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March 20, 2020

In this challenging moment, we want you to know that even at home you can still learn and connect with JTS. Use our Pesah resources to find inspiration for what will certainly be very different kinds of seders this year. Explore the amazing new web site featuring digitized Jewish treasures from the JTS Library. Check out our rich trove of Torah commentaries or enjoy lectures and book talks. If you've never experienced JTS Torah Online, this is a perfect time to dive in.

Online Learning, Lectures, and Library Treasures

This Passover, Tell Your Own Story

THIS PASSOVER, TELL YOUR OWN STORY
Just as Lin-Manuel Miranda made the story of Alexander Hamilton his own, the Rabbis wanted us to make the Passover story our own. Dr. David Kraemer explains in this short Pesah video with text.
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New: Digital Library Treasures

NEW: LIBRARY PORTAL TO RARE MATERIALS
The Library of JTS is thrilled to announce the availability of a new digital site featuring its rare materials. The site is a work in progress, but given the inaccessibility of our treasures during this time of social distancing, we invite you to visit them virtually, discovering what you can. To start, try this: in the “search this collection” box, put in “haggadah” or “hagadah” (both spellings will work). Scan the results and begin to explore. And if you’re interested in something in particular, contact one of our reference librarians at library@jtsa.edu.
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Renewing American Judaism

RENEWING AMERICAN JUDAISM
American Judaism has been buffeted by social change, but at the same time there are numerous initiatives, in and out of synagogues, that are revitalizing Jewish life. Dr. Jack Wertheimer and this panel of Jewish innovators explain.
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For Prospective Students: Virtual Tours

For Prospective Students: Virtual Tours
We're offering virtual tours and information sessions for all JTS schools, as well as classes to “sit in on." Contact the admissions office for more information and to stay up to date.

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Upcoming Online Mini-Courses

Rabbinic Stories About Jerusalem's Women

RABBINIC STORIES ABOUT JERUSALEM'S WOMEN
location    ONLINE | THREE TUESDAYS, STARTING MAY 5
Did women participate in building the Temple? Were they involved in the revolt against Rome? A live, online mini-course with with Dr. Sarit Kattan Gribetz.
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An Introduction to the Talmudic Argument

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE TALMUDIC ARGUMENT
location    ONLINE | SIX WEDNESDAYS, STARTING MAY 6
The arguments in the Talmud have recognizable, coherent, even elegant forms and structures. Learn to understand the components of a Talmudic dispute and how they fit together in this live online course with Dr. Marcus Mordecai Schwartz.
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JTS Torah Commentary

Those Whose Hearts Lift Them
This week, while staying at home, are you thinking about doing an art project? Rabbi Nicole Wilson-Spiro on Vayak-hel Pekudei. And more on this week's Torah portion.

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