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February 8, 2024

Online Courses

DEEPENING YOUR PERSONAL PRAYER

ONLINE | FOUR TUESDAYS: FEBRUARY 13, 20, 27, MARCH 5, 7:00 P.M. ET

Are you striving for a more meaningful prayer life? Do you struggle to connect to the language of the siddur? Join Rabbi Guy Austrian to discover texts and strategies that can transform your practice.

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ON THE BLOOD LIBEL (AND OTHER LIES ABOUT JEWS)

ONLINE | FOUR WEDNESDAYS: MARCH 27, APRIL 3, 10, 17, 7:00 P.M. ET

Explore the history of anti-Jewish conspiracies and examine their legacies and consequences. With two-time National Jewish Book Award-winning scholar Dr. Elissa Bemporad (KGS ‘99).

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Celebrating the JTS Library's Vast Collection

Read the JTS Library Annual Report, representing eighteen months of activities to both preserve and grow our collection and to expand our reach.

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Between the Lines

ABSURDITY AND MEANING IN CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY AND JEWISH THOUGHT

ONLINE | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1:00 P.M. ET

During this author conversation, JTS professor Dr. Alan L. Mittleman will address the question of the meaning of life in a philosophical spirit, which includes profound self-questioning and self-criticism.

POSTWAR STORIES: HOW BOOKS MADE JUDAISM AMERICAN

ONLINE | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1:00 P.M. ET

Dr. Rachel Gordan will examine how Jewish middlebrow literature helped to shape post-Holocaust American Jewish identity.

The College Search Through a Jewish Lens: A Greater Washington, DC, Event

WASHINGTON, DC | MARCH 18 AT 6:30 P.M. ET

Admissions professionals and undergraduate leaders from List College will discuss how to approach the college search process through a Jewish lens.

Monday Learning Series

UKRAINE AND GAZA: HOW TWO WARS ARE IMPACTING RUSSIAN AND UKRAINIAN ATTITUDES TOWARD ISRAEL AND JEWS

ONLINE | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1:00–2:30 P.M. ET

Join Dr. David Fishman for a discussion on the complex connections between the wars in Ukraine and Gaza and how Russian and Ukrainian attitudes toward Israel and Jews have evolved as a result—both for better and for worse.

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JEWISH HISTORY AND EDUCATION THROUGH THE LENS OF JTS’S RARE MANUSCRIPTS

ONLINE | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1:00–2:30 P.M. ET

Dr. Yitz Landes will share select rare book manuscripts of classical rabbinic literature and discuss how they came to be, how contemporary scholars utilize them, and what they can teach us about Jewish history and the history of Jewish education.

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In the Media

RABBI ADAM RASKIN CELEBRATES HIS BAR MITZVAH YEAR AT HAR SHALOM

JTS alum reflects on 13 years of leadership and growth at his congregation in Potomac, MD.

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RABBINICAL SCHOOL ALUM WILL TRANSITION INTO A NEW ROLE

RABBINICAL SCHOOL ALUM TAKES ON NEW ROLE

Responding to widespread pastoral need, Rabbi Brent Spodek will transition from the pulpit into full-time premarital counseling.

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Torah: An Eye for an Eye?

We can't always uphold divine justice as human beings, but Parashat Mishpatim provides a path to the next best thing.

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