Plus, recordings of our "Antisemitism and Allyship" convening

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JTS - EVENTS AND LEARNING

May 3, 2024

ANTISEMITISM AND ALLYSHIP: ASSESSING THE PRESENT, IMAGINING THE FUTURE
ANTISEMITISM AND ALLYSHIP: ASSESSING THE PRESENT, IMAGINING THE FUTURE
Scholars, students, clergy members, artists, and community leaders gathered together on April 8–9 at this two-day convening. Watch recordings focused on the multifaceted history and present-day dynamics of antisemitism and effective strategies for combating it.
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Monday Learning Series

ART AS WITNESS: A LEARNING SESSION IN COMMEMORATION OF YOM HASHOAH
ART AS WITNESS: A LEARNING SESSION IN COMMEMORATION OF YOM HASHOAH
location   ONLINE  |  MONDAY, MAY 6, 1:00–2:30 P.M. ET
Join Dr. Shay Pilnik, JTS alum and Director of the Emil A. and Jenny Fish Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Yeshiva University, to hear the remarkable survival story of celebrated artist, Esther Lurie (1913–1998). Together we will reflect on some of Lurie's works that bore witness to the atrocities of the Holocaust.
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PRAYING FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM: A LEARNING SESSION IN COMMEMORATION OF YOM HAZIKARON
PRAYING FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM: A LEARNING SESSION IN COMMEMORATION OF YOM HAZIKARON
location   ONLINE  |  MONDAY, MAY 13, 1:00–2:30 P.M. ET
Jerusalem has been a central figure for Jews throughout history. Join Dr. Alan Cooper to explore biblical and post-biblical texts about Jerusalem that remain meaningful for us today.
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2024 JTS Center for Pastoral Education Benefit Luncheon
2024 JTS Center for Pastoral Education Benefit Luncheon
location   JTS | THURSDAY, MAY 9, 11:30 A.M.–2:00 P.M.
Join us for a benefit luncheon honoring Pat Fingeroth and Rabbi Melanie Levav with virtual keynote by Rabbi Sharon Brous.
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Between the Lines

THE BOY WITH THE STAR TATTOO
THE BOY WITH THE STAR TATTOO
location   ONLINE  |  TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1:00–2:00 P.M. ET
Author Talia Carner discusses her latest book, an epic historical novel of ingenuity and courage, of love and loss.
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THE AMEN EFFECT: ANCIENT WISDOM TO MEND OUR BROKEN HEARTS AND WORLD
THE AMEN EFFECT: ANCIENT WISDOM TO MEND OUR BROKEN HEARTS AND WORLD
location   JTS  |  MONDAY, MAY 20, 7:30 P.M.
Rabbi Sharon Brous, Rabbinical School alum and author, returns to JTS for a discussion about her latest book.
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New Tours of Seeing the Unseeable Library Exhibit
New Tours of Seeing the Unseeable Library Exhibit
location   JTS | WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 5:00–6:00 P.M.; WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 5:00–6:00 P.M.
Explore our Library exhibit with a JTS expert. Guided tours added due to popular demand!
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PROZDOR TEEN LEARNING OPEN HOUSE
PROZDOR TEEN LEARNING OPEN HOUSE
location   JTS  |  SUNDAY, MAY 5, 10:00 A.M.–1:00 P.M.
8th to 12th graders and their parents are invited to learn more about JTS’s Ivry Prozdor High School, the premier supplementary Jewish learning program for teens across the New York metropolitan area.
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JTS PODCAST: EXPLORING KABBALAH
JTS PODCAST: EXPLORING KABBALAH
NEW EPISODES EVERY TUESDAY
Catch up on the first four episodes of Exploring Kabbalah, which takes listeners through Biblical mysticism to the origin of the Zohar.
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News

A MORALLY PURE JUDAISM WITHOUT ACTUAL JEWS
A MORALLY PURE JUDAISM WITHOUT ACTUAL JEWS
"This is a moment of reckoning for American Jews, on and off university campuses," Chancellor Emeritus Arnold Eisen writes in Times of Israel.
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NAVIGATING DOUBT AS JEWS TODAY
NAVIGATING DOUBT AS JEWS TODAY
Gordon Tucker, Vice Chancellor for Religious Life and Engagement and Assistant Professor of Jewish Philosophy at JTS, offers wisdom for the current moment in his recent article for Sources journal.
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A FROZEN POND AND A NEW WAY TO EXPERIENCE AN ANCIENT JEWISH RITUAL IN MAINE
A FROZEN POND AND A NEW WAY TO EXPERIENCE AN ANCIENT JEWISH RITUAL IN MAINE
This past winter, Rabbinical School alum Rabbi Rachel Isaacs led the creation of a new mikvah for Beth Israel Congregation with the help of Colby College students.
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Torah Commentary
Torah: Living with the Dead
Without the dead, we the living wouldn’t begin to know how to be Jews.
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