**REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT HAS CLOSED. WALK-UPS WELCOME** Charity is an essential part of the Jewish approach to a fulfilled life. We are often asked to give some of our income to charitable causes, community support programs, and agendas that promote and benefit a thriving Jewish life in American and abroad. But while Jewish […]
***REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT HAS CLOSED. WALK-UPS WELCOME.** 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 2006 until June of 2010, Dr. Steven Windmueller served as the Dean of the Los Angeles Campus […]
**REGISTRATION TO THIS EVENT HAS CLOSED. WALK-UPS WELCOME** 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 estate lawyer in New Jersey" until April 9, 1995. Flatow's life changed that day when he learned […]
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 and secular, individual and communal--strengthens our bonds to the past, enlightens our present, and informs our actions for the future. This event is produced by […]
***REGISTRATION CLOSED. WALK UPS WELCOME!*** Pikuach Nefesh (saving a life), as well as kavod haBriyot (human dignity), are central principles in Jewish law. With 20th-21st century medical advancements, the possibility of taking measures to extend a person’s life is a reality. As a result, the Jewish value of preservation of life, even for a […]
***REGISTRATION CLOSED. WALK UPS WELCOME!*** What can Christians learn from Judaism, and what can Jews learn from Christianity? What do we have to gain from inter-religious dialogue, and what challenges can such conversations pose? To what extent does a commitment to Judaism or Christianity benefit from – or even require – an engagement with […]
***REGISTRATION CLOSED. WALK UPS WELCOME*** The Talmud expresses its values and commitments through law and legal institutions. But legal rules and bureaucracy sometimes develop into static entities that stifle individual ethical imperatives. This lecture will discuss a talmudic passage about charity that tries to juggle these commitments. ABOUT THIS SPEAKER: Barry Scott Wimpfheimer specializes in […]
***REGISTRATION CLOSED. WALK UPS WELCOME!*** Every year before the holiday of Sukkot, Jews all around the world purchase an etrog—a lemon-like fruit—to participate in the holiday ritual. In this book, David Z. Moster tracks the etrog from its evolutionary home in Yunnan, China, to the lands of India, Iran, and finally Israel, where it […]
