History

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The Rise of Reform and the Rabbinic Response (Part 11)

Dr. Marc Shapiro

Rabbi Israel Levinthal's memoir; Rabbi Berel Wein's new book; prayer in the vernacular for those who don't understand Hebrew; musical instruments in synagogues before the rise of Reform; letters of Rabbis Mordechai Benet, Eliezer Loew, and Jacob…

Class

Apr 11, 2022

e-TiM: The People In, Of, and Around the Book: How Jewish Books Tell the Story of the Jews

Michelle Margolis Chesner

This three-part series will take place on Tuesdays at 8:30 pm Eastern from May 3-18. What does it mean to be the People of the Book? Texts have been essential to the Jewish people for millennia. The material, books, and scrolls in which these…

Program

Apr 5, 2022

The Rise of Reform and the Rabbinic Response (Part 10)

Dr. Marc Shapiro

Class

Apr 4, 2022

e-TiM: The Meaning of Torah in Early Judaism

Dr. Malka Z. Simkovich

This three-part series will take place on Tuesdays at 2:00pm Eastern, 1:00pm Central, 9:00pm in Israel This course will explore the ways in which the concept of Torah developed among Jews in the ancient world. We will begin by exploring the…

Program

Apr 4, 2022