Although they share a common heritage, Jews and Christians have been in theological and sometimes actual conflict throughout the centuries. Not only their texts, but their works of art, testify to the complex relationship between the two groups.
June 22, 2020
Marc Michael Epstein: Jews and Christians in Dialogue
Topic(s) / Lecture, Lunch & Learn
June 19, 2020
Cantor Brook sings "Towards Justice"
Topic(s) / Music
Cantor Brook sings Eliana Light’s composition “Towards Justice,” saying that, “This song … [reminds] us that a better world is possible. ... How will you bend the arc of the universe a little more towards Justice today?”
June 18, 2020
Reading Jewish Lives: Harvey Milk: His Lives and Death
Topic(s) / Reading Jewish Lives, Lecture
As the first openly gay man elected to public office in California, Harvey Milk became one of the most recognizable faces of the nascent LGBTQ civil rights movement.
June 16, 2020
Summer Keynote Series: Finding Happiness During Challenging Times
Topic(s) / Lecture, Keynote Series
In the kickoff event of our Summer Keynote Series, Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove spoke with Gretchen Rubin and Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar to discuss keys to finding and maintaining a positive outlook, especially in the time of COVID-19. Take a listen and peek inside the toolkits of two experts in happiness.
June 15, 2020
Marc Michael Epstein: Reading Jewish History in Jewish Art
Topic(s) / Lunch & Learn, Lecture
Is art made for Jews necessarily a mirror of Jewish life? Does it accurately depict “the way we were”? Marc Michael Epstein, Professor of Religion and the Arts and Director of Jewish Studies at Vassar College, challenges this commonly held assumption.
June 10, 2020
Highlights from Yonatan Schwartz's Bar Mitzvah
Topic(s) / Shabbat, Shabbaton
Mazal tov to the Schwartz family on Yonatan’s Bar Mitzvah last Shabbat. May our community celebrate many more simchas together.
June 09, 2020
BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER
Topic(s) / Concert, Music, Lecture
with an introduction by
Rabbi Cosgrove and Ray Chew
Thank you Ray Chew and Vivian Chew for joining us for Shabbat and closing our service with poignant words and music, helping us understand the feelings of our brothers and sisters from the black community.
June 09, 2020
HELPING TEENS IN QUARANTINE: COPING DURING A PANDEMIC
Topic(s) / Lecture
UJA@PAS hosted a discussion on mental health a and teens during this pandemic with Amy A.B. Bressman, President of UJA-Federation and former chairman of PAS, and Pamela Schuller, Director of Here.Now.
June 08, 2020
Carol Isaacs: The Wolf of Baghdad
Topic(s) / Lunch & Learn, Lecture
In the 1940s, a third of Baghdad was Jewish. Today, fewer than a dozen Jews remain. Through her graphic memoir, Carol Isaacs explores identity, nostalgia, Jewish diaspora memories, and lost histories in Old Baghdad through the first half of the 20th century.
June 07, 2020
Get On Board: Hinei Rakevet
Topic(s) / Music, YFE/ECC
In our weekly Boker Tov classes, our littlest learners and their grownups make train sounds, bounce up and down on the tracks, and sing "Hinei Rakevet" by Sue Epstein. Grab your ticket and sing with Josh!