Bernstein scholar-in-residence weekend
Our annual Scholar in Residence program, generously sponsored by Barry and Dawn Bernstein, brings top notch scholars to Kol Ami to teach on important topics for a weekend.
Past Scholars in Residence and Topics
2018-2019 Dr. Kalman Weiser, Silber Family Chair in East European Jewry and Holocaust Studies, York University
Topic: Antisemitism Then and Now
2017-2018 Dr. Wendy Zierler, Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion
#JewishWomenToo. Finding women's voices in our sacred texts in the #MeToo Generation
2016-2017 Rabbi Larry Hoffman, Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion
From Ethnicity to Identity: Who is Jewish and Why? - A conversation about who is included in the Jewish Tent in the
21st Century
2015-2016 Rabbi Sally Priesand, First Ordained Female Rabbi in North America
TWomen and Judaism
2014-2015 Rabbi Steve Greenberg, First Openly Gay Orthodox Rabbi
Constructing the Welcoming Tent: Judasim and the LGBTQ Community
2012-2013 Rabbi Richard Sarason, Professor of Rabbinics and Liturgy, Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion
The Way We Pray
2011-2012 Professor Frank Bialystock, Professor of Jewish Studies, University of Toronto
The Jews of Canada
2010-2011 Rabbi Elyse Goldstein, Spiritual leader of the City Shul, Toronto
Israel: Reflections of and Outsider from the Inside"
2009-2010 Rabbi David Nelson, Assistant Professor of Religion, Bard College
Judaism, Physics and God: Searching for a Sacred Metaphors in a Post-Einstein World
2008-2009 Rabbi Michael Cook, Professor of Judeo-Christian Studies, Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion
Enhancing Jewish well-being in a Christian Environment
2007-2008 Rabbi Andrea Weiss, Associate Professor of Bible, Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion
The New Women's Torah Commentary
