Dr. William Kolbrener
Fans

6 of 55 fansSee All

Meron
Meron
Erez
Erez
Moriya
Moriya
Chava
Chava
Photos

2 albumsSee All

Wall PhotosCreated about 5 months ago
Purim SeudaCreated about 6 months ago
No one has added fan photos.
Events

2 past eventsSee All

 
Dr. William Kolbrener

Dr. William Kolbrener Planning a Hanuka Event at the Barbur Art Gallery in Nachlaot which will feature a lecture on 'Jews, Greeks, and the End of Universalism'

8 hours ago
Rel
Rel
I'm amused you are still awake, Shavit. I wonder what the entery fee is, if any.
36 minutes ago
Dr. William Kolbrener

Dr. William Kolbrener I was asked to write a response to a piece which appeared in Haaretz called - who are Israels ultraorthodox Jews? In the end, it wasn't printed - but it now appears on my blog. Were they right for not publishing it?

www.openmindedtorah.blogspot.com
After a considerable hiatus, OMT weighs in on 'Who are Israel's ultraorthodox Jews?'Imagine an extra-terrestrial – or someone from Oslo or maybe Kansas City – who googles ‘ultra-orthodox’ ...
Dr. William Kolbrener

Dr. William Kolbrener Well, out of sight, but not out of mind... Do venturings into the real world - trips, jobs, family - take you out of the world of social networking? Is that a good thing? Or am I just trying to find a way of justify my long absence?

Yesterday at 12:45am
Dr. William Kolbrener

Dr. William Kolbrener Did Tshuva work? The day after: anyone feel better?

September 29 at 7:33am
Dr. William Kolbrener

Dr. William Kolbrener I had a friend in college who always wanted to get me to listen to a bootleg of Dylan - live at Royal Albert Hall - Was too busy with the Stones, etc, so I never did until years later when it was released... Shame the credits roll on this... But you do get the 'Judas' - sense of betrayl for Dylan going electric... Grea...t moments in Rock n' Roll - shabbat shalom...

www.youtube.com
Ending sequence of No Direction Home. Bob Dylan singing Like a Rolling Stone in 1966.
See More
Orit Hershkowitz
September 25 at 9:25am
Dr. William Kolbrener

Dr. William Kolbrener Which is more deforming to the human personality - extreme poverty or wealth? I just came back from Mea Shearim - saw both, and it's a toss-up.

September 25 at 4:34am
Rel
Rel
I have the feeling that its not the conditions but the spirit. poor moral education and lack of true ideals is the most destroying.
September 25 at 5:54am
Meron
Meron
I'm with Rel
September 25 at 9:09am
Dr. William Kolbrener

Dr. William Kolbrener Tshuva is the one mitzvah that has to be done l'shma. In all the others, we can falsify: use the outer shell of our actions, as way of impersonating who we want to become. But with tshuva, it's got to be real; it's got to be me.

September 25 at 2:13am
Dr. William Kolbrener

Dr. William Kolbrener Are orthodox Jews fundamentalists? Did I ask that before? Did people answer?

September 24 at 4:04am
Dr. William Kolbrener
Dr. William Kolbrener
Your response makes sense to the question as it was stated, though not what I was getting at. I was not trying to de-legitimize the resistance, but rather the causes of that resistance. Does that make sense?
September 30 at 2:30am
Dr. William Kolbrener

Dr. William Kolbrener And my Tshuva Shiur tonite: Ha Portzim 6 (#3; right entrance), Old Katamon at 8:15

September 24 at 1:17am
Dr. William Kolbrener

Dr. William Kolbrener So here's the real burning question - how can House go on now that he has resolved his issues: is there life - art - without psychic tension?

September 24 at 1:16am
Mor Alkobi
Mor Alkobi
Actually, Moroccans can't be subtle :D
September 24 at 7:15am
Rel
Rel
*groans* i am SO not going there...
September 24 at 10:41am
Dr. William Kolbrener

Dr. William Kolbrener On Thursday at 8:15, I will be giving a shiur (for those who do not have tickets to the Leonard Cohen concert) on "Forgetting Skeletons in the Closet or Hocus Pocus Salvation?: Yom Kippur, Time and Creative Repentance" For details, please e-mail me at kolbrener@gmail.com

September 22 at 1:17am
Dr. William Kolbrener
Dr. William Kolbrener
Well, I think I could do an early show as well - but yes, 8:15 pm - more details to follow...
September 23 at 4:55am
Dr. William Kolbrener
Dr. William Kolbrener
Lecture tonite at Ha Portzim 6 in Old Katamon; apartment 3 - right entrance
September 24 at 12:35am
Dr. William Kolbrener

Dr. William Kolbrener Screening of 'One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest' (Jack Nicholson!) tonite at Barbur Institute in Jerusalem. Introductory talk by visiting literary scholar and cultural critic (and friend!), Professor Robert Faggen of Claremont College in California. Barbur is at 6 Shirizli in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Nachlaot - look forward to seeing you there!

September 22 at 1:15am
Shelly Butcher
Shelly Butcher
Oh, and am I the first to mention that I'm down with OMT? (Yeah, you know me!)
September 23 at 3:18pm
Dr. William Kolbrener
September 24 at 12:35am
Dr. William Kolbrener

Dr. William Kolbrener Tshuva Revolution! - the doo-opps kind of ruin this live version, but there is that edge and intensity at the beginning, as there should be this time of year! Shana tova!

www.youtube.com
Revolution - The Beatles
Dr. William Kolbrener

Dr. William Kolbrener Lots of talk these days about authentic Torah, but more pressingly, do I have an authentic self? Can I find it in time for the holidays?

openmindedtorah.blogspot.com
Rosh Hoshana is the anniversary of the creation of man. On the sixth day of the creation, man was inspirited by the divine, and given a soul: 'And the Lord G-d formed man of the dust of the ground, and ...
Dr. William Kolbrener

Dr. William Kolbrener Best way to get ready for RH - take a look at the central sections of Musaf - malchus, shofaros and zichronos. And even if you don't have the time now - don't despair. But don't miss the opportunity on the holiday itself. If you didn't think that prayer is a form of poetry, and Chazal (our sages) masters of that craft..., this will be a chance to think again.

See More
September 17 at 6:41am
Shira F.
Shira F.
i just learned about that on sunday! thanks for the inspiration. shana tova
September 17 at 7:10am