Cleveland, Ohio

• January 23, 2012, 7:30 p.m.—Cleveland Women's Series

• "Perfectly Baked Hallah, Shiny String Pearls, Family Photos, and Online Searches—What Makes a Jewish Home Jewish?"

• With Dr. Shuly Rubin Schwartz, Irving Lehrman Research Associate Professor of American Jewish History and Walter and Sarah Schlesinger Dean of Graduate and Undergraduate Studies, JTS
• Hosted by Beth Rosenberg

• January 26 & February 2, 2012

• Dr. Benjamin Sommer, professor of Bible, JTS
• "Seeing a Sound: Revelation at Sinai in the Bible and Jewish Tradition"
• At Siegal College

• February 8–10, 2012

• Cleveland Women's Study Group / Mission to JTS New York

Columbus, Ohio

Detroit, Michigan

• March 22, 2012, 7:00 p.m.—"Preparing for Passover"

• With Rabbi Robert Harris, associate professor of Bible, JTS
• At Hillel Day School, Farmington Hills

• March 23–24, 2012: Adat Shalom Synergy Shabbat

• Dr. Benjamin Gampel, Dina and Eli Field Family Chair in Jewish History, JTS
• adatshalom.org

• April 18, 2012: JTS SAJE

• Rabbi Juan Mejía, coordinator for the Southwest for Jewish nonprofit organization Bechol Lashon
• At the JCC Campus in West Bloomfield. More information.

• April 20–21, 2012

• Congregation Beth Ahm Scholar-in-Residence

• Rabbi David Hoffman, assistant professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, JTS
• www.cbahm.org

• May 2, 2012, 7:30 p.m.—Parlor Meeting with Governor Snyder and Chancellor Eisen

• At the home of Ethan Davidson
• Michigan Governor Rick Snyder in dialogue with Chancellor Arnold M. Eisen.

• June 4, 2012: JTS Quiz Bowl—Detroit Gala Event

• Who Wants to Be a JTS Maven?
  2012 Detroit Dinner
  
  Special Guest Speaker: Rabbi Daniel Nevins
  Pearl Resnick Dean of The Rabbinical School and dean of the Division of Religious Leadership, JTS
  
  5:30 p.m.
  
  Congregation Shaarey Zedek
  27375 Bell Road, Southfield, Michigan

A fun-filled evening honoring community leaders and celebrating JTS alumni. Our rabbis, cantors, and educators will compete for the title of "Maven," and we will honor our Shin Award recipients:

Manny and Nancy Kalef, Steven and Linda Mondrow, Mitch Parker, Steven Parzen, Jeffrey and Debra Supowit, and Eric and Renee Zacks

• Stuart Logan, Chair

Toronto, Canada

March 15, 2012, 7:00 p.m.—Community-wide Pre-Passover Study

• With Rabbi Robert Harris, associate professor of Bible, JTS
• at Adath Israel Synagogue

May 29, 2012—JTS Chancellor Arnold M. Eisen

Beth Sholom Synagogue, 7:30 p.m.

Dallas, Texas

March 12, March 19, and March 26, 2012—Pre-Passover Study

• With Rabbi David Hoffman, assistant professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, JTS
• At Congregation Shearith Israel

March 12, 2012

• "Can I Skype the Seder? Challenges to Jewish Notions in an Internet Age"
  How has our understanding of the world, our sense of family, and Judaism changed in the light of technology? Explore how Judaism strengthens how we build Jewish families and communities.

March 29, 2012

• "Where Am I in the Haggadah?: New Ideas on Faith and Jewish Identity"
  Judaism's central family ritual, the seder, focuses on the history of a people and its liberation. In an age of increasing individualism, how does Judaism reconcile the needs of the one and the needs of the many?

March 26, 2012

• "Sh'fokh Hamatekha—Pour Out Your Wrath: Religious Passion and Religious Fundamentalism"
  How Judaism impassions but avoids zealotry; the slippery slope from reason to fundamentalism.

May 17–20, 2012

Dallas Mission to New York