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Preparing for Pesah can feel like a marathon. As JTS Chancellor Emeritus Ismar Schorsch wrote, "It took God but six days to create the world; it took my mother at least twice that long to prepare for Passover." We invite you to enrich your experience both before and during Pesah by studying with us online and exploring the extensive resources on our website. |
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| | A DEEP DIVE INTO THE EXODUS |  ONLINE | THREE TUESDAYS: MARCH 14, 21, 28, 7:30 P.M. ET | | Starting next week, join Dr. Robbie Harris for a close reading of the Torah’s account of the Exodus, along with medieval and modern commentaries. Explore how the Torah adapts rituals that predate the Exodus to tell a new kind of story and why the Rabbis chose to tell the Exodus story in a peculiar way in the Haggadah. Consider what the Exodus meant in its ancient Israelite context and what it means for us today. | | Register now → | |
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| | TWO KINDS OF FREEDOM | | What is the real freedom we celebrate on Passover? In this 5-minute video, Rabbi Eliezer Diamond explains that it's about more than leaving slavery. | | Watch now → | |
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| Share With a High School Student You Love |  JTS | SUNDAY, APRIL 2, 10:30 A.M. | | List College, JTS's one-of-a-kind undergraduate program with Columbia University and Barnard College, will host an open house on April 2. | |
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| | MITZVOT: OBLIGATION IN JEWISH THOUGHT | | ONLINE | FOUR MONDAYS: MARCH 13, 20, 27; APRIL 3; 7:00 P.M. ET | | What does it look like to value religious obligation in a world that privileges free choice and the rights of the individual? Join Dr. Sarah Wolf to explore classical and contemporary Jewish sources about commandedness and to consider the tensions between obligation and choice. | | Register now → | |
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| | ARE WE JEWISH-AMERICANS OR AMERICAN-JEWS? | | ONLINE | MONDAY, MARCH 13, 2023, 1:00 P.M. ET | | The Pew Reports and many scholars prefer the descriptor Jewish Americans, while many individuals define themselves as American Jews. Are “Jew” and “American” adjectives or nouns? How do Jews and others understand the hyphen that links the two parts of these identities to one another? Dr. Arnie Eisen will explore the nuances of these liminal definitions of the self through a wide range of books, essays, films, and literary characters. | | Register now → | |
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| Discover Teen Learning at JTS | | JTS | SUNDAY, MARCH 19, 10:00 A.M. | | Come to our open house and discover Prozdor, JTS's inspiring, innovative center for Judaic and Hebrew studies for teens. | |
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| | "SHANDA": A MEMOIR BY LETTY COTTIN POGREBIN | | ONLINE | TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1:00 P.M. ET | | The Library of JTS welcomes acclaimed activist and writer Letty Cottin Pogrebin to discuss her book Shanda: A Memoir of Shame and Secrecy, which tells the story of three generations of complicated, intense 20th-century Jews for whom the desire to fit in and the fear of public humiliation either drove their aspirations or crushed their spirit. | | Register now → | |
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| | LET JUSTICE ROLL DOWN LIKE WATER | | ONLINE | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 8:00 P.M. ET | | Dr. Yael Landman of JTS explores social justice and the voice of prophecy in Judaism. Part of the ScholarStream series, a partnership of JTS and other Conservative Movement organizations. Note corrected date! | | Register now → | |
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| Torah: When Is Humility Not a Virtue? | | | Moses teaches us that while there is a time for humility, the ability to be assertive is just as essential. Dr. Walter Herzberg on Parashat Ki Tissa. | |
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