May 7, 2024 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm – Join us to welcome the month of Iyar, the month that is auspicious for all forms of healing, and a time when we return to the task of living our daily lives after celebrating the birth and renewal of Nisan. Register Here
May 7, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm – Join us to welcome the month of Iyar, the month that is auspicious for all forms of healing and a time when we return to the task of living our daily lives after celebrating the birth and renewal of Nisan. Register Here
May 8, 2024 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm – In this talk we will put the Israeli-Palestinian conflict into its regional context. Looking at the ideologies, motives, and actions of the players, the Zionist movement, the Palestinian national movement, neighboring Middle Eastern states, other national minorities in the Middle East, the European powers, and the international community. Register Here Dr. Olga Kirschbaum-Shirazki is a […]
May 9, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm – Join us to focus on gratitude. To be grateful takes practice and effort. This practice by no means ignores that we still live with pain or that we lack for important things in our lives. It does, however, provide us with a tool to help us balance our focus between the things we lack and the good we […]
June 3, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Israel’s enemies use labels, slogans, and arguments claiming that Israel has no right to exist and no right to defend herself. This presentation explains why these ideological attacks are false or unreasonable, and why standard criticisms of Israel apply far more accurately to Israel’s enemies. We compare the methods of Israel and Hamas in the five Gaza conflicts, […]
June 3, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm – We will explore the middah of humility, applying it both to our relationships with others and our relationship with the environment and Mother Earth. Register Here
June 6, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm – Join us to celebrate the month of Sivan, the month of celebrating the Spring and receiving of the Torah on Shavuot. Register Here
June 10, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm – 2024 is a unique year to be counting the Omer and we will count in a very unique way. We will explore the Jewish concept of counting as it relates to time, people and the unity of community. We will come away with inspiration for this challenging time. Register Here
June 19, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm – We will examine each of the major lies about Israel told on campuses, and then not only refute each one but show that in every case it’s Israel’s enemies that are actually guilty of the charges: “genocide,” “ethnic cleansing,” “settler colonialism,” “apartheid,” “Jewish supremacy,” and nearly every single thing most people believe about Gaza prior […]
June 20, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm – NOTE: WE WILL MEET ON JUNE 20 BECAUSE JUNE 13 IS THE SECOND DAY OF SHAVUOT How does Judaism view the relationship between human beings and the environment? We will explore two competing ideas as we relate to the world: “I am but dust and ashes” (spoken by Avraham in Genesis 18:27) and “The world […]
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