Arthur Green, a nationally recognized historian of Jewish religion and a theologian, is the founding dean of the Rabbinical School of Hebrew College and now serves as its rector. He has lectured widely and taught Jewish mysticism, Hasidism, and theology to several generations of students at the University of Pennsylvania; the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, where he served as both dean and president; Brandeis University; and Hebrew College. Green is the founder of Havurat Shalom, an egalitarian Jewish community in Somerville, MA., and remains a leading independent figure in the Jewish renewal movement. He is the author or editor of more than a dozen books; his most recent is Speaking Torah: Spiritual Teachings From Around the Maggid's Table (Jewish Lights Publishing, 2013). Green has been named to Newsweek's list of Top 50 Influential Rabbis in America every year since 2008.
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אַ בריוו צו בני־יבֿנה
A Letter to the Members of Yavneh
Hillel Zeitlin
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וואָס איז יבֿנה?
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Hillel Zeitlin
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געבאָטן פֿאַר יעדן עכטן אָנהענגער פֿון „יבֿנה“
Admonitions for Every True Member of Yavneh
Hillel Zeitlin
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צו אַלע די, וואָס ווילן בויען „יבֿנה“
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Hillel Zeitlin
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“צו אַלע די, וואָס ווילן בויען „יבֿנה
To All Those Who Want to Build Yavneh (Part 1)
Hillel Zeitlin
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The Great Call of the Hour (Part 3)
Hillel Zeitlin
Translation by Arthur Green, Ariel Evan Mayse and Ri J. Turner
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The Great Call of the Hour (Part 2)
Hillel Zeitlin
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גרויסער רוף פֿון דער שעה
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