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Between the Lines: Author Conversations from The Library of JTS |
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| | A SINGLE LIFE |  ONLINE | FEBRUARY 18 | | Join us for a discussion with author, rabbi, and scholar Daniel Ross Goodman about his novel, A Single Life, which blends a literary style and a Talmudic sensibility with the romance tradition. | | Register now → | |
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| Condemning Hate in Poland and Beyond |  ONLINE | JANUARY 19 | | Don’t miss this fascinating conversation with Grzegorz Kwiatkowski, an acclaimed Polish poet and rock musician who speaks out against Holocaust denial, genocide, and the rise of populism, xenophobia, and nationalism in Poland and beyond. | |
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| | SPECIAL MLK BIRTHDAY EVENT | | ONLINE | FRIDAY, JANUARY 15 | | We’re excited to welcome the Rev. John Vaughn of the famed Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, who will discuss renewing the Black-Jewish coalition for social Justice. | | Register now → | |
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| | THE QUESTIONS JEWS ASK | | ONLINE | STARTS JANUARY 21 | | This mini-course explores the fascinating world of responsa, rabbinic answers to the questions Jews have asked about ritual, theology, money, communal governance, and more. With Rabbi Mordy Schwartz. | | Learn more → | |
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| | THE MEANINGS OF THE TABERNACLE | | ONLINE | STARTS FEBRUARY 16 | | Learn how features of the Tabernacle, and the temples in Jerusalem, were reinterpreted as powerful Jewish symbols for post-Temple times, including our own. With Dr. Alan Cooper. | | Register now → | |
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| | JERUSALEM AND THREE RELIGIONS | | ONLINE | STARTS FEBRUARY 16 | | This course, led by Dr. Benjamin Gampel, will examine the ways in which the historical claims to Jerusalem of the three monotheistic religions mirror each other and how present-day struggles are rooted in their assertions of religious truth. Held in partnership with the 92nd Street Y. | | Register now → | |
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| Summer in Our Beit Midrash | | SESSION I: JUNE 1-JULY 1, SESSION II: JULY 5-AUGUST 5 | | This summer, immerse yourself in Torah learning with our Nishma program, where you’ll cultivate the skills to learn classical Jewish sources including Talmud, Midrash, halakhah, Hebrew, and parshanut (Torah and its commentaries). Two four-week sessions. | |
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Monday Afternoons: The “Other” in Jewish Tradition |
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| | THE BIBLE AND “OTHER GODS” | | ONLINE | FEBRUARY 1 | | Join Dr. Benjamin Sommer to examine the Bible’s attitude toward the gods of other nations and how, paradoxically, the Bible remains monotheistic even while it acknowledges the existence of many deities. | | Register now → | |
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| | ALUMS ARE AMONG “FORWARD 50” | | Mazal tov to three alums who were included in The Forward 50 of 2020: Rabbi Michael Beals (RS ’97), Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt (RS ’06), and Rabbi Benay Lappe (RS ’97). | | Read more → | |
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| | JTS STUDENT, ALUMS NAMED SEFARIA WRITING FELLOWS | | Rabbinical student Margo Hughes-Robinson and alums Maxine Berman (DS ’20, KGS ’20) and Nomi Schneck (KGS ’17) were named to Sefaria’s inaugural Jewish Women Scholars’ Writing Fellowship. The fellowship seeks to “elevate Jewish women’s scholarship by building a cohort of scholars, and providing the skills, support, and resources necessary to produce new content.” | | Read more → | |
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| | CONFRONTING THE CLIMATE CRISIS | Josh Bender, a second year rabbinical student, talks with The Jewish News about his work with Dayenu, an organization that is confronting climate change “with spiritual audacity and bold political action.” | | Read more → | |
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| Torah: Why Can't Pharaoh Repent? | | | Rabbi Marcus Mordecai Schwartz writes: Are some sins so unforgivably bad that justice and fairness demand that the corrupt criminal must be forced to pay the piper? And more on Parashat Va’era. | |
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