 | Also, Refuat HaNefesh Institute for Spiritual Caregivers |
| | | | | Context Online: New Cohort Starts This Fall |  ONLINE | TUESDAY EVENINGS, 7:00 P.M. ET, STARTING IN SEPTEMBER | | Context is an in-depth, intellectual journey for those who want to deepen their understanding of Judaism: its culture, religions, texts, and civilization. Space is limited. | |
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| | | | YIDDISH CONCERT WITH "FIDDLER" CAST MEMBERS |  JTS | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 7:00 P.M. ET | | Don't miss "A New York Nigun," featuring two former cast members and the artistic director of Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish, who'll perform Yiddish theater gems from the early years of Jewish immigration to New York. | | Register now → | |
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| | | REFUAT HANEFESH TRAINING INSTITUTE | | AT JTS AND ONLINE | AUGUST 13–14 | | On August 13-14, JTS will host the Refuat HaNefesh Training Institute, a two-day conference that will equip participants with the tools needed to understand spiritual care in the context of mental health. Open to people of all backgrounds, particularly rabbis, cantors, educators, social workers, chaplains, and others in helping professions. | | Register now → | |
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| | | AFTER DOBBS: FILM AND DISCUSSION | | JTS | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 7:00 P.M. ET | | Join us for a screening of the acclaimed documentary short, Under G-d, chronicling efforts by Jewish community members to ensure abortion access. Followed by a discussion with Dr. Michal Raucher, scholar of reproduction and religion and Associate Professor of Jewish Studies at Rutgers, and Dr. Christine Ryan, Associate Director of Columbia Law School’s Law, Right, and Religion project. | | Register now → | |
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| | | TEEN LEARNING AT JTS | | JTS | SUNDAYS, STARTING SEPTEMBER 10 | | In our Prozdor Teen Learning program, we take teens seriously, unlocking their appetite for Jewish study and giving them the chance to consider important issues in the company of their peers. | | Learn more → | |
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| | | JTS in the Berkshires: Law in Context | | LENOX, MA | FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 11:00 A.M. | | Dr. Shira Billet will examine traditional texts that have played a central role in constructing Jewish perspectives on abortion and explore the complex interplay between the legal aspects of these sources and the stories from women’s lives in which they are embedded. | |
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| | | | NEW ONLINE LEARNING SERIES: THE TORAH OF THE NEW YEAR | | ONLINE | SEPTEMBER 6, 12, 19, AND 26, 1:00 P.M. ET | | Join JTS faculty for a close reading of several of the biblical texts read during the fall holidays. Discover new insights into these readings and reflect on what meanings they hold for us today. With Rabbi Mychal Springer, Dr. Aaron Koller, Rabbi Eliezer Diamond, and Rabbi Gordon Tucker. | | Register now → | |
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| Monday Learning: "The Dynamics of Change" |
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| Join us for the next session in our online Summer Learning Series. |
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| | | | | | FACULTY MEMBER RELEASES NEW ALBUM | | Cantor Gerald Cohen, a leading composer of concert and Jewish music and a faculty member at JTS’s H. L. Miller Cantorial School, just released his newest album, “Voyagers.” The music, performed by the Cassatt String Quartet and guest artists, was recorded in JTS's new performance space. | | Listen now → | |
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| | | Torah: Gendering God | | | This week's haftarah reminds us that whatever language we apply to God, it is always figurative, never literal. Dr. Benjamin Sommer explains. | |
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