CLAL - The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership

Please note that CLAL-The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership is in no way connected to Clal Insurance, one of the institutions affected by the Madoff ponzi scheme. CLAL had no investments with Bernard Madoff or any of his related institutions.
Logo
Windows & Doors, a daily blog on Beliefnet.com
Weigh in on Brad Hirschfield's top posts:
• "Rabbi Lookstein Rebuked for Praying "
• "Rick Warren's Invocation Redefined Inclusiveness"
• "Killing for God, Part 2"
Sign up for the latest post...
Logo
Irwin Kula blogs on Huffington Post Living
What is your opinion?
• " The Change We Seek"
Sign up for the latest post...
Logo
The Washington Post-Newsweek’s "On Faith": A Conversation on Religion with Jon Meacham & Sally Quinn
• Brad Hirschfield's post
"Pope Benedict: Panderer or Creative Community Builder?"
• Irwin Kula's post:
"The Religious Case For AND Against Gay Marriage"

Logo •"For God’s Sake"
Brad Hirschfield’s new blog on The Washington Post-Newsweek "On Faith":
"President Too Soft on Some and Too Hard on Many"

 

eCLAL                                                                      January 30, 2009
 
Irwin Kula on Oprah's "Live Your Best Life"
January 14, 2009
As part of Oprah Winfrey's "Live Your Best Life" series, Spirituality 101, Rabbi Irwin Kula speaks briefly about how to enrich your life.
View...
Brad Hirschfield talks with Dennis Miller
January 15, 2009
Dennis Miller interviews Rabbi Hirschfield on Bishop Gene Robinson's participation at the Presidential Inauguration, and the war in Gaza.
Listen...
The Dennis Miller Show on Westwood One
The Superbowl -- America's biggest civic religious event
January 29, 2009
Hear Brad Hirschfield on:
· The Bill and Joel Morning Show on WDUN News Talk 550 (Northern GA) Check for podcast...
·
The Lee Klein Show on KLAC AM/Cable Radio Network (CA)
The New Obama Presidency
January 29, 2009
Reverend Welton Gaddy speaks Rabbi Kula who shares his perspective on Barack Obama's olive branch to the Muslim world and the Pope's decision to re-instate a bishop who's also a Holocaust denier on State of Belief which airs on Air America and XM Satellite Radio Channel 167.
For podcast click here...
(Hear Rabbi Kula from 10:58 to 19:23.)
The Presidential Inauguration
January 19, 2009
Jon Grayson interviews Rabbi Kula on Overnight America which aired on KMOX-AM in St. Louis, MS, Monday 1:00AM (CST).
Click here to download podcast...
The prisons we make for ourselves
January 19, 2009
"...The most persistent, if not the most immediately pressing prison in both Gaza and in Israel exists in the minds of Gazans and Israelis. In this war, as in most wars, the two sides are more alike than either would care to admit. Each side is imprisoned not only by the bombs that rain down on each of them, but by spiritual/intellectual paradigms which help define their identities as nations....."
More... By Brad Hirschfield from Religion News Service
Rabbi Teaches Hope In Trying Times
January 9, 2009
"...even with violence overseas and the sting of the Madoff scandal, hope can be realized...." says Rabbi Brad Hirschfield on "Tell me More," Faith Matters, National Public Radio.
More...
Hear the interview... By Michel Martin from NPR
How do We Celebrate Christmas this Year?
December 25, 2008
See Irwin Kula on The Today Show.
View... From NBC TV's The Today Show

Are Miracles Possible?
December 23, 2008
See Irwin Kula on The Today Show.
View... From NBC TV's The Today Show
Irwin Kula at Kultur Festival 2009:
A Celebration of Jewish Music & Arts

January 9, 2009
 Wed., Feb. 25 — Sun., Mar. 1, 2009 the Kultur Festival 2009 will be held at Florida Atlantic Univ. Celebrating Jewish culture, the festival includes concerts, lectures and presentations that feature a diverse selection of music, song, dance, film and book arts. On Mar. 1, Rabbi Kula, the scholar-in-residence, will give the keynote address: "Tradition & Transformation — Change or Perish."
More...
Festival events...
Purchase tickets...
Logo
Chief Rabbi Says Vatican Needs to Examine Its Conscience
January 26, 2009
"Upon learning of Pope Benedict XVI's lifting the excommunication of Holocaust denier Bishop Richard Williamson, Rabbi Shlomo Riskin said ‘the Pope has muddied the waters of truth and compromised his own religion’..."
More...
Logo
Brad Hirschfield's You Don't Have To Be Wrong For Me To Be Right: Finding Faith Without Fanaticism
Book Tour --
We bring you media coverage of Rabbi Hirschfield‘s appearances around the country...
· Christian Century, 1/13/09
· The Louie Free Show, WASN-AM Cleveland, 12/22/08
· "Jami Floyd: Best Defense," Tru-TV, 12/17/08
· "Communication 360," (Webtalk radio), 12/16/08, more...
· KTAR Radio, "The God Show," 12/7/08
· Worldview, WBEZ, Chicago Public Radio, 11/17/08, more...
· Cleveland Jewish News, 11/14/08, more...
· "In Session," Tru-TV, 11/14/08
· The Texas Jewish Post, 11/13/08, more...
· Tampa Tribune, 11/13/08, more...
· KPHX, "The Jeff Farias Show," (Nova M Radio), 11/13/08
· "The Busted Halo," Sirius Radio, 11/12/08
· St. Petersburg Times, 11/9/08, more...
 · KMOX, "The Carney Show," (CBS affiliate), 11/6/08
· St. Louis Beacon, 11/2/08
Hirschfield and Kula: Intelligent Talk Radio
How will I be remembered? And divorce, division of property and donated organs
January 25, 2009
Listen to Brad and Irwin as they discuss "Last Words:" What might yours be and what will people say about you when you‘re gone? And the case of a bitter idivorce involving a donated kidney.
Be sure to check the website each week for more riffing with the rabbis on topics of the day.
Listen ....
From Hirschfieldandkula.com, broadcast on KXL, Portland, OR
Logo
Torah Portion of the Week Commentary
 from Remember for Life: Holocaust Survivors' Stories of Faith and Hope
Edited by Brad Hirschfield
Featuring Parashat Bo
 
January 30, 2009
"I was one hundred percent sure that I would survive. That’s how stupid I was...." 
Read more...
From Remember for Life
Logo
Sign up to receive eCLAL regularly
Subscribe...
Home | CLAL Mission | CLAL Store | Contact CLAL | Give to CLAL | Privacy Policy