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| | MONDAY: THE SCRIBES WHO WROTE THE BIBLE |  ONLINE | OCTOBER 18, 2:00 P.M. ET | | Dr. Benjamin Sommer and Union Theological Seminary’s Dr. David Carr survey how ancient scribes learned their art, how they worked, and how they used the written texts they produced. Part of our series, “Six Days Shall You Labor”: Perspectives on Work in Jewish Text and Tradition. | | Register now → | |
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| | THE JEWISH MIDDLE CLASS IN AN AGE OF SOCIAL JUSTICE | | ONLINE | OCTOBER 25, 2:00 P.M. ET | | JTS alum and Rutgers University’s Dr. Nancy Sinkoff explores Lucy S. Dawidowicz’s essay, “The Business of American Jews: Notes on a Work in Progress,” which called for a reassessment of Jewish economic social mobility as a positive value in Jewish life. Part of our series, “Six Days Shall You Labor”: Perspectives on Work in Jewish Text and Tradition. | | Register now → | |
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| | VIRTUAL GRAD OPEN HOUSE | | ONLINE | OCTOBER 19, 5:30 P.M. ET | | Join us for an evening of information and conversation on religious, academic, and professional Jewish studies at JTS. | | Register now → | |
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| Web Series for Prospective Undergrads |  ONLINE | STARTS OCTOBER 17 | | This series of events is a chance for high schoolers to gather virtually with their peers and learn more about List College, Columbia University, and Barnard College. | |
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Between the Lines: Author Conversations from The Library of JTS |
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| | CAN AMERICA’S MUSLIMS AND JEWS UNITE? | | ONLINE | OCTOBER 26, 7:30 P.M. ET | | Meet the authors of We Refuse to Be Enemies, a Muslim woman and Jewish man who’ve spent decades doing interfaith work and nurturing connections among communities. Sabeeha Rehman and Walter Ruby confront polarizing issues while offering concrete principles for building a Muslim-Jewish alliance to fight resurgent bigotry and support human rights. Co-sponsored by The JTS Library and the Milstein Center for Interreligious Dialogue. | | Register now → | |
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| | ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL: A LIFE OF RADICAL AMAZEMENT | | ONLINE | NOVEMBER 10, 7:30 P.M. ET | | Author and historian Julian E. Zelizer will talk about his book, Abraham Joshua Heschel: A Life of Radical Amazement, which chronicles the life of Heschel as a symbol of the fight to make progressive Jewish values relevant in the secular world. | | Register now → | |
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| | UNDERSTANDING ANCIENT ISRAEL | | ONLINE | NOVEMBER 16, 7:30 P.M. ET | | Join editors Jeffrey H. Tigay, Alison L. Joseph, and Deborah Dash Moore when they discuss The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization Volume 1: Ancient Israel, from Its Beginnings through 332 BCE, which covers a period that witnessed development of the Hebrew language and alphabet, Israelite/Jewish law and religion, the books of the Bible, Israel’s ancient cultural innovations, and more. | | Register now → | |
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| | RABBINICAL SCHOOL VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE | | ONLINE | NOVEMBER 8, 1:30 P.M. ET | | Join us for a virtual open house offering an up-close look inside The Rabbinical School of JTS. Get to know our diverse community by connecting with deans, faculty, and current students. | | Register now → | |
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| | JTS ALUM RECEIVES AWARD TO STUDY ABORTION AND RELIGION | | JTS alum and Rutgers Professor Michal Raucher (LC), also a JTS Fellow, received an Emory RISE seed award for her project “Abortion and Religion: Listening to Women.” The award enables Dr. Raucher and her colleagues to begin work on a project that seeks to understand how race and religion shape women’s decisions and experiences of abortion. | | Read more → | |
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| Torah: Language Barriers | | | The post-Babel world is defined by the obstacles of language and human difference, but that does not mean those differences are insurmountable, writes Avi Garelick. And more on Parashat Lekh Lekha. | |
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