”

Professor Shlomo Biderman is the President of the Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo (MTA). Prior to joining MTA, Prof. Biderman worked at Tel-Aviv University, where he served in many leadership positions. Prof. Biderman is a prolific scholar of Indian and comparative philosophy. Prof. Biderman also served on several committees of the Israeli Council for Higher Education and of the Israel Science Foundation. At MTA, Prof. Biderman pioneered the model of a New Academia that builds relevant and inclusive knowledge for the 21st century.Liat Weiss-Shahaf is a senior resource development specialist with over 15 years of experience working for leading NGOs and philanthropic organisations in Israel. Weiss-Shahaf joined MTA in 2007. Weiss-Shahaf is a leading entrepreneur, playing a key role in the application of the New Academia model at MTA. She directs the College's fundraising initiatives and academic collaborations in Israel and abroad, through building tri-sector partnerships with public sector agencies, private businesses, and civil society groups. She has been instrumental in the developing some of College’s most innovative programs and projects. 

From a Lecture given on 29/11/16.

Feed your Soul

and Feed your Body 

with

Rabbi Davey Blackman

 

“The Minhag of Kitniyot”

The origins and scope of the practice

Rabbi Blackman studied for more than a

decade at Yeshivat Har Etzion, under the famed Rabbi Aharon

Lichtenstein. It was there that he developed an amazing breadth and depth

of knowledge in vast areas of Jewish learning. He also has a degree in Education

and Jewish Philosophy from the University of South Africa. Rabbi Blackman

served in leadership roles in Bnei Akiva , South Africa, from his early youth,

and also in the crack Givati infantry unit in the Israeli army. He is a husband

to Deborah and father of 6 children.

Rabbi Blackman displays a unique blend of mental acuity, integrity and personal

warmth, which endears him to one and all. Combined with his dynamic personality

and refreshing sense of humour, Rabbi Blackman’s world-class lectures are

infused with colour, charisma and creative thought, effectively portraying the

relevance, appeal and majesty of Torah for contemporary audiences. Rabbi

Blackman is the Rabbi of JLC in Sydney.

From a lunchtime lecture on Wednesday, 6 April 2016.

Rabbi Davey Blackman

 

“The Portrait of Moses”

Rabbi Blackman studied for more than a

decade at Yeshivat Har Etzion, under the famed Rabbi Aharon

Lichtenstein. It was there that he developed an amazing breadth and depth

of knowledge in vast areas of Jewish learning. He also has a degree in

Education and Jewish Philosophy from the University of South Africa. Rabbi

Blackman served in leadership roles in Bnei Akiva , South Africa, from his

early youth, and also in the crack Givati infantry unit in the Israeli army. He

is a husband to Deborah and father of 6 children.

Rabbi Blackman displays a unique blend of mental acuity, integrity and personal

warmth, which endears him to one and all. Combined with his dynamic personality

and refreshing sense of humour, Rabbi Blackman’s world-class lectures are

infused with colour, charisma and creative thought, effectively portraying the

relevance, appeal and majesty of Torah for contemporary audiences. Rabbi

Blackman is the Rabbi of JLC in Sydney.From a lunchtime lecture on Wednesday, February 17, 2016.

Rabbi Kennard“Lighting and re-lighting” How an argument between two medieval Biblical commentaries sheds light on our light”Lecture from Thursday, 10 December 2015

“Child

Custody in Family Law - A comparison of the approach in Halacha and the

Australian legal system”Featuring

Rabbi

Yonason Johnson  &  Rebecca GoldmanRabbi Yonason Johnson serves as the

dean of Kollel Menachem college for advance Rabbinic studies

and the Director of Adult Education of the Yeshivah Centre in Melbourne.

Rabbi Johnson has been a Torah teacher and lecturer in Adult Education

for over 12 years. He received Semicha from Machon Chaim of

Melbourne and has studied under notable halachic authorities in the USA. From

2004-2006, Rabbi Johnson was a full-time teacher/lecturer for Bina, a

Sydney-based Adult Torah Education organisation. He then spent 5 years in

Crown Heights directing the Manhattan Kollel and lecturing in Brooklyn. Rabbi

Johnson is a highly sought-after speaker and lecturer presenting on topics

of Jewish law, Talmud and Chassidic teaching.Rebecca

Goldman is a special counsel at Kliger Partners with over 17

years’ experience practising exclusively in the area of family law. 

Rebecca has experience dealing with all aspects of family law matters. 

She has particular expertise dealing with complex parenting disputes (including

interstate and international relocation cases), complex property disputes

including matters with large asset pools, valuation disputes and complex

corporate structures, spousal maintenance applications, child support departure

applications and drafting Financial Agreements.  Rebecca has conducted

many family law cases in the Family Court and Federal Magistrates Court in respect

of both parenting and property issues and represented clients in relation to

Intervention Order disputes in the Magistrates Court.From a lunchtime lecture on September 1, 2015.