Times of Crisis and Possibility
A series of online classes exploring pivotal moments in the Jewish experience
Imagining a New World When Your Old One Collapses: The Rabbinic Response to the Destruction of the Temple
with Dr. David Kraemer
Beyond the Flag: The Religious Dimensions of Yom Ha’atzma’ut
with Rabbi Eliezer Diamond
Life Under Siege: The Talmud’s Take on Trying Times
with Dr. Sarah Wolf
What Should an Educated Jew Know?
When and Why This Question Emerged in the 18th Century—and Continues to Confound Us
with Dr. Jack Wertheimer
Fake News and the Resurgence of Antisemitism
with Dr. Shuly Rubin Schwartz
Is There a Jewish Continuity Crisis?
with Dr. Michal Raucher
Literature as Lifeline: What were Jews Reading and Writing in the Ghettos?
with Dr. Edna Friedberg
“A Time to Weep”: The Power of Lament in Times of Crisis
with Dr. Alan Cooper
Remembering the Pandemic:
Learning from Yehuda Amichai
with Dr. Barbara Mann
In the Wake of the Golden Calf:
Is God Punishing Us?
with Dr. Yedida Eisenstat
The Promise and Perils of Revolution:
Jewish Life in the Soviet Union After 1917
with Dr. David Fishman
The End of Days in Isaiah:
Coming Soon (and Still Waiting)
with Dr. Benjamin Sommer
Halakhic Responses to Past Pandemics
with Rabbi Daniel Nevins
First Failures: Falling Apart and Starting Over
in the Book of Genesis
with Rabbi Jan Uhrbach
