December 25, 2006

Old Rules, New Reasons

Channa Lockshin Bob

Channa Lockshin Bob

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Channa Lockshin Bob is the CEO of Drisha. Her background includes leadership roles in schools and nonprofits, including principal of Edu-Together, an online school, member of the leadership team of Yachad, a large mixed secular-religious school in Israel, and head of organizational assessment and program evaluation for TALI, an educational nonprofit.

She began her career in the classroom and has over twenty years of experience teaching Talmud and other Jewish texts. Her experience across educational leadership, program development, and strategic planning will help guide Drisha as it builds on its strengths and enters its next chapter.

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When some halakhot seem to contradict modern sensibilities, traditionalists often try to defend them by providing innovative reasons to make them relevant and appealing to contemporary society. Are these new reasons simply a way of upholding and continuing tradition, or are they paving the way for changes in the laws they seek to preserve?

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