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February 2019
Shards: Putting the Pieces Together – A one-man show
"Shards" is a one man show that I wrote. It is the story of my aliyah to Israel and my grandparents immigration from Europe to the United States at the…
Find out more »Telling our Own Stories/Creating Our Own Memories: How Stories From Torah Enlighten the Past and Guide the Future
In this study session/workshop, we will have a chance to examine the telling and re-telling of stories from our tradition. We will also better understand how our telling of stories-sacred…
Find out more »Women’s Voices in the Talmud
In general, only men issue halakhic statements in the Talmud. But women appear often in anecdotes about how the law was carried out. A close reading of some short anecdotes…
Find out more »The Moral Obligation to Speak Out in the Face of Wrongdoing
A wonderful sugya in Bavli Shabbat (54b-55a) takes up the question of what to do when one sees people misbehaving, whether they are government officials or neighbors, whether they are…
Find out more »March 2019
Thou Shalt Be a Mensch: The Jewish Line Between Law and Ethics
In perhaps no other religious tradition does Law hold more central place than it does in Judaism. In their founding code, The Mishnah, the rabbis mapped out a system of…
Find out more »The Torah of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., one of our great American heroes, was a uniquely gifted orator. His speeches are breathtaking performances, by any standard. But heard through Jewish ears, they…
Find out more »A Father’s Story: My Fight for Justice Against Iranian Terror
This is the story of one brave father’s determination to bring his daughter’s murderers to justice through the American justice system. Stephen M. Flatow says he was “just a real…
Find out more »Why Now, Why Here: Anti-Semitism in America
This presentation with power point focuses on the recent and rapid rise in anti-Semitism and seeks to explain why this is happening. ABOUT THIS SPEAKER: From June of 2006 until…
Find out more »The Jewish Community in 2050
This program analyzes what is happening demographically, religiously and culturally to American Jewry. There is also a power point in connection with this presentation. ABOUT THIS SPEAKER: From June of…
Find out more »A Land of Two Peoples: Martin Buber and Bi-nationalism in Palestine
Most today remember Martin Buber for his collections of Hasidic tales, as well has his dialogical philosophy of I and Thou. However, Buber was also an active and concerned member…
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