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Recent events (available on video or audio): A conversation on the Zohar between me and Rabbi Justin Pines on the Jewish Broadcasting Service https://jbstv.org/archives/31312 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfzUdKmehP8&t=4s Becoming Elijah: Prophet of Transformation Daniel Matt in conversation with Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove Tuesday, April 9, 7 - 8 p.m. (Eastern Time) Park Avenue Synagogue - YouTube Judaism Demystified Podcast Becoming Elijah YouTube and Spotify Video: https://youtu.be/zFiyq6zUQTs?si=nMv-2SmuBt8YLoQy Audio: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1x0WI6D0lXtIQSgKSOuyJm?si=reDgtooTQsGi_R3fWo4r3A A conversation on the Zohar between me and J.J. Kimche on his Podcast of Jewish Ideas: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7zmLkQOPa6jyiEEYNLjaMz Youtube (audio only): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCqj02qfp8g&t=5s A lecture on Elijah (in Bible, Talmud, Midrash, New Testament, Kabbalah and Hasidism) at the Calvary Presbyterian Church, San Francisco, November 13, 2023. The talk was co-sponsored by Congregation Emanu-El as a prelude to a concert featuring Mendelssohn’s Oratorio “Elijah." A video of the lecture is available on YouTube. Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/@CalvarypresbyterianOrg/streams The texts taught in this video are available here: drive.google.com/file/d/1tqttYbFN2xZlh4ndTRuLbvbMVpBdYpCe/view?usp=sharing A recent list I compiled of 6 good books on Jewish Spirituality: https://shepherd.com/best-books/jewish-spirituality My recent book, Becoming Elijah: Prophet of Transformation, was selected as the inaugural winner of the Rabbi Jonathan Sacks Book Prize, a prize established by Yeshiva University in honor of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks. Rabbi Sacks was a British Orthodox rabbi, philosopher and theologian who served as the Chief Rabbi of Great Britain from 1991-2013. Here is a recording of the Sacks Book Prize event, March 26, 2023, at Kehilath Jeshurun, NYC. This is a conversation between Daniel Matt and Dr. Shira Weiss on Becoming Elijah. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3I4Z6NJHqA Here is a description of the prize from Yeshiva University's website https://www.yu.edu/sacksbookprize "The Sacks Book Prize will be awarded annually to an author of a recently published work of Jewish ideas deeply sourced in Jewish texts, with broad appeal within and beyond the Jewish community. The author of the winning work will be awarded a $50,000 prize. Additional funds will be used to help the author promote the book." Here is the Rabbi Sacks Book Prize podcast (a conversation with me), released on November 30, 2022: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2091103/11782294-becoming-elijah |