Dr. David Kraemer
Dr. David Kraemer is Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics at the Jewish Theological Seminary. He is a Senior CLAL Associate at the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership.
Articles by Dr. David Kraemer
Disputes that Unite
A lesson from the Talmud for today's Jewish community.
Dramatizing the Torah
The Torah reading in most synagogues is inaccessible, the author says, and needs to be "livened up" through the use of drama and performance art.
Medieval Jewish Responses to Suffering & Evil
The philosophers and mystics of the Middle Ages suggested an array of solutions to the problem of suffering.
Revering Rebecca
Rebecca provides a model of a powerful biblical woman who asserted her independence and her control over the future of the covenant.