June 24, 2022 |
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| | NEW ON-CAMPUS COHORT OF CONTEXT BEGINS THIS FALL |  AT JTS | STARTS TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 25 | | JTS’s renowned Context course, our immersive two-year learning experience, is back on campus this fall. Context participants join an intellectual community for a journey covering the sweep of Jewish civilization and the major texts of the Biblical, Rabbinic, Medieval, and Modern periods. | | Learn more → | |
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| | ADVANCE YOUR BIBLICAL HEBREW | | ONLINE | EIGHT WEDNESDAYS, STARTING JULY 13 | | This new workshop is designed for those who want to further develop their skills in translating passages of the Tanakh. Eight live online sessions taught by Dr. David Moster. | | Register now → | |
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| JTS Teen Learning | | | In our Prozdor Teen Learning program, students wrestle with questions that matter to them and develop answers that speak to them authentically as young Jews in the 21st century. | |
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Stories and Storytelling: Monday Learning Continues |
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| | TELLING DIFFICULT STORIES: PHILIP ROTH'S "OPERATION SHYLOCK" | | ONLINE | JUNE 27, 1:00 P.M. ET | | Philip Roth’s Operation Shylock gives expression to discomforts in Diaspora identities vis-à-vis Israel during the First Intifada. Join Dr. David Kraemer in exploring Roth’s recounting of the conflicts of this time, as Jews asked questions that are as pertinent today as they were then. | | Register now → | |
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| Yerusha: New Access to Europe's Jewish Past | | | Professor David Fishman, who directs JTS's Jewish Archival Survey, was a major collaborator on Yerusha.eu, a project of the Rothschild Foundation HaNadiv, which unites Jewish archival heritage across Europe, offering online access to a vast trove of European Jewish history. | |
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| | JTS IN THE BERKSHIRES: "GET THEE TO A NUNNERY" | | LENOX, MA | JULY 29 AND AUGUST 12, 11:00 A.M. ET | | In the July session of this popular program, Dr. Marjorie Lehman asks how Hamlet’s famous words to Ophelia can help us think about the Rabbis' use of the term zonah (harlot). In August, incoming Rabbinical School Dean Rabbi Ayelet Cohen explores what makes a great Jewish leader today. | | Register now → | |
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| | JTS ALUM EXAMINES "REVOLUTIONS" THAT INFLUENCED THE TORAH | |
| Rabbi Edward Feld speaks to Publisher's Weekly about The Book of Revolutions: The Battles of Priests, Prophets, and Kings That Birthed the Torah, which examines the historical context that led to the Torah's sometimes conflicting legal codes. "I wanted to write a book that talked about the theological outlooks of each of these strands, what they were trying to accomplish, and what inspired them," he says. | | Read more → | |
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| Torah: What Story Are You Telling? | | | Moses sent scouts to learn more about the Land of Israel. When they came back, they revealed not what was out there, but what was inside of them. Rabbi Brent Chaim Spodek on Parashat Shelah Lekha. | |
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