The Tisch with Rabbi Michael Knopf

The first half of Part 1 of a 3 part series, in which Rabbi Knopf explores, analyzes, and debates various approaches to understanding God in modern Jewish thought. This session: Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch and modern Orthodox theology.

Rabbi Knopf digs into the Slonimer Rebbe’s extraordinary essay on prayer, “Prayer is the Service of the Heart.” This month: if prayer is about connecting to God, what is the purpose of heaping all that effusive praise on God so characteristic of Jewish prayer?

Rabbi Knopf digs into the Slonimer Rebbe’s extraordinary essay on prayer, “Prayer is the Service of the Heart.” This month: if prayer is about connecting to God, what is the purpose of petition, asking God for things we need?

Millennials are more liberal, more global, more educated, more skeptical, and more media savvy them their parents or grandparents, and are less religious and less likely to join organizations. Rabbi Knopf, himself a Millennial, talks about Jewishly engaging this elusive population.

Rabbi Knopf digs into the Slonimer Rebbe’s extraordinary essay on prayer, “Prayer is the Service of the Heart.”

Rabbi Knopf digs into the Slonimer Rebbe’s extraordinary essay on prayer, “Prayer is the Service of the Heart.”

Exploring the relationship between Star Wars and Jewish wisdom.

Rabbi Knopf digs into the Slonimer Rebbe’s extraordinary essay on prayer, “Prayer is the Service of the Heart.”

Rabbi Knopf digs into the Slonimer Rebbe’s extraordinary essay on prayer, “Prayer is the Service of the Heart.”

Global climate change is perhaps the most urgent moral challenge of our time. What wisdom does the Jewish tradition have to offer us about this issue? Rabbi Knopf explores a Jewish response to climate change: why it matters, and what we should do about it.