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April 29, 2021

Reimagining Religious Schools
location   ONLINE | MAY 6, 4:00 P.M. ET
Join us for a conversation with four alumni changemakers who are reimagining learning and engagement in synagogue religious schools. For educators, parents, and anyone interested in Jewish education.
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SUNDAY: RACIAL JUSTICE AND JEWISH VALUES
location   ONLINE   |   MAY 2, 6:30 P.M. ET
Join JTS scholars for the Seventh Annual JTS Evening of Learning to explore how Jewish texts and tradition enrich our understanding of and response to racial injustice. Hosted by the Greater Washington Jewish community, open to all.
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Monday Learning: The ‘Other’ in Jewish Text and Tradition

THE BOOK OF RUTH AS A MODEL FOR WELCOMING THE OTHER
location   ONLINE   |   MAY 3, 2:00 P.M. ET
Dr. Amy Kalmanofsky examines how the book of Ruth understands the formation of identity and how it offers a model of inclusion that remains relevant and essential today.
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JEWISH RESPONSES TO MARGINALIZATION
location   ONLINE   |   MAY 10, 2:00 P.M. ET
How has the experience of marginalization defined Jewish identity? Join Rabbi Daniel Nevins to look at classical Jewish texts and then consider their implications for the role of Judaism in addressing marginalization in contemporary contexts.
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Study this Summer with JTS
location   ONLINE | SESSION II: JUNE 1; SESSION III: JULY 6
JTS offers exceptional online summer learning opportunities, both for credit and non-credit study. Course topics include Hebrew language, rabbinic literature, Israeli literature, and more.
EXPLORE SUMMER COURSES
ATTAINING HAPPINESS AND DEVELOPING CHARACTER
location   ONLINE   |   STARTS MAY 6, 1:00 P.M. ET
Join us in this online course with Rabbi Eliezer Diamond to learn the approach of the Mussar tradition, which posits that to achieve a state of contentment we need to acquire dispositions and habits that can give our life meaning and balance.
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REPARATIONS FOR BLACK AMERICANS—WHAT CAN HOLOCAUST REPARATIONS TEACH US?
location   ONLINE   |   MAY 12, 12:00 P.M. ET
What can we learn from the history of Holocaust reparations that can inform our thinking about reparations for Black Americans? Join us for this timely and enlightening conversation with a diverse panel of expert scholars. The Bernard G. Segal Memorial Lecture in Law and Ethics.
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CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT TIKKUN LEIL SHAVUOT
location   ONLINE   |   MAY 16-17
JTS is pleased to co-sponsor this movement-wide learning extravaganza. Rabbi Gordon Tucker, Vice Chancellor for Religious Life and Engagement, will teach along with several JTS alumni.
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BETWEEN THE LINES: AUTHOR CONVERSATIONS FROM THE LIBRARY OF JTS
CRUSHING THE RED FLOWERS
location   ONLINE   |   MAY 13, 7:30 P.M. ET
Author Jennifer Voigt Kaplan will discuss her novel, Crushing the Red Flowers, which tells the story of how two ordinary boys cope under the extraordinary circumstances of Kristallnacht.
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CityStage: Performing Arts Program for Teens
location   ONLINE | JUNE 27–JULY 11
We’re now accepting applications for CityStage, JTS’s unique pre-college summer institute, where rising 10th, 11th, and 12th graders explore the intersection of theater and Jewish identity led by experts in the field.
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OPEN HOUSE: TEEN JEWISH LEARNING
location   ONLINE   |   MAY 2, 10:00 A.M. ET
Join our virtual open house and learn how JTS helps teens access classical Jewish texts, improve their Hebrew, and find contemporary meaning in the Jewish tradition.
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BETWEEN THE LINES: AUTHOR CONVERSATIONS FROM THE LIBRARY OF JTS
THESE ARE THE DEVELOPMENTS OF THE HUMAN
location   ONLINE   |   MAY 25, 7:30 P.M. ET
Ethan Daniel Davidson will discuss his book, These are the Developments of the Human, a compilation of wisdom and insights that he captured over years of studying Jewish texts with rabbis and other learners from across the world.
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A Summer of Torah Study in our Beit Midrash
location   ONLINE | SESSION A: JUNE 1; SESSION B: JULY 6
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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In the Media

RABBINICAL STUDENT FEATURED IN DOCUSERIES
Rabbinical student Kendell Pinkney is featured in the new Israeli docuseries called “The New Jew,” hosted by Guri Alfi. In this preview he discusses his experiences as a Jew of Color.
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PROFESSOR INTERVIEWED FOR CAIRO GENIZA FILM
JTS’s Dr. David Kraemer appears in the film From Cairo to the Cloud: The World of the Cairo Geniza, which discusses “what is arguably one of the most significant historical discoveries of the last century-and-a-half,” he says. A substantial portion of the fragments discovered in the Cairo Geniza are in The JTS Library’s collection.
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Torah: Struggling to Celebrate
Sometimes our personal circumstances can make it hard to celebrate the holidays. The Mishnah’s got something to say about that, writes Rabbi Naomi Kalish. And more on Parashat Emor.
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