Mistreating Widows and Orphans: Whom does this law address?

A virtual event presentation by Rabbi Dr. Martin Lockshin EVENT CO-SPONSORED BY: ABOUT THE EVENT: The Bible is full of commandments that say “do x” or “don’t do y,” almost always without specifying who is being addressed.  When the Bible says not to mistreat widows and orphans, was it addressing judges? Or the wealthy? Or […]

HAMMERMAN FAMILY LECTURE: In the Haunted Present: Jews in a Non-Jewish World

A hybrid event (in-person and virtual) by Dara Horn EVENT CO-SPONSORED BY: ABOUT THE EVENT: In her latest book, acclaimed author Dara Horn explores a pointed question: Why do far too many people seem to love dead Jews, but ignore the living ones? In 2022, the Holocaust continues to make headlines, fill our films and […]

Liberalism’s Crises in Israel, and Elsewhere

A virtual event presentation by Rabbi Dr. Yehuda Mirsky EVENT CO-SPONSORED BY: ABOUT THE EVENT: Liberalism is in crisis everywhere, and everywhere the crises bear similarities and real differences. We will look at what has been going on in Israel, to understand it on is own terms, as a Jewish and Democratic state, and in […]

Getting to Mi Yode’a (Who Knows?): Moral Clarity in a Topsy-Turvy World

A virtual event presentation by Rabbi Jonathan Spira-Savett ABOUT THE EVENT: The Talmud proposes that on Purim we enter a state of mind in which we no longer know the difference between the goodness of Mordechai and the evil of Haman. At a key moment in the Megillah, when the fate of the Jews seems […]

Event Series The 10 Greatest Jewish Ideas

The 10 Greatest Jewish Ideas

A virtual class series hosted by Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz ABOUT THE CLASS: In this new 10-part class series, Rabbi Shmuly will explore, what he proposes to be, the 10 most amazing Jewish insights that have transformed and beautified the world for millennia. All are held over Zoom every Tuesday at 10am PT (1pm ET). […]

Why was David chosen as the father of the Messiah?

A virtual event presentation by Rabbi Marc Gitler ABOUT THE EVENT: From Jesus to Shabtai Zevi to the 7th Lubavitcher Rebbe, over the course of the past 2000 years, numerous people, or at least their followers, have fashioned themselves the long sought-after Messiah. But how does one prove that he, or she, is the true […]