Rabbi David Fohrman
Rabbi David Fohrman is the founder and CEO of Aleph Beta, a non-profit media company that produces high-quality Torah videos, highlighting a unique methodology in studying Torah text in a way that is both intellectually rigorous and emotionally engaging. Rabbi Fohrman also lectures internationally on Biblical themes. He served as a senior writer and editor for ArtScroll’s Schottenstein Edition of the Talmud and taught Biblical themes at Johns Hopkins University. Rabbi Fohrman’s recorded lectures and animated videos are available at www.alephbeta.org. His published works include The Beast That Crouches at the Door, The Queen You Thought You Knew, and The Exodus You Almost Passed Over.
Videos
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Rabbi David Fohrman – The Idea of the Messiah: How Come It’s Not In the Torah?
The source sheet for this class can be found at http://bit.ly/2aB1w93
Recorded on Sunday Jul. 24th, 2016 at 9:45 AM in Congregation Magen David of West Deal, Ocean Township, NJ, 07712. -
Rabbi David Fohrman – Prophet on the Run: Yonah and Yom Kippur
In this class, Rabbi Fohrman raises two major questions on the book of Yonah:
1) Why does Yonah run? Doesn’t he know that running from God is futile, especially as he’s a prophet?
2) What message does he learn at the end of the book (with the story of the tree)? How does this message connect to Yom Kippur?
The rabbi discusses four possible answers, then knocks out each in succession, eventually positing his own theory.
Recorded on Sunday Sep. 20th, 2015 at 10:00 AM in Congregation Hochma U’Mussar, Brooklyn, NY, 11223. -
The Secret of the Cherubs: Conflict in Relationships
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An Hour in a Coffeeshop with Rachel: Can We Know Who She Really Was? – Rabbi David Fohrman
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Rabbi David Fohrman MYC Selihot Lecture 2014
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Monday, April 11, 2016: Rabbi David Fohrman
A Shadow of 2 Pharaoh’s w/ Rabbi David Fohrman -
Questions on the Story of Yosef
For more on Yosef: https://www.alephbeta.org/course/view/coats-dreams-and-jealousy
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The Secret of the Cherubs: Conflict in Relationships
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Monday, April 11, 2016: Rabbi David Fohrman
A Shadow of 2 Pharaoh’s w/ Rabbi David Fohrman -
Rabbi D. Fohrman – Do we need to focus more on Written Torah vs Talmud? (1)
Ollie is in New York speaking to one of his favourite Jewish educators – Rabbi David Fohrman. Rabbi Fohrman runs Aleph Beta – an organization which provides superb animated videos that uncover the wisdom and beauty within Biblical texts – alephbeta.org -
Rabbi D. Fohrman – What is your methodology for learning Torah? (2)
Ollie is in New York speaking to one of his favourite Jewish educators – Rabbi David Fohrman. Rabbi Fohrman runs Aleph Beta – an organization which provides superb animated videos that uncover the wisdom and beauty within Biblical texts – alephbeta.org -
Rabbi D. Fohrman – Why & How Should We ‘Fear’ God? (3)
Ollie is in New York speaking to one of his favourite Jewish educators – Rabbi David Fohrman. Rabbi Fohrman runs Aleph Beta – an organization which provides superb animated videos that uncover the wisdom and beauty within Biblical texts – alephbeta.org -
Rabbi D. Fohrman – Is the God of the Hebrew Bible a vengeful, punishing God? (4)
Ollie is in New York speaking to one of his favourite Jewish educators – Rabbi David Fohrman. Rabbi Fohrman runs Aleph Beta – an organization which provides superb animated videos that uncover the wisdom and beauty within Biblical texts – alephbeta.org -
Rabbi D. Fohrman – What are key lessons from our Biblical ancestors for today? (5)
Ollie is in New York speaking to one of his favourite Jewish educators – Rabbi David Fohrman. Rabbi Fohrman runs Aleph Beta – an organization which provides superb animated videos that uncover the wisdom and beauty within Biblical texts – alephbeta.org
George Deek is an Arab-Israeli diplomat. In 2018, Deek was appointed Israeli ambassador to Azerbaijan. He is the first Israeli Arab Christian to become an ambassador. Deek grew up in an Eastern Orthodox Christian family in the Ajami neighborhood of Jaffa, in a building where the other tenants included Muslims, Catholics, Jews and a Catholic priest of Jewish ancestry.[2][3] His father, who worked as a tax advisor,[3] was one of the leaders of the Christian community in Jaffa who served as chairman of the Orthodox Association, and was considered a well-known and popular figure in the city until in 2015 a square was inaugurated in his memory in Jaffa in the presence of Mayor Ron Huldai.[4] According to Deek, his grandparents fled to Lebanon for safety when the 1947–1949 Palestine war, having been told that the Jews would slaughter them if they remained in their homes, but expecting to return home once Arab armies defeated the Jews.[3] According to Deek, when the war ended, his grandparents felt that they had been “deceived”, and decided to return illegally to their home in Jaffa rather than remaining in Lebanon as refugees. Since reentering the country was illegal, Deek’s grandfather, an electrician, was arrested and jailed.
