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JTS - EVENTS AND LEARNING

September 6, 2024

ILLUMINATING SACRED TEXT: CONTEMPORARY JEWISH BOOK ARTISTS AND THEIR WORK
ILLUMINATING SACRED TEXT: CONTEMPORARY JEWISH BOOK ARTISTS AND THEIR WORK
location   JTS  |  EXHIBIT OPENS MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9
Our new Library exhibit, "Illuminating Sacred Texts," opens next week! Discover the work of five outstanding contemporary Jewish book artists, whose creations demonstrate how the ancient tradition of beautifying sacred texts endures. Opening event on Tuesday, September 17.
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ZIONISM: TODAY, TOMORROW, AND BEYOND
ZIONISM: TODAY, TOMORROW, AND BEYOND
location   JTS  |  TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29–30
During this two-day convening, experts will discuss the evolving relationship between North American Jews and Zionism, along with other important themes. A distinguished lineup of speakers, including JTS faculty, scholars, authors, clergy, and non-profit leaders, will offer their insights and perspectives.
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High Holiday Season

Making Midrash
Making Midrash
location   JTS | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 7:00–9:30 P.M. ET
Join us at JTS for an evening of study, poetry, and art-making, featuring JTS faculty member Benjamin Kamine; Rabbinical School student Max Halperin; JTS artist-in-residence Tobi Kahn; and Leah Schechter-Bennett, student in the JTS artist-in-residence program. Participants will have the opportunity to study midrashim and create their own art pieces inspired by these teachings.
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REPENTANCE AND THE MYSTICAL “ROPE”: THE DIVINE/HUMAN RELATIONSHIP IN JEWISH THOUGHT
REPENTANCE AND THE MYSTICAL “ROPE”: THE DIVINE-HUMAN RELATIONSHIP IN JEWISH THOUGHT
location   ONLINE   |  MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1:00–2:00 P.M. ET
Prepare for this year’s High Holiday season with three meaningful and enriching online sessions. In the first session, Dr. Shira Billet will explore the Kabbalistic image of the rope or cord that extends from God in the heavens into the soul of the human being.
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INSIGHT INTO PSALM 27
INSIGHT INTO PSALM 27
Why did the 27th Psalm become associated with the month of Elul? Dr. Alan Cooper provides the history of this preparatory tradition.
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Fall Learning

Between the Lines: Torah and Technology
Between the Lines: Torah and Technology
location   ONLINE | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1:00–2:30 P.M. ET
How can ancient religious norms address the radically transformed reality of a technocentric society? In this online book talk, Rabbi Daniel Nevins, former dean of the JTS Rabbinical School, draws on 3,000 years of biblical and rabbinic texts to respond to pressing questions of contemporary life.
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PROZDOR TEEN LEARNING: NEW SESSIONS IN WASHINGTON HEIGHTS AND BROOKLYN
PROZDOR TEEN LEARNING: NEW SESSIONS IN WASHINGTON HEIGHTS AND BROOKLYN
location   WASHINGTON HEIGHTS AND BROOKLYN  |  CLASSES BEGIN SEPTEMBER 24 AND SEPTEMBER 30
Meet other Jewish teens in Brooklyn and Washington Heights this school year. 8th–12th graders are invited to join us for four sessions of dinner, discussion, and vibrant text study, led by JTS rabbinical students.
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JTS EMERGING LEADERS
JTS EMERGING LEADERS FELLOWSHIP
location   ONLINE  |  COHORT BEGINS NOVEMBER 5
This school year, study with other Jewish teens from across North America! Our new fellowship is for students eager to explore college-level Jewish Studies.
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News

Entering Elul with Rabbi Mychal Springer
ENTERING ELUL WITH RABBI MYCHAL SPRINGER
Rabbi Ed Bernstein, JTS alum, interviews adjunct professor Rabbi Mychal Springer. During the podcast, she reflects on approaching the High Holidays through the lenses of the ongoing crisis in Israel and Gaza and her career in chaplaincy, which included founding the Center for Pastoral Education at JTS.
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Torah Commentary
Torah: Writing and Ruling
Why must a Jewish king write his own Torah scroll?
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