Timely Insights, Timeless Wisdom 

“Zion in the Diaspora”: How Jews Imagined They Lived in Zion Wherever they Actually Lived
with Dr. David Kraemer
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Where Are We Now?  Rethinking Exile, Diaspora and Home in Israel and America
with Dr. Arnold Eisen, Chancellor Emeritus
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Teaching the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict on Campus: One Professor’s Reflections
with Dr. Michal Raucher
February 5, 2024
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NOTE: This session was not recorded for the public

Between Moscow, Kyiv, and Jerusalem:
How The Wars in Ukraine and Gaza Have Changed Russian and Ukrainian Attitudes Toward Israel and Jews
with Dr. David Fishman
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Jewish History and Education through the Lens of JTS’s Rare Manuscripts
with Dr. Yitz Landes
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A Queen in the Tomb of the Kings:
An Ancient Monument and its Modern Legacy
with Dr. Sarit Kattan Gribetz
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Mordecai the Jew and Esther the Greek:
The Changing Politics of the Book of Esther in Antiquity and Our Times
with Dr. Aaron Koller
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Law as a Moral Force: When President Truman and Chief Justice Warren Studied Talmud at JTS
with Dr. Shira Billet
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Seeing the Unseeable:
Images of the Divine in Kabbalistic Texts
with Dr. Eitan Fishbane and
Dr. Marcus Mordecai Schwartz
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Prayer through the Lens of
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
with Rabbi Mychal Springer
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“Awaiting the Good Hour”:
Hope in the Bible as a Resource for Religious Life
with Dr. Amy Kalmanofsky
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From Symposium to Seder:
How The Rabbinic Adoption of Roman Party Conventions Became Our Passover Seder
with Dr. Robbert Harris
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Art as Witness: The Work and Remarkable Survival Story of Esther Lurie
with Dr. Shay Pilnik
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Praying for the Peace of Jerusalem
with Dr. Alan Cooper
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Gender, the Bible,
and the Art of Translation
with Dr. Elias Sacks
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What is the Torah, Actually?
Preparing for Shavuot
with Dr. Benjamin Sommer
June 3, 2024
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