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UTJ announces an upcoming webinar, The Etymology of Jewish Names with Rabbi Scott Kalmikoff on Wednesday November 17 at 7:00 PM Eastern time. For further information and to register, visit https://utj.org/events/names/.
Video from Part I of our webinar series The Rhetoric of Jewish Liturgy with Rabbi Professor Reuven Kimelman is now available here on UTJ Viewpoints. Part 1: How does Yishtabah perform its role as the bridge between Pesukei DeZimra and the Shema Liturgy? Recorded November 7, 2022 Stay tuned for Part 2: “What is the Continue Reading »
Membership Message For 5783 Dear Friends, Without your generous financial support, we could not fulfill our mission. Therefore, we ask you to make your generous membership donation for 5783 by filling out the form at the bottom of this page. As we look back on 5782, the first thing that comes to mind is Continue Reading »
Please note that other tributes to Rabbi Halivni, as well as video from his funeral are available in the UTJ Viewpoints section Remembering Rabbi Halivni Z”L. With bowed head and broken heart the Union for Traditional Judaism mourns the loss of our founding leader, mentor and Reish Metivta (Rector), Rabbi Professor David Weiss Halivni, Continue Reading »
With bowed head and broken heart we inform the UTJ family of the passing of our beloved, respected and renowned Reish Metivta and teacher, HaRav Professor David Halivni z”l. The funeral will take place Thursday, 1 Tammuz, June 30 at 4PM at Sanhedria. The funeral will be livestreamed from https://livestream.com/bti/david-halivni-funeral. Burial will be on Har Continue Reading »
Dear Friends of UTJ, UTJ wishes everyone a happy, healthy, and Kosher Passover. The Kosher Nexus for Passover We are happy to share with you that as always Rabbi Jeffrey Rappoport, editor of The Kosher Nexus has been hard at work providing updated Passover guidance for this year. Recent posts include: The Kosher For Passover Continue Reading »
Dear Friends of UTJ: 5781 was a very exciting year of growth for the UTJ. Over the past several years, we have been pleased by our growth as an all-volunteer organization. We revamped our website, adding the UTJ Viewpoints section offering articles and videos on a wide range of subjects from a UTJ perspective. We Continue Reading »
On May 27, 2021, the UTJ presented a webinar titled “Rabbinic Ordinances and their Reasoning” with Dr. Karen Kirshenbaum exploring the ways in which Rabbi Dr. Saul Lieberman utilizes his knowledge of Hellenistic culture & society to gain deeper insights into Rabbinic ordinances. Video of the event is available here on the UTJ Viewpoints website. Continue Reading »
In the shadow of the war between Israel and the Hamas terrorist organization which controls the Gaza strip and the subsequent anti-Semitic outbreaks across the world, the Union for Traditional Judaism wishes to proclaim its unshakable support for our brothers and sisters in Israel and throughout the world.
On May 10, 2021, the UTJ presented a webinar titled “Thinking about Good and Evil” featuring Rabbis Wayne Allen and Bruce Ginsburg centering on Rabbi Allen’s new book “Thinking about Good and Evil: Jewish Views from Antiquity to Modernity.” Video of the event is available here on the UTJ Viewpoints website.