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Spring Webinar Series on the Power of Emotion: Judaism and the Inner Life | | | |
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| LOVE DURING THE HOLOCAUST | ONLINE | FEBRUARY 14, 2:00 P.M. ET | Join Dr. Edna Friedberg to explore the varied manifestations of love—romantic, parental, platonic—at a time of terror and loss. | Register now → | | | | | |
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Our Opening Season | MARCH-MAY | Join us this spring to experience the very best of JTS. We’re celebrating our state-of-the-art new campus with a season of events exploring the intellectual, artistic, and religious breadth of Jewish life. | | | | | | |
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| STARTS MONDAY: JEWS AND THE LEFT: A HISTORY | ONLINE | STARTS FEBRUARY 7, 7:30 P.M. ET | Explore the relationship between Jews and left-wing politics in Europe, the Land of Israel, and the United States, from the French Revolution until the fall of Communism. Eight Mondays with Dr. David Fishman. | Register now → | | | | | |
| THE HAGGADAH, FROM THE TORAH TO YOUR SEDER TABLE | ONLINE | STARTS FEBRUARY 22, 7:00 P.M. ET | By examining biblical and ancient rabbinic texts as well as medieval versions of the Haggadah, participants in this course will come to appreciate the Haggadah as not simply a rag-tag collection of unclear passages, but rather as a creative text that seeks to tell the Passover story in a uniquely rabbinic way. Six Tuesdays with Dr. Robert Harris. | Register now → | | | | | |
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A Summer of Torah Study in Our Beit Midrash | SESSION A: STARTS JUNE 1; SESSION B: STARTS JULY 5 | 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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| JTS COMMUNITY MEMBERS NAMED TO CHANGE ACCELERATOR COHORT | Mazal tov to Dr. Alisa Braun, academic director for JTS Community Engagement programs, and JTS alum Rabbi David Freidenreich (RS), who were both named to UpStart’s 2022 Change Accelerator cohort. The program will give members “a community of practice with which to brainstorm, take their initiatives to the next level, and create the Jewish community of the future.” | Learn more → | | | | | |
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Torah: To Zoom or Not to Zoom? | | Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal asks: What does Parashat Terumah have to say about the use of technology for worship and community building on Shabbat? | | | | | | |
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