Jewish Scholars Program (aka Ben Cardin)

Text-Based Sessions
Judging Others & Ourselves (JSP)

A session about judging others, judging ourselves, and why it\'s difficult to...

Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin
Being a Good Samaritan: The Jewish Perspective (JSP)

This session is about being a good samaritan. What is the Jewish view on doing...

Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin
Ecology from a Jewish Perspective (JSP)

This session explores a Jew\'s responsibility to preserve the environment and a...

Rabbi Yitzchok Dinovitzer
Confronting Failure: A Jewish View on Challenges (JSP)

This session is about confronting failure: How to deal with challenges and how...

Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin
The Jewish View on Cloning (JSP)

This session explores whether cloning might be permitted or prohibited by the...

Rabbi Yitzchok Dinovitzer
Leadership: A Jewish Look at Leading (JSP)

This session is about leadership and the complex aspects of being a dynamic...

Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin
Happiness in a Sad World (JSP)

This session explores the meaning of true happiness and how to achieve it -...

Rabbi Yitzchok Dinovitzer
Building a Jewish Community (JSP)

This session goes through the various aspects of a Jewish community (synagogue,...

Rabbi Yitzchok Dinovitzer
Gossip in the Modern Age (JSP)

This session is about gossip, lashon hara, and watching what you say.

Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin
Israel: Our Homeland (JSP)

A session about the history of Israel and the Jewish claim to Israel as found...

Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin
Journalism According To Jewish Law (JSP)

Session on some halachic guidelines for newspaper reporting as well as a...

Rabbi Yitzchok Dinovitzer
War: A Jewish Perspective (JSP)

A session discussing the way Judaism views war, and how we as Jews feel about...

Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin
Charity: Paying it Forward (JSP)

This session looks at the Mitzvah of Tzedaka. Why is it so important? Is all...

Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin
Substance Abuse (JSP)

A look at the struggle with substance abuse in our society and what we can...

Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin
Burial and Mourning in Jewish Thought

A session on mourning, burial, catastrophes, and other struggles we may...

Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin
The Path To Success (JSP)

This session explains what factors help a person become successful,...

Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin
The Jewish View on Arrogance

This session explores the meaning of arrogance and humility, based on Torah...

Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin
Judaism and Individuality (JSP)

This session on individuality explores the question: How do you maintain your...

Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin
Medicine and Jewish Law (JSP)

A session on the role of medicine in Jewish law.

Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin
A Jew Walks into a Bar: Jewish Identity In not Such Jewish Places (JSP)

Like people of all faiths, Jews sometimes do things or go to places they are...

Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin
Is the Torah\'s View on Sexuality Stifling or Uplifting? (JSP)

This session presents the Torah\'s perspective on sexuality and modesty.

Rabbi Yitzchok Dinovitzer
Shabbat: Unplugging And Reconnecting (JSP)

A session exploring the benefits and ideas of Shabbos and how we can use our...

Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin
What Atheism Has Learned from Religion (JSP)

This session presents 3 areas in which the atheist community has begun to admit...

Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin
Jewish Business Ethics (JSP)

This session discusses Jewish business ethics and how to maintain morality in...

Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin