Curious to know how many people have benefited from the Torah Live presentations, I created a “Torah Live global tracker.” So far over 650 presentations have been given in over 100 cities worldwide (Berlin, Munich, Honolulu, Moscow, Cape Town, Sydney, Johannesburg, Melbourne Efrat, Jerusalem, Kfar Saba, Quebe, Toronto, Miami, Las Vegas….)

You can see the list of schools and organizations here (PDF). Many organizations signed up to use the Purim material but since it was shareware, I’m still not clear if they did or not, so if you think you should be (or not be!) on the list, please write to me at d.roth@torahlive.com

We thought it quite funny to see Yossie Weiss, one of the Torah Live staff members, drowning in all the mail from the over fifty teachers that signed up this week to get the Mezuzah presentation educators  kit.

This sudden surge of demand is the result of Torah Live’s new partnership with NJOP to make its material available to a broader audience.

Thank you Michael and Karine Bloch of Raanana for sponsoring the DVD in honor of their children: Eitan, Yoel, and Tali. Michael was not only the brainchild behind the creation of the DVD but is also the one who introduced our work to Rabbi Ephraim Buchwald, director of NJOP and made this partnership happen.

Best caption for this picture gets the Mezuzah DVD for FREE! Congratulations to Ilan and Simone Goldstein who won last month’s free Mezuzah DVD.

Dan

PS. If your organization or someone you know wants to partner with Torah Live to distribute the material, we have a sponsor who is willing to chip in in a major way to make the cost almost free to participating outreach and educational organizations.

Meet the faces in our new ‘behind the scenes’ video…

I am delighted to share with you the thrilling news that Stuart and Stephanie Ronson are sponsoring Torah Live’s Shabbat presentation. The presentation will be an introductory class, covering the importance of honoring and celebrating this holy day, as well as the basic laws of Shabbat – candles, kiddush, challa.

Stuart and Stephanie are the first to have the honor of dedicating one of Torah Live’s 18 upcoming presentations. To to learn more about sponsoring a presentation and other partnership opportunities, write to sponsorthefuture@torahlive.com.

     To date, Torah Live has produced 10 presentations, which have been given at over 180 venues in more than 50 cities worldwide (New York, Atlanta, London, Munich, Sydney, Johannesburg, Jerusalem) to both secular and religious audiences.

     Based on the overwhelming demand for our work, Torah Live intends to create 18 unique and interactive presentations over the coming two years for a broad range of audiences. These dynamic presentations will be used in 40 seminaries and yeshivot in Israel, 300 schools in America, England,South Africa, Israel and Australia by many of the 3,700 rabbis and kiruv professionals who are currently serving worldwide, and will inspire tens of thousands of Jews from various backgrounds.

     Torah Live believes that the communication revolution we are experiencing today is a Divine gift – a powerful tool to achieve unmatched levels of clarity in complex concepts. Join the revolution – to learn more about sponsoring a presentation and other partnership opportunities, write to sponsorthefuture@torahlive.com.

List of Future Presentations:

Businessmen and Professionals
Employee Employer Relationships [Reserved]
Advertising & Honesty
Laws of Loans and Interest

Youth at Risk
Drug Abuse and Addiction
Leadership Qualities [Reserved]
The Making of a Hero: Character Development

Outreach
Living Other Peoples Lives: Overcoming Jealousy
Wisdom of the Hebrew Alpha Bet
The Temple Mount: Past and Present
Jewish Life Cycle: From Cradle to Grave

Seminaries and Yeshivot
Land of Israel: Intrinsic Holiness
Shabbat: Finding Meaning in the Day of Rest [Reserved]
Putting the Holy Back into Holiday: Yom Tov
Higher Living: Emunah and Bitachon

Schools
Judging others Favorably
Spiritual Graduation: Bar & Bat Mitzvah
The King’s Knights: Kiddush Hashem
Ashkenazim and Sephardim: Understating the Roots

Torah Live is delighted to announce that Rabbi Akiva Gilbert has joined our team of lecturers. Rabbi Gilbert completed the The Jerusalem Kollel three-year Rabbinics and Jewish Outreach Program in 2004, and currently resides and teaches in Johannesburg, South Africa where he co-founded the Outdoor Jewish Experience, the “OJE,” to help Jewish college students enhance their Jewish identity.

Torah Live now offers a Money Back Guarantee. There’s no charge for a presentation unless you are completely satisfied with the results. “I was skeptical about booking a presentation,” says Rabbi Haber of Shaarei Torah, Brooklyn, “but when I heard about the money back guarantee, I figured I had nothing to lose. Sure enough Rabbi Roth proved himself beyond a doubt….. ”  Read more about the Torah Live presentation at Shaarei Torah, Brooklyn.

Rabbi Noach Orloweck gave a warm blessing to Torah Live -

Torah is best taught in the language of the student and today one of the foremost languages is the ability to show Torah in a way that is live before people’s eyes. I have only seen a few excerpts, but I believe that Torah Live can be called, “a new vessel filled with old wine.” The medium may be new, but it is full of Torah, showing people the beauty and simplicity of even the most complex laws.”

Click here to watch the interview and here to read his words of approbation for Torah Live.

Torah Live is pleased and privileged to announce that Rabbi Yitzchak Berkovits Shlit”a has accepted the position of President of Torah Live. To view a video message from Rabbi Berkovits, click here.

Rabbi Roth interviews Daniel Schloss, CFO of Aish HaTorah, to learn how he uses Palm to keep track of ma’aser kesafim account. For more on Rabbi Schloss, visit his page at Aish.com.

Rabbi Dan Roth made the debut presentation at Yesod, a division of Ohr Somayach, called “Making the Big Bucks” on the laws of giving maaser (giving a tithe to charity). Click this link for a video message from Rabbi Shalom Adelman, Mashgiach Ruchani of Yesod. [Update: Read more about the origins of Torah Live in this Jewish Press article.]