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JTS - EVENTS AND LEARNING

September 23, 2022

Preparing for the Days of Awe

Deepen Your Understanding of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
DEEPEN YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF ROSH HASHANAH AND YOM KIPPUR
We invite you to explore our extensive collection of commentary and tools to bring meaning to the High Holidays.
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Watch: Unpacking the Unetaneh Tokef
WATCH: UNPACKING THE UNETANEH TOKEF
This video discussion with Rabbi Mychal Springer offers a penetrating look at one of the central prayers of the Yamim Noraim.
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New! Online Learning for Teens
New! Online Learning for Teens
location   ONLINE | FIRST COURSE BEGINS NOVEMBER 2, 7:30 P.M. ET
We are delighted to bring JTS learning to teens across North America. Students can sign up for one or more courses throughout the year.
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Learn With Us This Fall

Don't miss out. Sign up now for fall courses with JTS scholars.

Conversion To and From Judaism
CONVERSION TO AND FROM JUDAISM
location   ONLINE  |  EIGHT MONDAYS STARTING OCTOBER 24, 7:00 P.M. ET
In this online course, Dr. Benjamin Gampel investigates the history of conversion both into and out of Judaism in the Christian and Islamic worlds, from late antiquity to the first stirrings of modernity in western Europe.
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The Paradox of Ukrainian Jewish History
THE PARADOX OF UKRAINIAN JEWISH HISTORY
location   ONLINE  |  NINE TUESDAYS STARTING OCTOBER 25, 7:30 P.M. ET
For centuries, Ukraine was both a major center of Jewish life and cultural vitality, and also the site of brutal anti-Jewish violence. In this online course, Dr. David Fishman examines this paradox.
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Treasures from the JTS Library
TREASURES FROM THE JTS LIBRARY
location   AT JTS  |  SIX WEDNESDAYS, STARTING OCTOBER 26, 7:00 P.M. ET
Join Dr. David Kraemer at The Library of JTS to explore rare Library materials and the stories they tell about Jewish life through the ages. View siddurim from Germany, marriage contracts from Egypt, and illuminated Haggadot from Italy. Space is limited.
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Biblical Hebrew Advanced Seminar: The Book of Ruth
BIBLICAL HEBREW ADVANCED SEMINAR: THE BOOK OF RUTH
location   ONLINE  |  NINE WEDNESDAYS STARTING OCTOBER 19, 1:00 P.M. ET
Read the book of Ruth using a variety of pedagogical resources, discussing literary themes, unpacking difficult passages, and exploring multiple options for translation and interpretation.
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Dangerous Ideas: Censorship Through a Jewish Lens
Dangerous Ideas: Censorship Through a Jewish Lens
location   ONLINE | STARTS MONDAY, OCTOBER 24
New Monday series: JTS scholars examine efforts to control knowledge from both within and outside the Jewish community.
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CONSERVATIVE/MASORTI TRAINING IN BRIT MILAH
CONSERVATIVE/MASORTI TRAINING IN BRIT MILAH
location   JTS  |  SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23–THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27
The Rabbinical Assembly and JTS invite you to take part in a course of Jewish liturgy, law, ritual, and theology concerning brit milah. For practicing physicians and healthcare professionals with extensive training and experience performing circumcisions.
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Library Events

Between the Lines: Inside Jewish Day Schools
BETWEEN THE LINES: INSIDE JEWISH DAY SCHOOLS
location   ONLINE  |  WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 7:30 P.M. ET
JTS's Dr. Jack Wertheimer will discuss his new book, Jewish Day Schools: Leadership, Learning, and Community. Co-authored with Alex Pomson, the book addresses questions such as: What revolutionary changes characterize current day schools as compared to those of the 20th century? What do we know about the impact of day school education? And why is day school education so costly?
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Guided Tours: The Jews of Corfu
GUIDED TOURS: THE JEWS OF CORFU
location    JTS  |  OCTOBER 25, NOVEMBER 8, SEPTEMBER 29, NOVEMBER 17
Visit The JTS Library to view a selection of rare materials that tell the fascinating history of Corfu’s vibrant but little-known Jewish communities.
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Don't Kvetch, Organize
Don't Kvetch, Organize
"Why worry privately and not be able to act, when you can worry collectively and act wisely to do something about it?" JTS's Rabbi Stephanie Ruskay writes about an upcoming program teaching organizing skills to synagogue leaders.
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News

JTS Alum Will Lead Leo Baeck Institute
JTS ALUM WILL LEAD LEO BAECK INSTITUTE
Markus Krah, who earned his doctorate at JTS's Kekst Graduate School, was named the next executive director of the famed research library and archive focused on the history of German-speaking Jews.
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Coalition of Jewish Groups Tackle Climate Change
COALITION OF JEWISH GROUPS TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE
"What feels different about this campaign is that, across a breadth of organizations, we’re all taking action, and there are steps we can take that are meaningful,” Rabbinical Assembly COO and JTS alum Rabbi Ashira Konigsburg told eJP.
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Christian Unicorns on Jewish Marriage Contracts?
CHRISTIAN UNICORNS ON JEWISH MARRIAGE CONTRACTS?
There are some surprising details about Jewish practice among the Jews of Corfu, whose lives are reflected in an exhibit of rare artifacts at The LIbrary of JTS and Columbia University. The Forward visits and reports.
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JTS Alum To Speak at Jews of Eastern Europe Event
JTS ALUM TO SPEAK AT "JEWS OF EASTERN EUROPE" EVENT
JTS alum Saul Noam Zaritt will be a featured speaker at a book talk exploring "The Jews of Eastern Europe," sponsored by Columbia University's Insititute for Israel and Jewish Studies. Zaritt, who earned his doctorate at JTS's Kekst Graduate School, is author of Jewish American Writing and World Literature: Maybe to Millions, Maybe to Nobody.
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Torah Commentary
Torah: Revealing the Concealed
Parashat Nitzavim asks how many of us are willing to search out the kind of implicit prejudices that are living within us, writes Rabbi Gordon Tucker.
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