Upcoming Events
Aug
5
Rabbi, Will You Do Our Wedding? New Approaches to Working With Interfaith Couples
Online | JTS Alumni in the World
With Rabbi Aaron Brusso, we will explore the changing landscape over the past 50 years, the purpose and meaning of the Jewish wedding ceremony, and how to shift the conversation back to the couple.
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Aug
9
JTS in the Berkshires Summer 2024—Session II
Massachusetts | Community Courses | JTS in the Berkshires
Dr. Sarah Wolf will explore how the rabbis of the Mishnah and Talmud grappled with the timeless problems of truth and doubt, and what their wisdom can offer us today.
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Aug
12
A New Understanding of Betzelem Elohim: Biblical Text Through the Lens of Disability Studies
Online | JTS Alumni in the World
Consider the character of God in the Bible and how God can be more deeply appreciated through the perspective of Disability Studies. With Dr. Ora Horn Prouser (Kekst Graduate School ’91 and Seminary College ‘82), CEO and Academic Dean, Academy for Jewish Religion.
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Aug
15
Holiday Webinars for Rabbis—Liturgy as Philosophy: The High Holiday Mahzor as a Source of Inspiration in Jewish Thought
Online | Clergy: Continuing Ed
In this session of “Holiday Webinars for Rabbis,” Dr. Shira Billet will introduce the idea of the siddur, and liturgy in general, as a source of philosophical reflection, and then dive into specific examples of how Jewish philosophers have found inspiration in the High Holiday liturgy
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Aug
21
Selected Sugyot of Masekhet Rosh Hashanah: Perspectives on Shofar
Online | Clergy: Continuing Ed
Selected Sugyot of Masekhet Rosh Hashanah: Perspectives on Shofar Four Wednesdays: August 21, August 28, September 4, and September 1112:00–1:00 p.m. ETOnline This program is offered by the Rabbinical Assembly in collaboration with JTS. Join Dr. Marcus Mordecai Schwartz for in-depth learning and discussion about four elements of the shofar and its blasts and gain […]
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