Avinoam Rosenak lectures in the Department of Jewish Thought at the Hebrew University. His field of research is Modern Jewish Philosophy and the Philosophy of the Halakhah (Jewish Law) among the central figures of Modern Jewish Thought, such as Rabbi Joseph Dov Soloveichik, Rabbi Kook (The Prophetic Halakhah, Magnes 2007 in Hebrew; Rabbi Kook [Zalman Shazar 2006 in Hebrew – which is an innovative biography of R. Kook`s life story and philosophy]), Rabbi M.A. Amiel and others. In his most recent book (I Arbitrate Means You Exist: Studies in Philosophy of the Halakhah and Education, Magnes at press, in Hebrew), Rosenak brings together two disciplines – Philosophy of the Halakhah and Philosophy of Education.

Dr. Rosenak has generated a series of international conferences dealing with Philosophy of the Halacha which were held at the Hebrew University and at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute in 2002, 2004, and 2006.