Electing Inspiration
A National Day of Learning on Election Day
Tzohar and The Kiddush Times invite you to join us on Election Day for Electing Inspiration, a full day of inspiring English-language Torah learning.
Throughout the day, Torah learning will travel around Israel, creating a national relay of shiurim and lectures. Each session will be livestreamed, allowing people from other cities in Israel and around the world to join online.
Hear from Tzohar leading personalities and contributors to The Kiddush Times. Shiurim will explore themes connected to Election Day, including Zionism, Israeli society, civic responsibility, and Jewish life in Israel, reflecting Tzohar's approach to Judaism, Jewish life, and Israeli society.
Schedule for the Day
Join in person or online · All sessions will be livestreamed
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv International Synagogue · Frishman St. 23Moving Forward: The Next 78 Years
Shlomo Ben Zvi
Efrat
Zayit Ra'anan · 34 Zeit Shemen St.Fate and Agency: Does Your Choice Make a Difference?
Rabbanit Shira Kahn
Dangers & Opportunities: Israeli Society's Trajectory
Rabbi Yehuda HaKohen
Modiin
Kehillot Lechu Neranena & Elad · Sara Imeinu St. 55Is There a Mitzvah to Vote?
Rabbi David Stav
Two Jews, Five Opinions – Our Superpower
Rabbi Yehoshua Grunstein
Raanana
Ohel Ari · 98 Ravutsky St.Beyond the Ballot: The Religious Significance of the State of Israel
Rabbanit Tali Wohlgelernter
The Culture of the Arab World
Dr. Mordechai Kedar
Jerusalem
Shir Hadash · Jacob Rubin St. 1Public Policy in Halacha: What can and cannot be compromised in the pursuit of achdut?
Rabbi Itiel Oron
Israel's Third Foundation Moment
Reuven Taub
All times are Israel time.
Meet the Speakers
Tzohar leading personalities and contributors to The Kiddush Times
Shlomo Ben Zvi
Shlomo Ben Zvi is the editor of The Kiddush Times, the first Modern Orthodox English-language weekly parasha pamphlet distributed in Israel and select communities around the world. Shlomo was the Chairman of Channel 10 news, and editor of Makor Rishon and Maariv newspapers for 15 years. Since then he has been teaching Tanach, Middle East policy and Jewish Thought in Yeshivot and Colleges around Israel.
Rabbanit Shira Kahn
Rabbanit Shira Kahn is a graduate of Tzohar’s Mechavnot Gavoha proram for strong, female Jewish leaders. Rabbanit Shira is the Executive Director of the Herzl Institute. Prior to joining the Institute, she served as the Director of the Overseas Program at Nishmat. She has also held leadership roles as the OU-JLIC Co-Director at Princeton University and as a lawyer and researcher at the Kohelet Policy Forum.
Rabbi Yehuda HaKohen
Rav Yehuda HaKohen is the head of Brit Olam’s English language department, working with Noahides around the world and empowering Diaspora Jewish students to see themselves as active characters in Israel's story. He currently lives with his family in Beit El, serves as the editor of Vision Magazine, and is a regular lecturer at Machon Meir.
Rabbi David Stav
Rabbi David Stav is the Chief Rabbi of the city of Shoham and the co-founder and chairman of Tzohar. Rav Stav is a graduate of Yeshivat Mercaz Harav and holds semicha for dayanut from the Chief Rabbinate of Israel. He is a leading rabbinic figure in the Religious Zionist community in Israel. He is a noted posek who has written halachic works which address cutting-edge issues at the intersection of Jewish law and modern life. He and his wife, Aviva, live in Shoham and have nine children.
Rabbi Yehoshua Grunstein
Rabbi Yehoshua Grunstein serves as Director of Development, North America at Tzohar. He received rabbinic ordination from the Chief Rabbinate of Israel and holds a BA in Education from Herzog College. The author of numerous books, Rabbi Grunstein previously served as the Rabbi of Beth Israel Synagogue in Halifax, Canada and as Director of Training and Placement at the Straus-Amiel Institute of Ohr Torah Stone.
Rabbanit Tali Wohlgelernter
Rabbanit Tali Wohlgelernter is a graduate of Tzohar’s Mechavnot Gavoha proram for strong, female Jewish leaders. She is a kallah teacher, educator, and nonprofit leader, and proud mother to four daughters. Together with her husband, Rabbi Tzvi Wohlgelernter, Rabbi of Tfillat Yamim in Netanya, she is deeply involved in Jewish communal life in Israel.
Dr. Mordechai Kedar
Lt. Col. (Res.) Dr. Mordechai Kedar, a scholar of Islam and the Middle East, Lecturer (Ret.) at the Departments of Arabic and the Middle East at Bar-Ilan University and researcher at the Begin Sadat Center for Strategic Studies. Dr. Kedar is a weekly contributor to The Kiddush Times.
Rav Itiel Oron
Rav Itiel Oron serves as the Rav of Kehillat Ramban in Jerusalem. He is an alumnus of Har Etzion, formerly Rosh Kollel of Torah MiTzion in Washington, DC, and in Manhattan.
Reuven Taub
Reuven Taub is the Co-founder & CEO of Alenu (On-Us) – The Founding Grandchildren and a weekly contributor to The Kiddush Times. A Jerusalem native, Reuven is a social entrepreneur and former senior hi-tech executive. He spent over five years as VP of Operations at medical device startup Healthy.io, helping scale the company globally. He was called to reserve duty on October 7 and has since spent hundreds of days in reserve duty across the region. Months after 7/10, he co-founded Alenu (On-Us) – The Founding Grandchildren, a social movement advocating for foundational changes to Israel’s civic and governance systems.
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