Dr. Marjorie Lehman, Associate Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics at JTS, examines the complex power dynamic found within Queen Helene's patronage of the Jerusalem Temple.
May 05, 2021
The Power Dynamics of Queen Helene with Dr Marjorie Lehman
Topic(s) / Lunch & Learn, Lecture
April 29, 2021
The ADL Report: Anti-Semitism in NYC and Beyond
Topic(s) / Lunch & Learn, Lecture
Explore the current state and trends of anti-Semitism, the response of law enforcement to anti-Semitic acts, and how we can combat acts of bias and hate. Scott Richman, Anti-Defamation League’s NY/NJ Regional Director, leads this discussion.
April 29, 2021
60 Seconds of Torah: Pesach Sheni and Second Chances
Topic(s) / 60 seconds of torah
60 Seconds Of Torah: This little-known holiday contains big life lessons. Rabbi Cosgrove explores what Pesach Sheni can teach us about granting second chances.
April 29, 2021
Dr. Edna Friedberg - “Literature as Lifeline: What Were Jews Reading and Writing in the Ghettos?” - April 29, 2021
Topic(s) / Lunch & Learn, Lecture
Dr. Edna Friedberg, a JTS fellow and a historian at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in DC, explores how Jews coped with living in ghettos and concentration camps by consuming and producing literature, from dark jokes to diaries.
April 23, 2021
Cantor Schwartz Sings “Ha-azina Elohim T'filati” (“Listen, God, to My Prayer”)
Topic(s) / Shabbat, Music
Psalm 55 is an early recorded expression of the universal human cry for help. In Italian, this is rendered “Pietà, Signore” (“Have Mercy, O Lord”). This composition is attributed to Alessandro Stradella (1639–1682), although research shows it was likely composed by an anonymous contemporary.
April 22, 2021
60 Seconds of Torah: Parashat Aharei Mot-Kedoshim
Topic(s) / 60 seconds of torah, Shabbat
60 Seconds of Torah: The individual, the community, and Yom Kippur. Rabbi Cosgrove discusses the simultaneously personal and communal aspects of values, ethics, and atonement.
April 21, 2021
Rabbi Savenor: The Jewish Values Scattered Around Schitt’s Creek - April 21, 2021
Topic(s) / Lunch & Learn, Lecture
Rabbi Savenor explores the Jewish essence of the beloved titular television show.
April 19, 2021
Richard Freund: The Warsaw Ghetto Through Geo-Science and Archeology -April 19, 2021
Topic(s) / Lecture
During the last decade, Professor Richard Freund has worked with his team to detect a pattern that suggested that, rather than being passive victims, many of the Jews murdered during the Holocaust exhibited extraordinary and often unique forms of courage and resistance.
April 16, 2021
Cantor Schwartz Sings "The Most Famous Adon Olam in Israel"
Topic(s) / Music, Shabbat
As we bring Israel Week to a close, here is perhaps the most famous tune for Adon Olam ever, composed by Uzi Hitman (1952–2004), a secular Jew who was very proud of his contribution to Jewish liturgical music.
April 14, 2021
War of Shadows: Codebreakers, Spies, and the Secret Struggle to Drive the Nazis from the Middle East
Topic(s) / Lecture
Gershom Gorenberg, live from Jerusalem, discusses the codebreakers at Bletchley Park who cracked the Nazis’ Enigma cypher, the history of which is also the center of his latest book.