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JTS - EVENTS AND LEARNING

July 18, 2024

SEEING THE UNSEEABLE: KABBALISTIC SCROLL
SEEING THE UNSEEABLE: KABBALISTIC SCROLL
location   JTS  |  MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, 9:00 A.M.–6:00 P.M.
One month left! In this highlight video from our "Seeing the Unseeable" Library exhibit, Dr. Marcus Mordecai Schwartz presents an ilan or scroll that served as both an amulet for protection and a meditative device for devotional practice. Exhibit runs through August 15.
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Summer Learning

AMERICAN JEWISH-EVANGELICAL INTERFAITH RELATIONS AND THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT
AMERICAN JEWISH-EVANGELICAL INTERFAITH RELATIONS AND THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT
location   ONLINE  |  MONDAY, JULY 22, 1:00–2:30 P.M. ET
Join Dr. Amy Weiss, JTS alum, for a discussion of the shifting relations between American Jews and Evangelicals in the late twentieth and twenty-first centuries, revealing how support for Israel has transformed American interreligious affairs.
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BEIT MIDRASH SUMMER PROGRAM
BEIT MIDRASH SUMMER PROGRAM
location   JTS  |  MONDAY, JULY 22 AND TUESDAY, JULY 30, 5:00–6:30 P.M.
Discuss heretics and heresy in early rabbinic literature with Benjamin Kamine in our next class.
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Innovations in Ritual and Halakhah (Law) Around Jewish Divorce
Innovations in Ritual and Halakhah (Law) Around Jewish Divorce
location   ONLINE | MONDAY, JULY 29, 1:00–2:30 P.M. ET
How can we ensure that the Conservative/Masorti Movement's ways of Jewish marriage and divorce reflect our spiritual values and ethical ideals? Join Rabbi Pamela Barmash, PhD, and Rabbi Karen Weiss Medwed, PhD, for a discussion of the progress that has been achieved in this area and the challenges that remain.
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News

A Pioneering New York Rabbi Says Goodbye to Her L.G.B.T.Q. Congregation
A PIONEERING NEW YORK RABBI SAYS GOODBYE TO HER L.G.B.T.Q. CONGREGATION
Rabbi Ayelet Cohen, dean of the Rabbinical School, offers her thoughts about Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum's retirement in the New York Times.
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Remembering Dr. Ruth Westheimer (z”l)
REMEMBERING DR. RUTH WESTHEIMER (Z”L)
For many years Dr. Ruth taught a Senior Seminar for JTS Rabbinical and Cantorial School students about the intersection of sexuality and their future roles as religious leaders. Rabbi Bill Lebeau, former Rabbinical School dean, spoke at her funeral.
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ZIONISM AND ANTISEMITISM ON CAMPUS
Zionism and Antisemitism on Campus
In this thought-provoking conversation, JTS alums Dr. Michael Kay and Rabbi Jason Rubenstein provided insight into how high school and college students are feeling after the tumultuous events of the last year.
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Fall Learning

AUDIT JTS COURSES
AUDIT JTS COURSES
location   JTS  |  CLASSES BEGIN SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Join JTS students and our renowned faculty in the classroom. Audit graduate-level Jewish Studies and Hebrew language courses through our Open Classroom initiative.
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BIBLICAL HEBREW CLASSES NOW ENROLLING
BIBLICAL HEBREW CLASSES NOW ENROLLING
location   ONLINE  |  CLASSES BEGIN SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
Develop your skills in reading and translating passages of the Tanakh in these live online courses with Dr. David Zev Moster.
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Context: Join the Wait List!
CONTEXT: JOIN THE WAIT LIST!
location   ONLINE  |  CLASSES BEGIN SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
Context is an in-depth, intellectual journey for those who want to better understand core Jewish ideas and texts. Sign up for the wait list to be notified if a spot opens up.
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Torah Commentary
Torah: Why Don't We Clap on Shabbat?
And what does the story of Balak and Baalam have to do with it?
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