Archive: May 2020

JTS Distant Learning: Life Under Siege

Posted on May 4, 2020

May 4, 2020 @ 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm – Dr. Sarah Wolf explores how the values and priorities portrayed in a Talmudic story about the siege of Jerusalem sheds light on present-day questions of political leadership, unreliable news sources, physical privation, and economic disparity. 1:00–2:15 p.m. ET. Learn more →

JTS Distant Learning: What Should an Educated Jew Know?

Posted on May 11, 2020

May 11, 2020 @ 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm – Dr. Jack Wertheimer discusses why this question surfaced intensely during the Haskalah, the Jewish Enlightenment, how it was answered then, and how it continues to reverberate in our time. 1:00–2:15 p.m. ET. Learn more →

Lag B’Omer

Posted on May 12, 2020

May 12, 2020 @ All Day –

Last Day KSTT

Posted on May 17, 2020

May 17, 2020 @ All Day –

JTS Distant Learning: Fake News and the Resurgence of Antisemitism

Posted on May 18, 2020

May 18, 2020 @ 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm – Dr. Shuly Rubin Schwartz asks: How can we make sense of the resurgence of antisemitism a mere 70 years after the Holocaust? She’ll share foundational texts that gave rise to hatred of Jews and Judaism and reflect on what we can learn from them in responding to today’s manifestations. 1:00–2:15 p.m. ET. Learn more →

Yom Yerusahlayim

Posted on May 22, 2020

May 22, 2020 @ All Day –

Confronting Anti-Semitism and Pursuing Justice: Before, During and After Covid

Posted on May 24, 2020

May 24, 2020 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am – Join Kol Shalom member Michael Lieberman for a discussion on anti-Semitism, discrimination, and threats to religious liberty on Sunday, May 24 from 10-11. Michael will share insights and observations on the current state of anti-Semitism, religious liberty, and civil rights in the United States — and prospects for progress as we emerge from the Covid-19 […]

Tikkun Leil Shavuot

Posted on May 28, 2020

May 28, 2020 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Join Rabbi Steinlauf, Sally Heckelman, and Kol Shalom members Debbie Ross and Lew Schrager, for an evening of deep-dive Torah-study, prayer and singing together. Debbie Ross: “Covenantal God: It’s Complicated and So Are We”   Lewis Schrager: “Shavuot Thoughts on Brokenness and Healing” We will begin at 7:30 pm with Maariv, followed by an evening […]

Shavuot service

Posted on May 29, 2020

May 29, 2020 @ 9:15 am – 10:00 am – Click here to join

JTS Distant Learning: The Immigration Crisis

Posted on June 1, 2020

June 1, 2020 @ 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm – Ruth Messinger, JTS Finkelstein Institute Social Justice Fellow, looks at our Jewish history as immigrants and considers the status and treatment of immigrants today in the U.S. and elsewhere. She’ll discuss options for making change and consider what the Jewish position should be on these issues. 1:00–2:15 p.m. ET. Learn more →