January 6, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm – Having a chevruta partner is built into the spiritual practice of Mussar. In order to work on developing one’s character, it is helpful to be accountable to someone else and to have someone else support you in your efforts. In this session, we will explore the importance of spiritual friendship as elaborated in different commentaries, […]
January 9, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm – In a free society, everyone has the autonomous right over their body, possessions, and ideas. It is our collective duty to respect these rights. By engaging with one another through consent rather than manipulation and by conducting our transactions in good faith, we shine the light of honesty. We will examine this topic and its […]
January 13, 2025 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm – We will explore this dynamic relationship as it relates to ourselves and our loved ones. Register Here PLEASE NOTE: WE MEET AT 7:00, NOT 7:30 ET
January 13, 2025 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Antisemitic and Anti-LGBTQ+ narratives are employed by extremist groups ranging from Islamic extremists and the far-right to QAnon conspiracy believers and Incels. By examining the experiences of victimization by extremists, the talk will offer insights into the pervasive impact of discrimination, prejudice, and explain why such ideologically conflicting extremist organizations converge on antisemitic and anti-queer […]
January 20, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm – The title of the curriculum, Because We Were Slaves: The Jewish Struggle for Justice in Making America Home, alludes to the daily Jewish commandment to remember that we were slaves in Egypt and therefore should never turn a blind eye to injustice. We will focus on how Jewish people dealt with their precarious position – […]
January 28, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm – Join us to welcome Shevat, a month that focuses on righteousness and draws abundant blessings. Register Here
January 29, 2025 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Though it’s technically possible to be anti-Zionist without being antisemitic, in its actual manifestations anti-Zionism is indeed antisemitic, rather through and through. The lecture will focus on the manifestations of these issues on North American college campuses. Register Here Dr. Andrew Pessin is the Professor of Philosophy and Jewish Studies at Connecticut College and Campus […]
February 3, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm – The Mussar masters were very strict about this particular middah, considering it an essential tool for one’s spiritual well-being. We will study Mussar texts that will help us consider the ways in which we might be either overly rigid or overly lax regarding the structures of time and space in our lives. Register Here
February 3, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm – We will explore the middah of Equanimity. Called menuchat ha-nefesh מנוחת הנפש in Hebrew which literally means “rest of the soul,” it is important to the cultivation of a spiritual life. Register Here
February 10, 2025 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm – We will examine the underlying principles of this, the sixth Commandment, and use them as the lens through which we can consider, remember, and continue the legacy of our loved ones. Register Here NOTE: WE MEET AT 7:00, NOT 7:30 ET
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