Rabbi Ramon Widmonte
Rabbi Widmonte is the co-founder and Dean of the Academy of Jewish Thought and Learning, and the founder of the NED (National Education Development) programme, South Africa's leading Jewish organisations for adult education and teacher training. He studied at Yeshivat Har Etzion, and he served in the IDF.
Rabbi Widmonte holds a degree in Mathematics & Computer Science, as well as an MA in Jewish Education. He is also the author of the first ever translation of the Maharal's Tiferet Yisrael, with the second volume expected to be published soon. He is married to Julie and they have three children.
Speaker Profile
Some of his most popular talks include:
- Rembrandt’s Sephardim
- Hatikvah
- Maharal and Rambam on the Meaning of Life
- Brave New Middle East
- Yuval Noach Harari and Judaism
- Jordan Peterson and Judaism
- Zionism Birds’ Eye View – 3500 years in 1 hour and 8 minutes
- Creativity in the thought of Rav Soloveitchik
Location:
South Africa
Languages:
- English
- Hebrew
Availability:
- Online events
- Travel locally
- Travel internationally
Topics:
- About Rabbi Sacks
- Community Building
- Ethics and Morality
- Israel
- Jewish Education
- Jewish Values and Identity
- Leadership and Responsibility
- Rabbi Sacks’ Books
- Social Justice and Tikkun Olam
- Torah
Audiences:
- Middle School
- High School
- Yeshiva/Seminary
- University
- Youth and Young Adults
- Cross Communal
- Interfaith and Multicultural
- Professional and Corporate
- Academic and Scholarly
- Government and Policy Makers
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