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JTS - EVENTS AND LEARNING

May 20, 2021

Between the Lines: Author Conversations from The Library of JTS

WISDOM AND INSIGHTS FROM YEARS OF JEWISH TEXT STUDY
location   ONLINE   |   MAY 26, 7:30 P.M. ET
[Note Corrected Date] 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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JEWISH BIBLE TRANSLATIONS
location   ONLINE   |   JUNE 9, 1:00 P.M. ET
Author Leonard J. Greenspoon will discuss his book, Jewish Bible Translations: Personalities, Passions, Politics, Progress, in which he highlights distinctive features of Jewish Bible translations and offers new insights regarding their shared characteristics and their limits.
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Study this Summer with JTS
location   ONLINE | SESSION II: JUNE 1; SESSION III: JULY 6
JTS offers exceptional online summer classes, both for credit and non-credit study. Course topics include Hebrew language, rabbinic literature, Israeli literature, and more.
EXPLORE SUMMER COURSES
A WANDERING PEOPLE: JEWISH JOURNEYS, REAL AND IMAGINED
location   ONLINE   |   STARTS JUNE 7, 2:00 P.M. ET
Join us for our new learning series, meeting Mondays throughout the summer. Drawing on literary, spiritual, and historical sources and responses, JTS scholars will explore what happens when Jews—whether by force or voluntarily, whether in reality or in the imagination—travel from one place to another. The first session is with Chancellor Shuly Rubin Schwartz on “The Idea of the Return to Zion in Jewish History.”
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FOR EDUCATORS: TEACHING SACRED TEXTS
location   ONLINE   |   STARTS JULY 6
In this 3-credit summer course, you’ll explore how standards for Tanakh and Rabbinics serve as lenses for teaching sacred texts, and learn to create curriculum for teaching biblical and rabbinic literature using outcome-based design.
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SUNDAY: ORDINATION CEREMONY
location   ONLINE   |   MAY 23, 3:00 P.M. ET
Join us online for our annual Tekes Hasmakhah, Ceremony of Rabbinical and Cantorial Ordination.
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JTS RE-LAUNCHES JEWISH DAY SCHOOL STANDARDS AND BENCHMARKS PROGRAM
The program provides high-quality professional learning for day school Judaic studies leaders and teachers, elevating their teaching of Tanakh and rabbinics.
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CityStage: Performing Arts Program for Teens
location   ONLINE | JUNE 27–JULY 11
There’s still time to apply for CityStage, JTS’s unique pre-college summer institute where rising 10th, 11th, and 12th graders explore the intersection of theater and Jewish identity with experts in the field.
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EXPERIENCES IN ISRAEL DURING TIMES OF VIOLENCE
Incoming List College student Rebecca Isenberg writes about her experiences as a participant on the Nativ gap year program in Israel during the current violence.
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MOURNING DURING AN UNCERTAIN TIME
JTS alum Rabbi Amanda Schwartz (RS, DS, CPE) writes in the Jewish Journal about her experience mourning during the pandemic.
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Torah: A Friday Night Ritual Revisited
When parenting gets tough, the priestly blessing on Friday night can serve as a necessary reset, writes Dr. Abigail Uhrman. And more on Parashat Naso.
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