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Jonathan Ziring

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Jonathan Ziring is a Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshivat Migdal HaTorah in Modiin. He received semikhah from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary at Yeshiva University. He also received an MA in Jewish Philosophy from Bernard Revel Graduate School and a BA from the Honors Program at the Yeshiva College of Yeshiva University and studied for years at Yeshivat Har Etzion. He is the author of the recently released Torah in a Connected World: A Halakhic Perspective on Communication Technology and Social Media from Maggid Press.

Saving Non-Jews on Shabbat: Two Perspectives on the Development of a Sensitive Halakhah

Jonathan Ziring explores the innovative nature of different Halakhic rulings permitting violating Shabbat to save non-Jewish lives.

Is Religious Tolerance a Jewish Idea?

Jonathan Ziring comments on the "Jewishness" of religious tolerance.