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How Zionism Reimagined Hanukkah (Zoom)
Did you know that one of our most popular Hanukkah songs is Israeli Labor propaganda? Join Rabbi Shira Gluck on Zoom as she explores how Zionism and modern Hebrew culture have influenced the way we celebrate the Festival of Lights. The session will begin with candle lighting. RSVP
Virtual 2020 Schwartz-Goldstein Lecture: ‘Jewish Mysticism and the Miracle of Hanukkah’
Virtual 2020 Schwartz-Goldstein Lecture: 'Jewish Mysticism and the Miracle of Hanukkah' with Rabbi Jeremy Rosen The rational world sees mysticism as a kind of new-age distraction for lost souls, but it has always played a significant role in Jewish religious life. How do we distinguish between the trivial and the genuine article? And is it […]
A Deep Dive into the Shabbat Morning Service: The “Bar’chu” As Doxology (Zoom)
The "Bar'chu" may look like just a short hymn, but it’s a big statement on being ready to pray! Join Rabbi Samantha Natov and Student Cantor Joe Flaxman on Zoom for a deep dive into Shabbat morning liturgy. Investigate the meaning of this text and explore its history, where it falls in the morning service and […]
Master of Movement: Moshe Feldenkrais (Zoom)
Who taught David Ben Gurion to stand on his head? Join contemporary movement masters Frederick Schjang and Scott Fraser to learn about the life of Moshe Feldenkrais, an engineer and judo expert who, following a chronic knee injury, applied his eclectic knowledge to develop his unique Feldenkrais® therapeutic movement method. “It's a series of slow, […]
Dialogue Across The Streams
Join Reform, Conservative and Orthodox Rabbis Ammiel Hirsch, Rachel Ain and Jason Herman for a religion gabfest. In this previously unreleased episode, the rabbis discuss how the Jewish community can […]
A Deep Dive Into The Shabbat Morning Service: The Sh’ma and Its Blessings Part I (Zoom)
The Sh'ma and Its Blessings Part I: Creation It’s a classic problem: if God is the creator of all — omniscient, omnipotent and benevolent — how can there be evil in the world? Over the centuries, sages and scholars have tried to untangle this knot. Join Rabbi Samantha Natov and Student Cantor Joe Flaxman on […]