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Mission Statement
In the Jewish world, outside and inside the State of Israel, there is estrangement: between "religious" and "nonreligious", between the languages of secular culture and science and traditional learning. Yet the essential oneness of the Jewish people, and beyond this the potential oneness of humanity, reveals this as abnormal and non-normative. The Institute for Judaism and Civilization conducts many seminars, projects and publishes publications, which seek to create an interface between Torah and secular society. Within this scope, it also has a strong interest in the “Noahide laws”, the universal code of ethics established with Noah, and his descendants, all humanity. |
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Director: Rabbi Dr. Shimon Cowen
Rabbi Dr Shimon Cowen, has a dual background in secular and religious studies. He received a PhD in social philosophy from Monash University , Melbourne and rabbinic ordination (s'micha) both in the Kollel Menachem Lubavitch, Melbourne , of which he was Programme Director, and from the chief rabbi of Haifa , Rabbi S.Y. Cohen, and has lectured at Monash University. He founded the Institute for Judaism and Civilization in 1998.
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