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| | THE KETUBBAH: WHAT IT REVEALS ABOUT JEWISH LIFE THROUGH THE AGES |  ONLINE | FOUR THURSDAYS: APRIL 20, 27; MAY 4, 11, 7:30 P.M. ET | | Starts Thursday: This online course with Dr. Stefanie Siegmund will reveal a medieval Jewish culture that grappled with issues such as slavery, abandonment, spousal abuse, and the protection of women in divorce and widowhood. It will also explore how the ketubbah evolved from a legal contract into an artistic creation, featuring rare ketubbot from the JTS Library's Special Collections. | | Register now → | |
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| | How to Confront Anti-Religious Bigotry: A Multifaith Forum | | ONLINE | THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 12 P.M. ET | | The rise of white supremacist movements has led to a growing swell of antisemitism and Islamophobia. It has also resulted in anger against far-right Christian extremists that has fueled hostility to religion in general. Our distinguished multifaith panel will discuss anti-religious bigotry and how interfaith cooperation can serve as a bulwark against bias. | | Register now → | |
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| | WITCHES IN THE TALMUD? | | ONLINE | MONDAY, APRIL 17, 1 P.M. ET | | Dr. Marjorie Lehman explores the tale of Rav Nahman’s daughters, who return from captivity transformed from daughters and wives into witches. Now on the margins of rabbinic culture, they become a means for communicating the Rabbis' anxiety about the uncontrollable. How do the Rabbis respond to this challenge to their world order, and what light can this story shed on our own journeys? | | Register now → | |
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| | THE BLASPHEMER IN LEVITICUS | | ONLINE | MONDAY, APRIL 24, 1:00 P.M. ET | | The Bible is full of characters who transgress boundaries, for better and worse. Dr. Alan Cooper will examine one such character, the half-Israelite, half-Egyptian blasphemer in Leviticus 24, through the lenses of traditional and modern commentaries. | | Register now → | |
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| New Exhibition: Living Yiddish in New York |  JTS | OPENS APRIL 20; SEE SCHEDULE OF GUIDED TOURS | | The JTS Library introduces visitors to rare archival materials that provide a snapshot of New York City as it became a world center of modern Yiddish culture around the turn of the 20th century. | |
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| | JEWS AND CHRISTIANS READ THE BIBLE | | STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY | SUNDAY, APRIL 23, 10:30 A.M. ET | | Join Dr. Robert Harris to explore the commonalities and differences between 12th-century Jews and Christians in their study of the Bible, including the relationships and mutual influences that rabbis and churchmen had on one another and the arguments through which they typically interacted. Part of Hillel's 2023 Jewish University for a Day program at the State University of New York, Stony Brook. | | Learn more → | |
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| | CAN CITIZENS BE FRIENDS? | | JTS | TUESDAY, MAY 2, 7:00 P.M. | | Join us on campus to hear a panel of eminent scholars discuss "civic friendship," the ideal of mutual respect among democratic citizens that is seen as a foundation for a thriving civil society. They'll reflect on the concept and and its potential for diminishing the civic enmity afflicting American society today. | | Learn more and register → | |
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| Spring Open House: Graduate Study at JTS | | JTS | MONDAY, APRIL 24, 10:00 A.M. | | Meet the deans, take classes, and speak to current students of the Kekst Graduate School, The Rabbinical School, the William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education, and the H. L. Miller Cantorial School. | |
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| | FOR SPIRITUAL CAREGIVERS | | ONLINE | FOUR TUESDAYS, STARTING APRIL 18, 11:45 A.M. ET | | Starts Tuesday: JTS's Center for Pastoral Education presents a series of online workshops with Rabbi Noach Shapiro, designed to give Jewish spiritual care providers a chance to deepen their skills while exploring the essential work of caring for themselves. | | Learn more and register → | |
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| Torah: A Love That Transforms | | | Aaron shows us how we can say “no” to our children while still assuring them of our unconditional love, writes Rabbi Leonard A. Sharzer on Parashat Shemini. | |
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