History professor Jessica Riskin was elected to the American Philosophical Society on May 1, making her a member of the ...

Leonard Riskin is a renowned law professor and ADR scholar who taught at the University of Missouri during the ‘90s. During this time, Professor Riskin set out to observe mediations and write about ...

Efrat Chief Rabbi Shlomo Riskin has been summoned for a hearing by the Israeli Chief Rabbinate’s office to determine if his term in the West Bank settlement will be extended by an additional five ...

Rabbi Shlomo Riskin reversed his earlier comparison of President Obama to the biblical villain Haman, saying that Iran — not the president — is comparable to the ancient enemy of the Jews. In an ...

A Christian Embassy video features Rabbi Shlomo Riskin using language that some Jews charge is theologically problematic. Speaking later with Israel National News, Rabbi Riskin retracted part and ...

Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, right, welcomes students arriving from Uganda on January 3, 2012. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90) The US-born Riskin is known for his relatively liberal opinions on conversion to ...

In the Orthodox world of today, the rosh yeshiva, or head of the rabbinical seminary, is often regarded as the supreme authority in matters of Jewish law, while the synagogue rabbi is often relegated ...

In addition to marking Riskin's birthday, the learnathon also comes ahead of the Shavuot holiday, when it is customary for Jews to stay up all night studying Torah. Modern Orthodox Jewish education ...

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Along with directing, writing and starring in a Hebrew-language film, now out in U.S. theaters, Portman had to learn how to speak like an Israeli housewife in the 1940s. NEW YORK (JTA) — While making ...

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