As the former director of the Shin Bet, Israel's security agency responsible for counter-terrorism efforts, Admiral Ami Ayalon reflects on his life as a mirror to Israel's story: battles fought, losses and successes of a young country, and the importance of hope for shaping a new future.
September 14, 2020
How Israel Became Its Own Worst Enemy – And The Hope For Its Future
Topic(s) / Lecture
September 12, 2020
Rabbi Charles Savenor: Elijah the Prophet’s Roadside Service
Topic(s) / Lunch & Learn
In this Lunch & Learn session, Rabbi Savenor kicked off a four-part series centered on the High Holidays with a close look at Elijah the Prophet's roadside service.
September 09, 2020
How We Talk About Race with the Co-Producers of "Slave Play"
Topic(s) / Lecture
How do you start a conversation that recognizes the painful history of racism and begins to navigate a path toward healing?
September 06, 2020
Steinway Piano Restoration & Recital
Topic(s) / Music
Our heirloom 1917 Steinway Model A piano was restored and regulated in advance of the High Holidays, and Music Director David Enlow presented a short program of classical music, as well as a couple of Shabbat melodies, to welcome the instrument to its new home in the Sanctuary.
September 02, 2020
Ahmane’ Glover: Creating Your Own Space
Topic(s) / Lecture
Engage your senses – and your soul – as we explore what makes space sacred and how we can create our own sanctuary for prayer and reflection with Ahmane’ Glover.
August 30, 2020
Shirah b'Tzibbur: Songs of the Season
Topic(s) / Music
Weren't able to join the PAS Music Center for its song session? Watch the video and keep the music going all the way to Rosh Hashanah!
August 19, 2020
Lunch and Learn: Looking to the Past and Confronting Our Future
Topic(s) / Lunch & Learn
On April 5, 1964, James Farmer, the national director of the Congress for Racial Equality, spoke at PAS on the topic “Contemporary Moral Issues.” His lecture, presented more than 55 years ago, resonates today as we continue to confront inequities in our society.
August 12, 2020
Reading Jewish Lives: Houdini: The Elusive American
Topic(s) / Reading Jewish Lives, Lecture
Missed the live show? Break away from your everyday with the world’s greatest escape artist. Author Adam Begley unlocks the Master Mystifier’s rise to fame and his legendary death-defying feats to uncover why he risked his life again and again.
August 10, 2020
Mehereta Baruch-Ron: This Israeli Life
Topic(s) / Lecture, Lunch & Learn, Israel
Listen to Mehereta Baruch-Ron in Conversation with Karin Lagziel. Mehereta came to Israel as a child from Ethiopia without knowing how to read or write.
August 04, 2020
In God's Image: "B'tzelem Elohim"
Topic(s) / Music, YFE/ECC
This school year, the Penn Family ECC will be focusing on the Jewish value of b'tzelem Elohim: that all people are created in the image of God. Josh Rosenberg brings that value to life with this song by Dan Nichols.