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NEW YORK, April 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Aleph Society has announced that a Public Broadcast Service (PBS) interview with distinguished scholar, teacher, mystic and social critic, Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, will be broadcast nationally on more than 250 local PBS affiliated networks. On Sunday, April 29th at 5:30pm EDT in New York, the segment will air on WNET Channel 13. The piece is now available to view online on the Religion & Ethics page on the PBS website. The highly...
NEW YORK, Nov. 7, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Jews around the world are coming together today, on the Global Day of Jewish Learning, to celebrate Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz's completion of his 45-year quest to produce the first original Talmud commentary and translation since the Middle Ages. Rabbi Steinsaltz, the renowned teacher, philosopher, social critic and prolific author, will be making a live address from Jerusalem's City Hall (9:00 PM Israel time, 2:00 PM Eastern, 11:00 AM Pacific) on...
NEW YORK, Nov. 2, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- On November 7, Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, renowned teacher, philosopher, social critic and prolific author, will complete his monumental 45 volume translation and commentary on the Talmud, the central text of Judaism, and speak live from Jerusalem (9:00 PM Israel time, 2:00 PM Eastern, 11:00 AM Pacific) on www.TheGlobalDay.com. "Torah is the shared inheritance of all the Jewish people. It does not belong [to an elite group]. We have a responsibility to...
NEW YORK, June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- To celebrate the culmination of Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz's audacious 45-year quest to translate the Talmud and unlock its wisdom for modern Jews, today the Aleph Society launched a new online campaign to spark a love for Jewish learning. The effort is part of the Global Day of Jewish Learning project supported by more than two dozen national and international groups representing every movement within Judaism. The website www.TheGlobalDay.com will engage...
