Bernstein scholar-in-residence weekend
Past Scholar in Residence
2017-2018 Dr. Wendy Zierler, Ph.D
Topic: #JewishWomenToo. Finding women's voices in our sacred texts in the #MeToo Generation
2016-2017 Rabbi Larry Hoffman,
Topic: 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
Topic - "Woman and Judaism
2014-2015 Rabbi Steve Greenberg, First Orthodox Openly Gay Rabbi
Topic - " Constructing the Welcoming Tent: Judasim and the LGBTQ Community
2012-2013 Rabbi Richard Sarason, Professor of Rabbinics and Liturgy, HUC-JIR
Topic - "The Way We Pray
2011-2012 Professor Frank Bialystock, Professor of Jewish Studies, University of Toronto
Topic - "The Jews of Canada"
2010-2011 Rabbi Elyse Goldstein, Spiritual leader of the City Shul, Toronto
Topic - "Israel: Reflections of and Outsider from the Inside"
2009-2010 Rabbi David Nelson, Assistant Professor of Religion, Bard College
Topic - "Judaism, Physics and God: Searching for a Sacred Metaphors in a Post-Einstein World"
2008-2009 Rabbi Michael Cook, Professor of Judeo-Christian Studies, HUC-JIR
Topic - "Enhancing Jewish well-being in a Christian Enviroment
2007-2008 Rabbi Andrea Weiss, Associate Professor of Bible at the New York campus of HUC-JIR
Topic - New Women's Torah Commentary
