TUESDAY: EXPLORE OUR GRADUATE SCHOOLS
   ONLINE | SEPTEMBER 15
A virtual open house for prospective students in The Rabbinical School, H. L. Miller Cantorial School, the William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education, and the Kekst Graduate School.
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TRUTH, COMPROMISE, AND HOW TO TALK WHEN WE DISAGREE
   ONLINE | THREE WEDNESDAYS, SEPTEMBER 16, 23, 30
It’s easy to look at our world as uniquely polarized. But the rabbinic tradition offers tools for navigating the very types of conflicts we see today. Join Dr. Rachel Rosenthal to explore what the Rabbis say.
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Judaism’s Hidden Books: The Apocrypha
   ONLINE | SEVEN MONDAYS BEGINNING OCTOBER 19
Encounter the rich and diverse writings produced by Jews in the late Second Temple period that were not preserved in the Hebrew Bible, yet were included in the Latin and Greek Old Testaments. With Dr. David Kraemer. Space is limited.

JUDAISM ON ONE FOOT—OR IN THREE VOLUMES
   ONLINE | OCTOBER 20
How do you convey 2,000 years of Judaism in only three volumes? Dr. Burton L. Visotzky of JTS and Professor Dr. Michael Tilly of Tübingen University discuss Judaism, their new three-volume compendium offering a global view of Jewish history and culture from antiquity to modernity.
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SOUL, BODY, AND REINCARNATION IN THE KABBALAH
   ONLINE | FOUR THURSDAYS, OCTOBER 8, 15, 22, 29
Do human beings have an eternal soul that endures beyond their physical lifetime? Dr. Eitan Fishbane explores how medieval and early modern kabbalists understood the relationship between the physical body and the journey of the soul.
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ACHAT SHA'ALTI: A NEW COMPOSITION
In his new composition for Achat Sha'alti, Dr. Gerald Cohen, assistant professor in our H. L. Miller Cantorial School, emphasizes the feeling of “quiet longing” in the beloved text from Psalm 27, recited during the season of repentance.
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In the Media

HE TAKES THE SHOFAR TO THE STREETS
Rabbi Barry Dov Katz, JTS adjunct lecturer and alum (RS ’91), has been sounding the shofar around his neighborhood to spread love ahead of the High Holidays.
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RECENT ALUM INSPIRES A COMMUNITY
Rabbi Chaya Bender (RS ’19 DS ’19), the new rabbi at B’nai Israel Congregation in Wilmington, NC, strives “to connect to others, have them connect to me, and to allow for points of connection to help all of us feel less isolated.”
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Torah: Equity in Education
This week’s parashah posits an ideal where all are educated and given the opportunity to participate fully in the community, writes Dr. Michal Raucher. And more on Parashat Nitzavim-Vayelekh.

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