ArchitecTorah – New Review

Building Blocks of Torah

Posted on https://jewishlink.news/features/57471-building-blocks-of-torah Jewish Link

By Ben Rothke | March 02, 2023

The recent earthquakes in Turkey and Syria highlighted the importance of building standards and good architectural practices. Turkish officials have turned architects into reasons for the failures, and the public outrage at architects is viewed as responsible for the over 50,000 deaths. But a disaster of this scale is certainly more than just the architects’ fault.

Architects are easy victims, but the real reason is that building standards were not maintained, corrupt officials turned a blind eye to safety standards and regulations and much more. Architecture is at the heart of a new and fascinating book ”ArchitecTorah: Architectural Ideas in Judaism and the Weekly Torah Portion.”

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New from Urim – ArchitecTorah

Check out our new fascinating book by Joshua Skarf: ArchitecTorah: Architectural Ideas in Judaism and the Weekly Torah Portion

ArchitecTorah — New Review

A Fascinating Book on the Lessons Derived from Architecture in the Bible

By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin
Posted on February 13, 2023 on www.sdjewishworld.com

BOCA RATON, Florida — Urim Publications published “ArchitecTorah, Architectural Ideas in Judaism and the Weekly Torah Portion” by Joshua Skarf in 2023. It contains 178 short, informative, easy-to-read essays on the 54 weekly portions focusing on Torah topics that reveal hidden information about God and architecture design and theory in his 594-page book.

Large Turnout for the Book Launch of ArchitecTorah!

Last week, ArchitecTorah: Architectural Ideas in Judaism and the Weekly Torah Portion had a very successful book launch in the Beit Midrash of Beit Knesset HaRamban. The room was packed past capacity with people interested in Joshua Skarf’s fascinating new book.

Photos of the event by The Real Jerusalem Streets

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Was Yosef on the Spectrum? – New Interview with the Author, Professor Samuel J. Levine

Watch this interview with Professor Samuel J. Levine, the author of Was Yosef on the Spectrum? to learn about his background, evidence of Joseph’s autism in Biblical text, and much more.

Was Yosef on the Spectrum? – Interview with Professor Samuel J. Levine

As the parshiyot of Yosef approach, listen to this fascinating interview with Professor Samuel J. Levine, author of Was Yosef on the Spectrum?

Source: https://newbooksnetwork.com/was-yosef-on-the-spectrum

Was Yosef on the Spectrum? – New Review

Was Yosef on the Spectrum? Understanding Joseph through Torah, Midrash, and Classical Jewish Sources

by Samuel J. Levine

Link to original article: https://doi.org/10.1080/23312521.2022.2142878

The story of Joseph in Genesis 37–50 is both a familiar and confusing narrative to many of us. In this book, Samuel J. Levine, a professor of Law and Director of the Jewish Law Institute at Touro Law Center, posits that Joseph (referred to as Yosef following the Hebrew spelling) may be on the spectrum, i.e. that he might have Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). This would provide another way to better understand and appreciate Yosef ’s character, while secondarily providing us with a chance to learn about how we can interact with children and adults on the spectrum.

Introducing Steven Geller’s New YouTube Channel

Steven Geller, who helped rebrand and republish HaRav Yitzchok Meir Goodman’s fascinating divrei Torah on Chumash for Torah Giants on Chumash, has started a YouTube channel with videos about the weekly parsha. Click the link below to start watching! We hope you will subscribe.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVTbuD2yOEYBLT9YIjDW3-w

Was Yosef on the Spectrum – New Review

Fiona Fisher Bullivant
Author & Advanced Nurse Practitioner (Autism & Learning Disabilities)

An incredibly insightful, beautifully written book which not only addresses the question of whether Yosef was on the spectrum, but invites you to be curious about individuals differences.
Samuel J Levine evokes the thought that if individuals differences are understood not only by  themselves but also by others then difference rather than being seen as something of a negative, becomes a positive attribute.

“Joseph, Adversity, and Autism” – new review of Was Yosef on the Spectrum

Adam Read ● ACEs Connection

Here’s an interesting book….

…Not because it has anything to do with what you’re doing today, but precisely because it doesn’t. Sometimes we have to take a trip to somewhere else… a detour… a backroad…. or an excursion to get our minds out of our daily COVID funk to give us a different perspective on life.

I don’t know about your upbringing, but I spent enough time in church to hear the story of Joseph’s coat of colors many times and how his brothers sold him into slavery. Never, though, have I seen this story through the lens that Joseph may have been Autistic until now. This exploration shows how disabilities and diversity can chemically react with the heat of adversity to create the powerful energy that saved two ancient adversarial cultures from starvation and famine.