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Between the Lines: Author Conversations from The Library of JTS |
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| | THE CONFIDANTE |  ONLINE | TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 1:00 P.M. ET | | Christopher C. Gorham will discuss The Confidante, the first biography of Anna Marie Rosenberg, a Hungarian Jewish immigrant whose influence on 20th-century America, from the New Deal to the Cold War and beyond, has never before been told. | | Learn more and register → | |
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| | WHERE I AM | | ONLINE | MONDAY, JUNE 20, 1:00 P.M. ET | | Join us for a conversation with Israeli writer Dana Shem-Ur, who will discuss her piercing novel about life abroad in a cultural setting not one’s own. | | Learn more and register → | |
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| Commencement 2023 |  AT JTS AND ONLINE | THURSDAY, MAY 18; COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES: 10:30 A.M. ET; ORDINATION CEREMONY: 3:30 P.M. ET | | Register to watch the livestream of JTS's 129th Commencement or to attend the Tekes Hasmakhah (ordination ceremony) in person. | |
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Monday Learning: The Space in Between |
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| | BETWEEN SUNS: TWILIGHT IN RABBINIC SOURCES | | ONLINE | MONDAY, MAY 15,1:00 P.M. ET | | In rabbinic narratives, twilight serves as a powerful setting for studying mysterious aspects of the created world. Dr. Sarit Kattan Gribetz will explore the concept and history of twilight in rabbinic literature, and the role that this liminal time—literally “between the suns” (bein ha-shemashot)—plays in rabbinic theory, law, and narrative. | | Register now → | |
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| | KIDDUSH AND HAVDALAH: THE BOUNDARIES OF SANCTIFIED TIME | | ONLINE | MONDAY, MAY 22, 1:00 P.M. ET | | Join Professor Emerita Judith Hauptman to consider why the Rabbis made Havdallah an increasingly elaborate ceremony. She'll ask what brought these changes about, what they communicate about this unique moment marking the end of Shabbat, and how marking the beginning and end of the Sabbath allows us to experience its holiness more acutely. | | Register now → | |
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| "Genesis: The Beginning of Creativity" Opening Event | | JTS | THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 5:00 P.M. | | Join us for the opening celebration of an interfaith visual art exhibition based on the Genesis narratives as seen through the lenses of contemporary Islam, Christianity, and Judaism. | |
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| | ALUMNI-LED ORGANIZATIONS NAMED TO SLINGSHOT TOP TEN | | Three organizations founded by JTS alums have made the "10 to Watch" list created by the Slingshot Fund. Mazal tov to Rabbi Melanie Levav (RS, KGS), founder of the Shomer Collective; Rabbi Ilan Glazer (List College), founder of Our Jewish Recovery; and Rabbi Kendell Pinkney, founding artistic director of The Workshop (RS). | | Learn more → | |
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| | A RABBI IN KING CHARLES'S COURT | | JTS alum Rabbi Adam Zagoria-Moffat, who's worked in Britain for a decade, writes in JTA about King Charles's coronation and examines the British monarchy through the lens of Jewish tradition. | | Learn more → | |
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| Torah: Behar-Behukkotai | | | The chance to revisit each parashah on a yearly basis is one of Judaism's greatest gifts, writes Rabbi Megan GoldMarche. | |
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