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In-Person
Scholar Intensives

Bring Rabbi Moshe Zeldman to your community, campus, or synagogue for a focused, high-engagement learning experience - in Jerusalem or wherever you are.

Communities  ·  Campus Groups  ·  Shabbatons  ·  Private Gatherings

Format
Single Session or Multi-Day
Location
Jerusalem & International
Audience
Any Jewish Community
About the Program

What a Scholar Intensive Is

A Scholar Intensive is an in-person learning experience built around substantive engagement. Rabbi Zeldman brings 30+ years of teaching and a rare combination of philosophical rigor, personal story (from committed atheist to Orthodox rabbi), and the ability to connect Torah to the questions people are actually asking in 2026.

Programs are designed around your community's needs: a single keynote, a Shabbaton with multiple sessions, a Friday-night / Shabbos-day scholar-in-residence, or a focused multi-session intensive over a weekend or week. Rabbi Zeldman is based in Jerusalem and travels internationally.

Sample Classes

▶ Who Are the Jews? ▶ The Problem with Happiness

What Rabbi Zeldman Teaches

Keynote Classes

  • Getting What We Want
  • Who Are the Jews?
  • The Problem with Happiness
  • Hidden Codes of the Torah
  • Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People Like Me?
  • The Moral Imperative

Additional Topics

  • Mini-Discovery Seminar (2.5 hours)
  • Grappling with the God Idea
  • The Soul and the Afterlife
  • Reading the Messages that God Sends
  • Did God Really Speak at Mount Sinai?
  • Science and Torah: Conflict & Resolution
  • Why Should I Listen to the Rabbis?
  • Artificial Intelligence and Free Will
  • Hillel, the Convert, and Creative Kindness

New & Current Topics

Torah Codes Breakthroughs

New codes research using AI algorithms - with findings from October 7, the Iran war, assassinations, and Mossad operations. The most current samples available.

It Isn't Fringe Anymore

Post-October 7, antisemitism came from the left. Now Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson target "Zionists" from the right. Where does this leave us - and how did the Talmud foresee it?

Free Will, AI, and the Debate Over Consciousness

As AI and neuroscience describe humans as algorithms, free will is quietly disappearing. This class exposes what consciousness must be - if our moral choices are not illusions.

Genesis and the Modern Mind

The Big Bang, evolution - modern science explains how the universe develops. Torah addresses why it exists at all. Where conflict is assumed, and why it might be misplaced.

Who This Is For

Scholar intensives work for almost any Jewish audience - from Shabbaton programs for young professionals to community adult-education weekends to campus Hillel events. The content adapts to the audience: Rabbi Zeldman has taught committed frum communities and secular post-October-7 audiences with equal effectiveness.

If your community wants more than a standard lecture - a real conversation, an engagement with hard questions, and a presenter who has done this at Harvard, Oxford, and the United Nations - this is the format.

Book a Scholar Intensive

To discuss availability, format, and topic selection, reach out directly. Please include your location, preferred dates, expected audience size, and the type of event.

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