Ephraim Mirvis became the first sitting British chief rabbi to address the annual Limmud conference, defying the opposition of prominent ultra-Orthodox rabbis in England. Mirvis, who received a standing ovation Monday upon entering the packed auditorium at the University of Warwick, did not directly address the controversy in his session on this week’s Torah portion. Referring to Moses’ talent in …
Messinger discusses ending practice of child marriages
Limmud Vancouver presenter Ruth Messinger, who is president of American Jewish World Service, and Rachel Vogelstein, Council on Foreign Relation’s fellow for women and foreign policy, discussed ending the practice of child marriage at the American Academy of Religion 2013 annual meeting. Click here for podcast of the event. Messinger will lead two sessions at LimmudVan ’14 9:45 a.m. New Jewish Activist: …