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| | | MONDAY: ON STRIVING FOR THE UNATTAINABLE |  ONLINE | DECEMBER 13, 2:00 P.M. ET | | Pirkei Avot teaches that we are not obligated to finish the work, but we must nonetheless keep at the task and each do our part. Dr. Alan Cooper discusses the nature of the obligatory “work” that is perpetually in progress, examining both traditional and modern perspectives. The final session of our series, “Six Days Shall You Labor”: Perspectives on Work in Jewish Text and Tradition. | | Register now → | | | | | | |
| | | MONDAY: BOOK TALK—BY THE GRACE OF THE GAME | | ONLINE | DECEMBER 13, 7:30 P.M. ET | | Join author Dan Grunfeld as he discusses his book, By the Grace of the Game: The Holocaust, a Basketball Legacy, and an Unprecedented American Dream with JTS’s Dr. David Kraemer and Union Theological Seminary’s Professor Mary Boys. Co-sponsored by UTS and The Library of JTS. | | Register now → | | | | | | |
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| World Zionist Organization Leader Visits JTS | | | | Dr. Yizhar Hess, the vice chairman of the World Zionist Organization, visited JTS this week. He spoke of the vital role the WZO can play in strengthening Israel as a Jewish, democratic state, and urged students to stay engaged and push for their vision of Zionism. | | | | | | | |
| | | THE TORAH OF CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM | | ONLINE | DECEMBER 21, 8:00 P.M. ET | | Rabbi Gordon Tucker will explore the notable contributions to the Torah of the Conservative Movement made by some of the significant figures in the history of JTS and Conservative Judaism. Part of ScholarStream, a learning partnership of the Conservative Movement. | | Register now → | | | | | | |
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| Between the Lines: Author Conversations from The Library of JTS | | | |
| | | REMEMBER KHURBM: THE FORGOTTEN GENOCIDE | | ONLINE | JANUARY 10, 1:00 P.M. ET | | Join author Alexander Gendler when he talks about his book, KHURBM 1914-1922: Prelude to the Holocaust. The Beginning, a collection of eyewitness testimonies and other sources that reveal the destruction of Jewish life by the Russian army during World War I. | | Register now → | | | | | | |
| | | EMBERS OF PILGRIMAGE | | ONLINE | JANUARY 11, 7:30 P.M. ET | | JTS’s Dr. Eitan Fishbane will discuss his book, Embers of Pilgrimage, a collection of original poems incorporating imagery from the Zohar and other Jewish mystical works. | | Register now → | | | | | | |
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| JTS in Israel | | | | JTS Associate Professor Jonathan Milgram, on sabbatical for the 2021-2022 academic year, visited Rabbinical School students in Jerusalem who were in his Zoom class last year. This was the first time they all met in person. | | | | | | | |
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| | | ARTS FELLOW DEVELOPS PROJECT AT JTS | | As part of her fellowship with “The Workshop,” writer and performing artist Rebecca S’manga Frank is spending a week in residence at JTS as she furthers the development of her upcoming project, “The Non Monog-ologues.” JTS’s Hendel Center for Ethics and Justice is a lead sponsor of the fellowship program. | | Learn more about the fellowship → | | | | | | |
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| | | DAVIDSON STUDENTS NAMED TO FELLOWSHIP | | Mazal tov to Saul Kaiserman and Anna Hartman, William Davidson doctoral candidates from our Executive Doctoral program, who were selected for the second cohort of the Doctoral Fellows Program at the Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education at Brandeis University. | | Learn more → | | | | | | |
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| Torah: Joseph’s Faith, and Ours | | | | These past two years we have all, at times, felt like we have been living in Joseph’s pit, writes Rabbi Joel Seltzer on Parashat Vayiggash. | | | | | | | |
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