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| Monday Learning: Perspectives on Work in Jewish Text and Tradition | | | |
| | | MONDAY: 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 → | | | | | | |
| | | HOW AMERICAN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION BECAME “WOMEN’S WORK” | | ONLINE | NOVEMBER 1, 2:00 P.M. ET | | In this session, led by Dr. Shira D. Epstein, we will explore the sociocultural and historical forces that have shaped the image of teachers, and how many of the discourses of what makes for an “effective teacher” have endured in Jewish settings. | | 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. | | | | | | | |
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| Between the Lines: Author Conversations from The Library of JTS | | | |
| | | TUESDAY: 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 → | | | | | | |
| | | 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 → | | | | | | |
| | | 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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| Rabbi Sacks (z”l) Yahrzeit Torah Study | | ONLINE | OCTOBER 26, 3:00 P.M. ET | | Join JTS’s Rabbi Stephanie Ruskay and alum Rabbi Menachem Creditor for a Torah study session to commemorate the first yahrtzeit of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks (z”l). | | | | | | | |
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| | | POETICS OF THE ZOHAR | | JTS’s Dr. Eitan Fishbane talks with the Jewish Standard about his new book, Embers of Pilgrimage, a collection of original poems incorporating imagery from the Zohar and other Jewish mystical works. | | Read more → | | | | | | |
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| Torah: Learning from Lot’s Daughters | | | | Abby Eisenberg asks: Can we embrace multiple interpretations of Lot’s daughters’ behavior—and of more ordinary aspects of our own lives? And more and Parashat Vayera. | | | | | | | |
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