Lectures, courses, and scholar-in-residence weekends
What I talk about
The Bible in history
What the Bible looks like when it is read alongside archaeology and the ancient Near East: Saul, David, and Solomon; the Exodus; Joshua and the conquest; Judah in the eighth century.
Being religious without classical faith
Practicing Judaism after biblical criticism. What "Torah from heaven" can mean for someone who accepts that the Torah has a history, and why observance can come first and belief follow.
Beyond Orthodoxy: how halakha is decided
Who decides Jewish law, on what authority, and how that has changed. Cases: agunah, women in ritual, conversion, medical ethics. See Beyond Orthodoxy.
Synergistic religion
Religions as expressions of mythic and metaphorical truth rather than as rival factual claims: different facets of a prism, unique but mutually reinforcing, without collapsing them into one. The idea behind Prisma.
Halakha and homosexuality
The biblical and rabbinic sources, the Orthodox community's responses over the past forty years, and the halakhic category of ʾônēs (duress). Based on my book Homosexual Relationships and Orthodox Judaism (2026).
About an event
If you are planning a program, a note with the date, place, and audience is enough to start. Talks can be shaped to the room. A one-page bio, a print-quality photo, and a short introduction for the host are available on request.