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Students, faculty,
community members and experts in the
field are invited to come together to
learn and discuss various topics
involving Judaism and the world in which
we live. For our inaugural series at
Towson, we will discuss Judaism’s
commitment to environmentalism, Israel’s
survival and its role on the world
stage, and Judaism's take on the various
proposals for healthcare reform. The
W.I.S.E. series is based on the rabbinic
premise:
Who is wise? The one who learns from
everyone.
Ethics of the Fathers, 4:1
 Tablet
Three: the Next Five Commandments
Learn about Judaism’s ancient traditions
of sustainability and environmentalism,
and explore how we might capture those
teachings in a pithy, compelling
Third Tablet.
Thursday, October 22 • 11:30
a.m.–12:30 p.m. • LA 3150
Speaker: Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin
Rabbi Cardin is the Director of the
Baltimore Jewish Environmental Network
and a member of the Baltimore County
Sustainability Network.
 CANCELLED: The
Year 2048: Can Israel Survive to
the Age of 100? And Why?
Friday, November 13, 2009 • 12:30–2 p.m. •
LA 4110
Speaker: Daniel Gordis
Dr. Daniel Gordis is the Senior Vice
President of the Shalem Center in
Jerusalem. An Israeli citizen since
1998, Gordis lectures around the world
about Israeli society and issues of the
Jewish state.
The New York Times, the
New Repblic, and
Moment have featured his
work. Gordis’ most book is
Saving Israel: How the Jewish State Can
Win a War That May Never End.
Co-sponsored by Jewish Studies, Hillel
and Baltimore Zionist District
 Health
Care in Jewish History and Law
Jewish communities have delivered health
care to their constituents for over two
millennia, and Jewish law has attempted
to deal with the issues raised by such
care for just as long. What Judaic
lessons can be applied to the
contemporary health care debate in the
United States? Learn about historical
solutions and what might still be
appropriate in 21st-century America.
Thursday, December 3, 2009 • 11
a.m.–12:15 p.m. • LA 3150
Speaker: Dr. Barry Freundel
Dr. Freundel is an Associate
Professor in the Philosophy and
Religious Studies Department of Towson
University and a noted Rabbinic scholar.
He has taught seminars on government
ethics on Capitol Hill and on medical
ethics at the National Institutes of
Health (NIH), and served on the
Theological Commission of the Human
Genome Project. He is author of
Contemporary Orthodox Judaism's Response
to Modernity. His latest
book is
Why We Pray What We Pray; the Remarkable
History of Jewish Prayer.
 RESCHEDULED: Smarter
Than a Smart Car: Better Place and the
Electric Car
The goal of Better Place is to create
the first nationwide infrastructure of
electric vehicle stations for charging
and trading in EV batteries.
NEW DATE: Tuesday, February 23,
2009 • 7–8:30
p.m. • LA 4110
Speaker: Michael Granoff
Michael Granoff is the principal
investor in Israel’s Project Better
Place whose goal is to create
alternative energy sources including
electric vehicle services and
infrastructure to reduce the world’s
dependence on oil and minimize
environmental impact and cost.
Co-sponsored by Baltimore Zionist
District
RSVP to Michelle Taylor, Assistant
Director, Baltimore Hebrew Institute,
410-704-7118,
mtaylor@towson.edu
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