Inspiration Between Sorrow and Consolation

Penetrating the Heart, Without Words

The Nigun is a spiritual way to express deep feelings, without words. For Yom Kippur, let’s open the gates of heaven with musician Daniel Zamir's personal saxophone interpretation of the calm and beautiful Hassidic Nigun “Ve’ahavta”.

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October 09, 2024

The Book of Jonah – The Power of Uncertainty

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

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October 08, 2024

Discovering the Gaza Envelope: A Virtual Tour Through Its History, People, and Life

Amy Ben-Dov

Series: Discovering the Land: Special Virtual Tours from North to South

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October 01, 2024

Discovering the Northern Border: A Virtual Tour Through Its History, People, and Life

Gadi Ben-Dov

Series: Discovering the Land: Special Virtual Tours from North to South

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October 01, 2024

Closure and Beginnings

Tamar Biala

Series: Israeli Women Writing Midrash

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September 29, 2024

Parashat Haazinu – The Last Lesson

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

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September 29, 2024

Education Amidst Turmoil: Personal Reflections of Israeli Educators

Rabbi Jeremy (Yirmi) Stavisky, Gigi Lev

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September 25, 2024

Parashot Nitzavim-Vayelech – The Covenant and Moses’ Last Day

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

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September 24, 2024

Dealing with Trauma

Tamar Biala

Series: Israeli Women Writing Midrash

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September 22, 2024

Parashat Ki Tavo | Joy, Happiness and Judaism

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

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September 17, 2024

After Simchat Torah

Tamar Biala

Series: Israeli Women Writing Midrash

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September 15, 2024

Parashat Ki Teitzei – Divine Expectations During Wartime

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

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September 10, 2024

Who writes and why?

Tamar Biala

Series: Israeli Women Writing Midrash

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September 08, 2024

Parashat Shoftim – Accepting Uncertainty

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

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September 03, 2024

Parashat Re’eh – To See Beyond

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

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August 27, 2024

Invoking the Presence of Elijah

Dr. Chana Shacham-Rosby

Series: Elijah the Prophet in Medieval Ashkenaz

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August 18, 2024

Parashat Eikev – Power and Corruption

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

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August 20, 2024

Angel of Covenant

Dr. Chana Shacham-Rosby

Series: Elijah the Prophet in Medieval Ashkenaz

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August 18, 2024

Parashat Va'etchanan – A Leader Who Leads

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

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August 14, 2024

Harbinger of Redemption

Dr. Chana Shacham-Rosby

Series: Elijah the Prophet in Medieval Ashkenaz

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August 11, 2024

Parashat Dvarim – The Last Speech

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

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August 06, 2024

Closure and Beginnings

Tamar Biala

Series: Israeli Women Writing Midrash

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September 29, 2024 Sun | 7pm (12pm EDT)

Dealing with Trauma

Tamar Biala

Series: Israeli Women Writing Midrash

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September 22, 2024 Sun | 7pm (12pm EDT)

After Simchat Torah

Tamar Biala

Series: Israeli Women Writing Midrash

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September 15, 2024 Sun | 7pm (12pm EDT)

Getting to know Elijah

Dr. Chana Shacham-Rosby

Series: Elijah the Prophet in Medieval Ashkenaz

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August 04, 2024

Parashot Matot - Masei | From Dependency to Independency

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

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July 30, 2024

Galilee

Ami Braun

Series: Life and History in Israel through Virtual Tours

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July 28, 2024

Who writes and why?

Tamar Biala

Series: Israeli Women Writing Midrash

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September 08, 2024 Sun | 7pm (12pm EDT)

Parashat Pinchas | The Power of Women

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

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July 23, 2024

Caesarea

Ami Braun

Series: Life and History in Israel through Virtual Tours

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July 21, 2024

The Fine Line: Unmasking the Fool

Prof. Ruth R. Wisse, Dr. Asael Abelman

Series: Learning from Literature in Times of Conflict

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July 22, 2024

Seizing Lessons from Literature: Navigating Pain and Wisdom

Prof. Ruth R. Wisse, Dr. Asael Abelman

Series: Learning from Literature in Times of Conflict

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July 22, 2024

The Judean Desert

Ami Braun

Series: Life and History in Israel through Virtual Tours

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July 14, 2024

Parashat Chukat | Generational Transformation

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

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July 09, 2024

The Jordan Valley

Ami Braun

Series: Life and History in Israel through Virtual Tours

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July 08, 2024

Invoking the Presence of Elijah

Dr. Chana Shacham-Rosby

Series: Elijah the Prophet in Medieval Ashkenaz

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August 25, 2024 Sun | 7pm (12pm EDT)

Angel of Covenant

Dr. Chana Shacham-Rosby

Series: Elijah the Prophet in Medieval Ashkenaz

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August 18, 2024 Sun | 7pm (12pm EDT)

Harbinger of Redemption

Dr. Chana Shacham-Rosby

Series: Elijah the Prophet in Medieval Ashkenaz

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August 11, 2024 Sun | 7pm (12pm EDT)

Getting to know Elijah

Dr. Chana Shacham-Rosby

Series: Elijah the Prophet in Medieval Ashkenaz

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August 04, 2024 Sun | 7pm (12pm EDT)

Parashat Korach | Politics and Public Opinion

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

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July 02, 2024

Parashat Shlach | Leadership styles

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

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June 25, 2024

Post Oslo Accords Period

Dr. Marik Shtern

Series: Discovering Jerusalem

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June 23, 2024

The Israeli City

Dr. Marik Shtern

Series: Discovering Jerusalem

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June 16, 2024

Galilee

Ami Braun

Series: Life and History in Israel through Virtual Tours

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July 28, 2024 Sun | 7pm

Caesarea

Ami Braun

Series: Life and History in Israel through Virtual Tours

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July 21, 2024 Sun | 7pm

The Judean Desert

Ami Braun

Series: Life and History in Israel through Virtual Tours

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July 14, 2024 Sun | 7pm

The Jordan Valley

Ami Braun

Series: Life and History in Israel through Virtual Tours

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July 07, 2024 Sun | 7pm

Parashat Behaalotcha | A Strange Request

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

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June 18, 2024

Parashat Bamidbar | The Symbolism of the Flags

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

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June 05, 2024

Parashat Naso | The Priestly Blessing

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

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June 13, 2024

The British Mandate Period

Dr. Marik Shtern

Series: Discovering Jerusalem

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June 09, 2024

The Late Ottoman Period

Dr. Marik Shtern

Series: Discovering Jerusalem

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June 02, 2024

Greek Jewish Life in the Twentieth Century

Dr. Katherine Aron-Beller

Series: The Long History of the Jews of Greece

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May 30, 2024

The Sephardi Jews and Sabbatai Zevi

Dr. Katherine Aron-Beller

Series: The Long History of the Jews of Greece

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May 22, 2024

Parashat Behar | Intervening in God’s Work

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

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May 21, 2024

Parashat Emor | The Meaning of the Jewish holidays

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

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May 14, 2024

The Rhomanian Jews of Byzantine

Dr. Katherine Aron-Beller

Series: The Long History of the Jews of Greece

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May 16, 2024

For Yom Ha'atzmaut: Ori Harpaz Revisits Israeli Musical classics

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May 09, 2024

The First Jews of Ancient Greece

Dr. Katherine Aron-Beller

Series: The Long History of the Jews of Greece

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May 09, 2024

Parashat Kdoshim | The Meaning of Holiness

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

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May 07, 2024

Words of Longing

Tamar Elad-Appelbaum, Michal Greenglick

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May 07, 2024

Post Oslo Accords Period

Dr. Marik Shtern

Series: Discovering Jerusalem: Social History, Urbanism, and Geopolitics

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June 23, 2024 Sun | 7pm (12pm EDT)

The British Mandate Period

Dr. Marik Shtern

Series: Discovering Jerusalem: Social History, Urbanism, and Geopolitics

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June 09, 2024 Sun | 7pm (12pm EDT)

The Israeli City

Dr. Marik Shtern

Series: Discovering Jerusalem: Social History, Urbanism, and Geopolitics

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June 16, 2024 Sun | 7pm (12pm EDT)

The Late Ottoman Period

Dr. Marik Shtern

Series: Discovering Jerusalem: Social History, Urbanism, and Geopolitics

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June 02, 2024 Sun | 7pm (12pm EDT)

Parashat Achrei Mot | Trying to Understand God’s Ways

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

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April 09, 2024

Sold Out

An Old-New Land: Theodor Herzl

Matti Friedman, Tamar Ish Shalom

Jerusalem

June 25, 2024 Tue | 8:30 PM

Black Power and Jewish Identity: New Dilemmas after 1968

Series: Jews and the American Civil Rights Movement and Beyond

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April 16, 2024

Parashat Tazriah | The Link Between the Kohen and Am Israel

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

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April 09, 2024

Ten Plagues on Pharaoh’s House: Why?

Dr. Yael Ziegler

Series: Birth of A Nation: The Exodus from Egypt

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April 05, 2016

Jews, Counterculture, and the Black-Jewish Alliance: From the March on Washington to 1968

Series: Jews and the American Civil Rights Movement and Beyond

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April 08, 2024

Parashat Shmini | Religious Freedom?

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

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April 02, 2024

The Road to Desegregation: Jews in the South and Beyond

Series: Jews and the American Civil Rights Movement and Beyond

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April 01, 2024

Parashat Tzav | The Thanksgiving Offering as a Secret to a Balanced Life

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

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March 26, 2024

Greek Jewish Life in the Twentieth Century

Dr. Katherine Aron-Beller

Series: The Long History of the Jews of Greece

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May 29, 2024 Wed | 7pm (12pm EDT)

The Sephardi Jews and Sabbatai Zevi

Dr. Katherine Aron-Beller

Series: The Long History of the Jews of Greece

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May 22, 2024 Wed | 7pm (12pm EDT)

The Rhomanian Jews of Byzantine

Dr. Katherine Aron-Beller

Series: The Long History of the Jews of Greece

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May 15, 2024 Wed | 7pm (12pm EDT)

The First Jews of Ancient Greece

Dr. Katherine Aron-Beller

Series: The Long History of the Jews of Greece

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May 08, 2024 Wed | 7pm (12pm EDT)

Parashat Vayikra | Who is This Book Written For?

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

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March 19, 2024

3: Allusion & Illusion in Megillat Esther

Rabbanit Shani Taragin

Series: Megillat Esther: Messege & Methodology In Disguise

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March 14, 2019

2: Characters, Chiasm and Crisis in the Megillah

Rabbanit Shani Taragin

Series: Megillat Esther: Messege & Methodology In Disguise

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March 10, 2019

1: History and Humor in Megillat Esther

Rabbanit Shani Taragin

Series: Megillat Esther: Messege & Methodology In Disguise

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March 03, 2019

An Ancient Christian Joke?

Prof. Michal Bar-Asher Siegal

Series: Humor and Satire in Interreligious Dialogue: The Case of the Babylonian Talmud

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March 17, 2024

Jews and Power: After October 7

Ruth R. Wisse

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March 13, 2024

Parashat Pekudei | The Return to Sinai

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

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March 12, 2024

Good and Bad Heretics

Prof. Michal Bar-Asher Siegal

Series: Humor and Satire in Interreligious Dialogue: The Case of the Babylonian Talmud

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March 10, 2024

Beit Avi Chai Comes to London!

Dr. Micah Goodman and Efrat S. Rosenberg

London

March 10, 2024 Sun | 12:30 PM

Parashat Vayakhel | Rupture and Renewa

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Torah as Poetry? Weekly Parashat HaShavua

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March 05, 2024

Black Power and Jewish Identity: New Dilemmas after 1968

Prof. Eli Lederhendler

Series: Jews and the American Civil Rights Movement and Beyond

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April 14, 2024 Sun | 7pm

Jews, Counterculture, and the Black-Jewish Alliance: From the March on Washington to 1968

Prof. Eli Lederhendler

Series: Jews and the American Civil Rights Movement and Beyond

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April 07, 2024 Sun | 7pm

The Road to Desegregation: Jews in the South and Beyond

Prof. Eli Lederhendler

Series: Jews and the American Civil Rights Movement and Beyond

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March 31, 2024 Sun | 7pm

Rabbis Who Crack Jokes

Prof. Michal Bar-Asher Siegal

Series: Humor and Satire in Interreligious Dialogue: The Case of the Babylonian Talmud

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March 04, 2024

Hasidism in the Modern Period

Rabbi Dr. Nehemia Polen

Series: An Introduction to Hasidism

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February 25, 2024

Parashat Ki Tissa | Transgression and Opportunity

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

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February 27, 2024

Parashat Tetzaveh | The Priests and the Nation

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

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February 20, 2024

Women in Hasidism

Rabbi Dr. Nehemia Polen

Series: An Introduction to Hasidism

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February 19, 2024

The Parokhet

Series: Let Objects Speak

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February 19, 2024

A Vase of Memory

Series: Let Objects Speak

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February 19, 2024

Parashat Terumah | The True Meaning of the Mishkan

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

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February 13, 2024

An Ancient Christian Joke?

Prof. Michal Bar-Asher Siegal

Series: Humor and Satire in Interreligious Dialogue: The Case of the Babylonian Talmud

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March 17, 2024 Sun | 7pm

Good and Bad Heretics

Prof. Michal Bar-Asher Siegal

Series: Humor and Satire in Interreligious Dialogue: The Case of the Babylonian Talmud

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March 10, 2024 Sun | 7pm

Rabbis Who Crack Jokes

Prof. Michal Bar-Asher Siegal

Series: Humor and Satire in Interreligious Dialogue: The Case of the Babylonian Talmud

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March 03, 2024 Sun | 7pm

Niggun and Storytelling

Rabbi Dr. Nehemia Polen

Series: An Introduction to Hasidism

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February 12, 2024

Torah Shield

Series: Let Objects Speak

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February 08, 2024

Parashat Mishpatim | The Unique Jewish Judicial Structure

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

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February 06, 2024

The Baal Shem Tov

Rabbi Dr. Nehemia Polen

Series: An Introduction to Hasidism

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February 04, 2024

Parashat Yitro | An Ethical Obligation as a Reflection of the Divine

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

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January 30, 2024

Shmita

Dr. Joshua Klein

Series: The Mitzvot of the Land in the State of Israel

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January 28, 2024

Parashat Beshalach | A Moment of Faith and Leadership

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

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January 21, 2024

Parashat Bo | The Unique Nature of a Jewish Holiday

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

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January 14, 2024

Hasidism in the Modern Period

Rabbi Dr. Nehemia Polen

Series: An Introduction to Hasidism

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February 25, 2024 Sun | 7pm

Women in Hasidism

Rabbi Dr. Nehemia Polen

Series: An Introduction to Hasidism

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February 18, 2024 Sun | 7pm

Niggun and Storytelling

Rabbi Dr. Nehemia Polen

Series: An Introduction to Hasidism

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February 11, 2024 Sun | 7pm

The Baal Shem Tov

Rabbi Dr. Nehemia Polen

Series: An Introduction to Hasidism

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February 04, 2024 Sun | 7pm

Sold Out

Jews and Power: After October 7

Ruth R. Wisse

Jerusalem

February 19, 2024 Mon | 7pm

Kilayim

Dr. Joshua Klein

Series: The Mitzvot of the Land in the State of Israel

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January 22, 2024

Orla

Dr. Joshua Klein

Series: The Mitzvot of the Land in the State of Israel

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January 14, 2024

Parashat Va’eira | The Meaning of Exodus

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

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January 07, 2024

Boundaries of Holiness

Dr. Joshua Klein

Series: The Mitzvot of the Land in the State of Israel

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January 07, 2024

Parashat Shemot | The First National Antisemitism

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

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January 03, 2024

From Jerusalem to Yavneh

Prof. Isaiah Gafni

Series: Responding to Catastrophe

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January 03, 2024

Shmita

Dr. Joshua Klein

Series: The Mitzvot of the Land in the State of Israel

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January 28, 2024 Sun | 7pm

Kilayim

Dr. Joshua Klein

Series: The Mitzvot of the Land in the State of Israel

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January 21, 2024 Sun | 7pm

Orla

Dr. Joshua Klein

Series: The Mitzvot of the Land in the State of Israel

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January 14, 2024 Sun | 7pm

Boundaries of Holiness

Dr. Joshua Klein

Series: The Mitzvot of the Land in the State of Israel

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January 07, 2024 Sun | 7pm

Parashat Vayechi | Blessing for generations

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

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December 26, 2023

Parashat Vayigash | Kingdom and Responsibilty

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

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December 19, 2023

From Consolation to Theology

Prof. Isaiah Gafni

Series: Responding to Catastrophe

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December 24, 2023

From Rupture to Healing

Prof. Isaiah Gafni

Series: Responding to Catastrophe

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December 17, 2023

Parashat Miketz | Reuben’s tragedy

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

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December 12, 2023

Bouena Sarfatty: Partisan & Poet in Salonika

Prof. Renée Levine Melammed

Series: Facing Adversity: Jewish Women throughout History

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December 06, 2023

Asenath Barazani: Rosh Yeshiva in Kurdistan

Prof. Renée Levine Melammed

Series: Facing Adversity: Jewish Women throughout History

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December 06, 2023

Doña Gracia Mendes: Businesswoman in the Portuguese Diaspora

Prof. Renée Levine Melammed

Series: Facing Adversity: Jewish Women throughout History

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December 06, 2023

Parashat Vayeshev | Transformation, Temptation and Triumph

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

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December 05, 2023

Confronting the Impact of Destruction

Prof. Isaiah Gafni

Series: Responding to Catastrophe

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December 03, 2023

The Papyrus Temple

Series: Let Objects Speak

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November 29, 2023

Parashat Vayishlach | Blaming the Victim?

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

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November 28, 2023

The Island People

Series: Let Objects Speak

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November 28, 2023

Glorifying God

Prof. Marc Hirshman

Series: Jewish Thought in Late Antiquity

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November 26, 2023

From Jerusalem to Yavneh

Prof. Isaiah Gafni

Series: Responding to Catastrophe: The Impact of the Destruction of the Second Temple

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December 31, 2023.December 31, 2023 Sun | 7pm (12pm EST)

From Consolation to Theology

Prof. Isaiah Gafni

Series: Responding to Catastrophe: The Impact of the Destruction of the Second Temple

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December 24, 2023.December 24, 2023 Sun | 7pm (12pm EST)

From Rupture to Healing

Prof. Isaiah Gafni

Series: Responding to Catastrophe: The Impact of the Destruction of the Second Temple

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December 17, 2023.December 17, 2023 Sun | 7pm (12pm EST)

Confronting the Impact of Destruction

Prof. Isaiah Gafni

Series: Responding to Catastrophe: The Impact of the Destruction of the Second Temple

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December 03, 2023.December 03, 2023 Sun | 7pm (12pm EST)

Parashat Vayetze | Universal Ethics

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

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November 21, 2023

A Seal from the Other World

Series: Let Objects Speak

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November 21, 2023

Charity

Prof. Marc Hirshman

Series: Jewish Thought in Late Antiquity

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November 20, 2023

Parashat Toldot | Educational mistakes and Lessons to learn

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

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November 14, 2023

Speech

Prof. Marc Hirshman

Series: Jewish Thought in Late Antiquity

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November 13, 2023

Israel Wiesen

Prof. Richard Cohen

Series: The Artistic Revolution in Modern Jewish History

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August 13, 2023

Coping in Time of War

Rabbi Avi Weiss

English Programs Video

November 08, 2023

Parashat Chayei Sarah | The Dynamics of Families

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

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November 07, 2023

Love

Prof. Marc Hirshman

Series: Jewish Thought in Late Antiquity

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November 06, 2023

Parashat VaYera | Morality, Philosophy and Faith

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

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October 31, 2023

Coping in Time of War

Rabbi Avi Weiss

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November 07, 2023.November 07, 2023 Tue | 6pm

Glorifying God

Prof. Marc Hirshman

Series: Jewish Thought in Late Antiquity

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November 26, 2023.November 26, 2023 Sun | 6pm

Charity

Prof. Marc Hirshman

Series: Jewish Thought in Late Antiquity

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November 19, 2023.November 19, 2023 Sun | 6pm

Speech

Prof. Marc Hirshman

Series: Jewish Thought in Late Antiquity

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November 12, 2023.November 12, 2023 Sun | 6pm

Love

Prof. Marc Hirshman

Series: Jewish Thought in Late Antiquity

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November 05, 2023.November 05, 2023 Sun | 6pm

Parashat Lech Lecha | The Building of A Family

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

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October 25, 2023

Parashat Noah | Hope and Disappointment

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

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October 17, 2023

Parashat Bereshit | Farmers Vs Shepherds: The Story of the Jewish people

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

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October 12, 2023

Kol Nidrei

Dr. Naomi Cohn Zentner, Prof. Ruth HaCohen (Pinczower)

Series: The Music of the High Holiday Prayers

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September 20, 2023

The Melodies

Dr. Naomi Cohn Zentner, Dr. Amalia Kedem

Series: The Music of the High Holiday Prayers

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September 10, 2023

The Israeli City

Dr. Marik Shtern

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October 22, 2023.October 22, 2023 Sun | 8pm

The British Mandate Period

Dr. Marik Shtern

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October 15, 2023.October 15, 2023 Sun | 8pm

The Late Ottoman Period

Dr. Marik Shtern

October 08, 2023.October 08, 2023 Sun | 8pm

The Nusach

Dr. Naomi Cohn Zentner, Prof. Eliyahu Schleifer

Series: The Music of the High Holiday Prayers

English Programs Video

September 03, 2023

Da Costa, Spinoza & Herzl

Prof. Richard Cohen

Series: The Artistic Revolution in Modern Jewish History

English Programs Video

August 27, 2023

Samuel Hirszenberg

Prof. Richard Cohen

Series: The Artistic Revolution in Modern Jewish History

English Programs Video

August 20, 2023

Moses Mendelssohn

Prof. Richard Cohen

Series: The Artistic Revolution in Modern Jewish History

English Programs Video

August 06, 2023

Kol Nidrei

Dr. Naomi Cohn Zentner, Prof. Ruth HaCohen (Pinczower)

Series: The Music of the High Holiday Prayers Ashkenazi Synagogue Music

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September 20, 2023.September 20, 2023 Wed | 8pm

The Melodies

Dr. Naomi Cohn Zentner, Dr. Amalia Kedem

Series: The Music of the High Holiday Prayers Ashkenazi Synagogue Music

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September 10, 2023.September 10, 2023 Sun | 8pm

The Nusach

Dr. Naomi Cohn Zentner, Prof. Eliyahu Schleifer

Series: The Music of the High Holiday Prayers Ashkenazi Synagogue Music

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September 03, 2023.September 03, 2023 Sun | 8pm

The Weeks of Consolation

Artist Laya Crust

Series: Inspiration Between Sorrow and Consolation

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July 30, 2023

Tisha B'Av

Artist Laya Crust

Series: Inspiration Between Sorrow and Consolation

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July 23, 2023

Da Costa, Spinoza & Herzl

Prof. Richard Cohen

Series: The Artistic Revolution in Modern Jewish History

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August 27, 2023.August 27, 2023 Sun | 8pm

Samuel Hirszenberg

Prof. Richard Cohen

Series: The Artistic Revolution in Modern Jewish History

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August 20, 2023.August 20, 2023 Sun | 8pm

Israel Wiesen

Prof. Richard Cohen

Series: The Artistic Revolution in Modern Jewish History

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August 13, 2023.August 13, 2023 Sun | 8pm

The Three Weeks of Rebuke

Artist Laya Crust

Series: Inspiration Between Sorrow and Consolation

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July 16, 2023

The Social Ghetto, The Ghetto from Within

Prof. Kenneth Stow

Series: The Roman Ghetto

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July 09, 2023

Moses Mendelssohn

Prof. Richard Cohen

Series: The Artistic Revolution in Modern Jewish History

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August 06, 2023.August 06, 2023 Sun | 8pm

The Civil Ghetto, The Ghetto from Without

Prof. Kenneth Stow

Series: The Roman Ghetto

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July 03, 2023

New ideologies of Biblical Criticism, Zionism and Beyond

Prof. Marc Zvi Brettler

Series: Biblical Criticism and the Jews

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June 18, 2023

Reactions to Biblical Criticism in the Early 20th Century

Prof. Marc Zvi Brettler

Series: Biblical Criticism and the Jews

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June 11, 2023

The Social Ghetto, The Ghetto from Within

Prof. Kenneth Stow

Series: The Roman Ghetto

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July 09, 2023.July 09, 2023 Sun | 8pm

The Civil Ghetto, The Ghetto from Without

Prof. Kenneth Stow

Series: The Roman Ghetto

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July 02, 2023.July 02, 2023 Sun | 8pm

The Weeks of Consolation

Artist Laya Crust

Series: Inspiration Between Sorrow and Consolation

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July 30, 2023.July 30, 2023 Sun | 8pm

Tisha B'Av

Artist Laya Crust

Series: Inspiration Between Sorrow and Consolation

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July 23, 2023.July 23, 2023 Sun | 8pm

The Three Weeks of Rebuke

Artist Laya Crust

Series: Inspiration Between Sorrow and Consolation

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July 16, 2023.July 16, 2023 Sun | 8pm

What is Biblical Criticism?

Prof. Marc Zvi Brettler

Series: Biblical Criticism and the Jews

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June 04, 2023

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An Old-New Land: Theodor Herzl - The Man and the Vision

Matti Friedman, Tamar Ish Shalom

Jerusalem

July 20, 2023.July 20, 2023 Thu | 8:30 PM

Artists, Patrons and the Visual Arts

Dr. Katherine Aron Beller

Series: Jews in the Italian Renaissance

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May 28, 2023

Where are the Jewish women

Dr. Katherine Aron Beller

Series: Jews in the Italian Renaissance

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May 24, 2023

Story time in English: Where Children's Books Come Alive!

Susan Fried

Jerusalem

June 12, 2023.June 12, 2023 Mon | 4:45 PM

New ideologies of Biblical Criticism, Zionism and Beyond

Prof. Marc Zvi Brettler

Series: Biblical Criticism and the Jews

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June 18, 2023.June 18, 2023 Sun | 8pm

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Guided Tour of the "Anatoly Kaplan: The Enchanted Artist" Exhibition

Sarah Guthertz

Jerusalem

June 10-June 11,2023 Sat - Sun

Towards a New Intellect – Humanism, Mysticism, and False Messiahs

Dr. Katherine Aron Beller

Series: Jews in the Italian Renaissance

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May 14, 2023

Reactions to Biblical Criticism in the Early 20th Century

Prof. Marc Zvi Brettler

Series: Biblical Criticism and the Jews

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June 11, 2023.June 11, 2023 Sun | 8pm

What is Biblical Criticism?

Prof. Marc Zvi Brettler

Series: Biblical Criticism and the Jews

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June 04, 2023.June 04, 2023 Sun | 8pm

Absorption into Northern Italy

Dr. Katherine Aron Beller

Series: Jews in the Italian Renaissance

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May 09, 2023

How Do We Remember? A Special Event for Yom HaZikaron

Marc Kaye

English Programs Video

April 23, 2023

Artists, Patrons and the Visual Arts

Dr. Katherine Aron Beller

Series: Jews in the Italian Renaissance

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May 28, 2023.May 28, 2023 Sun | 8pm

Towards a New Intellect – Humanism, Mysticism, and False Messiahs

Dr. Katherine Aron Beller

Series: Jews in the Italian Renaissance

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May 14, 2023.May 14, 2023 Sun | 8pm

Absorption into Northern Italy

Dr. Katherine Aron Beller

Series: Jews in the Italian Renaissance

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May 07, 2023.May 07, 2023 Sun | 8pm

Where are the Jewish women?

Dr. Katherine Aron Beller

Series: Jews in the Italian Renaissance

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May 21, 2023.May 21, 2023 Sun | 8pm

Commemorating Yom HaShoah: Belief, Prayer and Religious Devotion Observant Jews during the Holocaust

Dr. David Deutsch

English Programs Video

April 16, 2023

For a Disease say this – Talmudic Medical Healing

Dr. Avigail Manekin-Bamberger

Series: Ancient Jewish Magic

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March 26, 2023

The Prince of Egypt and the Harbinger of Redemption

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Preparing for Passover

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March 28, 2023

A Face. A Memory. A Day: Educators Workshop towards Yom HaZikaron

Hadas Wolff Yitzhak, Dr. Mark Shinar

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April 16, 2023.April 16, 2023 Sun | 9:30pm (Israel Time)

Between History and Memory: The Jewish Perspective

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Preparing for Passover

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March 21, 2023

Stone of Tmutarakan

Series: Let Objects Speak

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March 21, 2023

Witches and Witchcraft in Ancient Jewish Sources

Dr. Avigail Manekin-Bamberger

Series: Ancient Jewish Magic

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March 12, 2023

Dealing with Demons – Jewish Magical Amulets and Bowls

Dr. Avigail Manekin-Bamberger

Series: Ancient Jewish Magic

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March 19, 2023

Commemorating Yom HaShoah: Belief, Prayer and Religious Devotion Observant Jews during the Holocaust

Dr. David Deutsch

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April 16, 2023.April 16, 2023 Sun | 8pm

Un Rostro, Un Recuerdo, Un Día - In Spanish!

Guily Wiluzanski, Shaúl Hochberger

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April 04, 2023.April 04, 2023 Tue | 9:45pm (Hora de Israel)

A Face. A Memory. A Day: Educators Workshop

Hadas Wolff Yitzhak, Dr. Mark Shinar

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March 26, 2023.March 26, 2023 Sun | 9:45pm (Israel Time)

The Shaping of Seder Night

Dr. Joshua Kulp

April 02, 2023.April 02, 2023 Sun | 8pm

How Do We Remember? A Special Event for Yom HaZikaron

Marc Kaye

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April 23, 2023.April 23, 2023 Sun | 8pm

Demon Bowls

Series: Let Objects Speak

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March 12, 2023

Hebrew Letters

Series: Let Objects Speak

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March 12, 2023

Trailer

Series: Let Objects Speak

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March 12, 2023

Parashat Tetzave: Megillat Esther

Dr. Avivah Zornberg

Series: Torah as Poetry? Weekly Parashat HaShavua

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February 28, 2023

The Prince of Egypt and the Harbinger of Redemption

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Preparing for Passover

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March 28, 2023.March 28, 2023 Tue | 8pm

Between History and Memory

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Preparing for Passover

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March 21, 2023.March 21, 2023 Tue | 8pm

Parshat Mishpatim: Law and Violence

Dr. Avivah Zornberg

Series: Torah as Poetry? Weekly Parashat HaShavua

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February 14, 2023

A Date to Remember: Celebrating Tu B’Shvat

Matti Friedman, Efrat S. Rosenberg

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February 05, 2023

Dealing with Demons

Dr. Avigail Manekin-Bamberger

Series: Ancient Jewish Magic

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March 19, 2023.March 19, 2023 Sun | 8pm

Witches and Witchcraft in Ancient Jewish Sources

Dr. Avigail Manekin-Bamberger

Series: Ancient Jewish Magic

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March 12, 2023.March 12, 2023 Sun | 8pm

Talmudic Medical Healing

Dr. Avigail Manekin-Bamberger

Series: Ancient Jewish Magic

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March 26, 2023.March 26, 2023 Sun | 8pm

The Jewish Cultural Capitalist

Prof. Moshe Rosman

Series: Women of Consequence

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January 22, 2023

The Jewess and the Jewish Woman

Prof. Moshe Rosman

Series: Women of Consequence

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January 08, 2023

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Parashat Vayakhel Pekudei: Beyond Images

Dr. Avivah Zornberg

Series: Torah as Poetry? Weekly Parashat HaShavua

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March 14, 2023.March 14, 2023 Tue | 6pm (11am EST)

Archivist-Activists and the Memory of Soviet Jewry

Prof. Maya Balakirsky Katz

Series: Jewish Culture in Soviet Times

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February 26, 2023.February 26, 2023 Sun | 8pm (1pm EST)

Jewish Labor and Soviet Animation

Prof. Maya Balakirsky Katz

Series: Jewish Culture in Soviet Times

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February 12, 2023.February 12, 2023 Sun | 8pm (1pm EST)

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Parashat Tetzave: Megillat Esther

Dr. Avivah Zornberg

Series: Torah as Poetry? Weekly Parashat HaShavua

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February 28, 2023.February 28, 2023 Tue | 6pm (11am EST)

Exhibitions of Soviet Jewish Artists

Prof. Maya Balakirsky Katz

Series: Jewish Culture in Soviet Times

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February 19, 2023.February 19, 2023 Sun | 8pm (1pm EST)

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Parashat Teruma: Golden Calf, Golden Cherubs

Dr. Avivah Zornberg

Series: Torah as Poetry? Weekly Parashat HaShavua

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February 21, 2023.February 21, 2023 Tue | 6pm (11am EST)

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Parshat Mishpatim: Law and Violence

Dr. Avivah Zornberg

Series: Torah as Poetry? Weekly Parashat HaShavua

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February 14, 2023.February 14, 2023 Tue | 6pm (11am EST)

A Date to Remember: Celebrating Tu B’Shvat

Matti Friedman, Efrat Shapira Rosenberg

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February 05, 2023.February 05, 2023 Sun | 8pm

Medieval and Hasidic Times

Prof. Marc Bregman

Series: Hanukkah: From Ancient to Modern Times

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December 18, 2022

Rabbinic Tradition

Prof. Marc Bregman

Series: Hanukkah: From Ancient to Modern Times

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December 12, 2022

Biblical and Second Temple Origins

Prof. Marc Bregman

Series: Hanukkah: From Ancient to Modern Times

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December 04, 2022

The Jewish Cultural Capitalist

Prof. Moshe Rosman

Series: Women of Consequence

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January 22, 2023.January 22, 2023 Sun | 8pm

The Jewish Philogynist

Prof. Moshe Rosman

Series: Women of Consequence

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January 15, 2023.January 15, 2023 Sun | 8pm

The Jewess and the Jewish Woman

Prof. Moshe Rosman

Series: Women of Consequence

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January 08, 2023.January 08, 2023 Sun | 8pm

Presence

Dr. Rachel Korazim

Series: Bialik: The National Poet

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November 27, 2022

Lamentation

Dr. Rachel Korazim

Series: Bialik: The National Poet

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November 20, 2022

Longings

Dr. Rachel Korazim

Series: Bialik: The National Poet

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November 13, 2022

Medieval and Hasidic Times

Prof. Marc Bregman

Series: Hanukkah: From Ancient to Modern Times

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December 18, 2022.December 18, 2022 Sun | 8pm

Rabbinic Tradition

Prof. Marc Bregman

Series: Hanukkah: From Ancient to Modern Times

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December 11, 2022.December 11, 2022 Sun | 8pm

Biblical Antecedents and Origins in the Second Temple period

Prof. Marc Bregman

Series: Hanukkah: From Ancient to Modern Times

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December 04, 2022.December 04, 2022 Sun | 8pm

Unetaneh Tokef: Who by fire, who by water

Rabbi Prof. David Golinkin

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October 02, 2022

Presence

Dr. Rachel Korazim

Series: H.N. Bialik: The National Poet

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November 27, 2022.November 27, 2022 Sun | 8pm

Lamentation

Dr. Rachel Korazim

Series: H.N. Bialik: The National Poet

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November 20, 2022.November 20, 2022 Sun | 8pm

Longings

Dr. Rachel Korazim

Series: H.N. Bialik: The National Poet

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November 13, 2022.November 13, 2022 Sun | 8pm

?Unetaneh Tokef: Who by fire, who by water

Rabbi Prof. David Golinkin

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October 02, 2022.October 02, 2022 Sun | 8pm

Prof. Isaiah Gafni - "Pre-Histories" of Jerusalem in Greco-Roman, Jewish and Christian Literature

Isaiah Gafni

Series: Jerusalem and the Temple

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July 18, 2016

The Message at the Burning Bush

Dr. Yael Ziegler

Series: Birth of A Nation: The Exodus from Egypt

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March 29, 2016

The Birth of an Individual and a Nation - Parashat Vayakhel

Series: Parshat Hashavua

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March 21, 2016

Game Theory Prof. Yisrael (Robert John) Aumann

Series: Economics in the Talmud

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January 25, 2016

The Birth of an Individual and a Nation - Parashat Tezaveh

Series: Parshat Hashavua

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February 22, 2016

Moral Hazard Prof. Yisrael (Robert John) Aumann

Yisrael Aumann

Series: Economics in the Talmud

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February 02, 2016

Parshat Beshalach Dr. Aviva Zornberg

Aviva Zornberg

Series: Parshat Hashavua

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January 20, 2016

Women's Aliyah and their Lives

Dr. Michal Ben Ya'akov

Series: Sephardim in Late Ottoman Palestine

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February 20, 2022

A Complicated Jew - Hillel Halkin

Yossi Klein Halevi

Series: A Complicated Jew

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January 02, 2022

How Does it “Read” in Arabic? New Ways to Write about the Bible

Dr. Miriam Goldstein

Series: Jews and Arabic

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August 28, 2022

The New Jewish Bookshelf: The Lasting Impact of the Adoption of Arabic

Dr. Miriam Goldstein

Series: Jews and Arabic

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August 21, 2022

Speaking, Reading and Writing Arabic: A Revolution in Jewish History

Dr. Miriam Goldstein

Series: Jews and Arabic

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August 14, 2022

Sounds of Sinai

By: David Rozenson Executive Director, Beit Avi Chai

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December 13, 2021

Hebrew Poetry and Literature are here to Stay

By: Niva Goldberg

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June 27, 2022

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Who By Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Yom Kippur War

Ester Rada, Geva Alon, Maya Belsitzman, Matti Friedman

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September 13, 2022.September 13, 2022 Tue | 8:30 PM

Syria and Egypt

Elhanan Miller

Series: The Last Jews of the Arab World

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June 19, 2022

Iraq and Yemen

Elhanan Miller

Series: The Last Jews of the Arab World

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June 12, 2022

The “other” in the Book of Ruth

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

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June 02, 2022

The Sophisticated Jews of Portugal

Dr. Katherine Aron-Beller

Series: The Jews of Medieval Europe

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May 22, 2022

Book Launch – The Hidden Order of Intimacy

Dr. Avivah Zornberg, Ilana Kurshan

Series: Reflections on the Book of Leviticus

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May 18, 2022

The Wise Jews of Provence

Dr. Katherine Aron-Beller

Series: The Jews of Medieval Europe

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May 15, 2022

Parashat Behar – The Order of Intimacy

Dr. Avivah Zornberg

Series: Reflections on the Book of Leviticus

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May 12, 2022

The Cultured Jews of Spain

Dr. Katherine Aron-Beller

Series: The Jews of Medieval Europe

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May 08, 2022

Parshat Kedoshim – Commanded to Aspire

Dr. Avivah Zornberg

Series: Reflections on the Book of Leviticus

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April 27, 2022

Parshat Tazria – Anger and Compassion

Dr. Avivah Zornberg

Series: Reflections on the Book of Leviticus

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March 30, 2022

The Emergence of Calls for a Return to Zion

Prof. Isaiah Gafni

Series: Tales of the Ancient Jewish Diaspora

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March 27, 2022

Parshat Shemini – The Desire for Desire

Dr. Avivah Zornberg

Series: Reflections on the Book of Leviticus

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March 23, 2022

Three Maccabees - Patriotism or Assimilation

Prof. Isaiah Gafni

Series: Tales of the Ancient Jewish Diaspora

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March 20, 2022

Parshat Tzav – Golden Calf, Clouds of Glory

Dr. Avivah Zornberg

Series: Reflections on the Book of Leviticus

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March 16, 2022

Tobit - A New Path of Righteousness

Prof. Isaiah Gafni

Series: Tales of the Ancient Jewish Diaspora

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March 13, 2022

Parshat Vayikra – Guilt, Atonement, Intimacy

Dr. Avivah Zornberg

Series: Reflections on the Book of Leviticus

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March 09, 2022

Ancient Jewish Diaspora: Punishment, Opportunity, or Universal Mission

Prof. Isaiah Gafni

Series: Tales of the Ancient Jewish Diaspora

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March 06, 2022

MENA Jews

Dr. Michal Ben Ya'akov

Series: Sephardim in Late Ottoman Palestine

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February 27, 2022

The Sephardi Yishuv

Dr. Michal Ben Ya'akov

Series: Sephardim in Late Ottoman Palestine

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February 13, 2022

Travelling between Faith and Place

Dr. Michal Ben Ya'akov

Series: Sephardim in Late Ottoman Palestine

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February 06, 2022

The Moneylending Jews of England

Dr. Katherine Aron-Beller

Series: The Jews of Medieval Europe

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January 23, 2022

The Creative Jews of Sicily

Dr. Katherine Aron-Beller

Series: The Jews of Medieval Europe

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January 16, 2022

The Learned Jews of Ashkenaz

Dr. Katherine Aron-Beller

Series: The Jews of Medieval Europe

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January 10, 2022

Letters from Women

Prof. Renée Levine Melammed

Series: Encounters with Maimonides: Jewish Women in Cairo Genizah Society

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December 23, 2021

The Complaining Husband

Series: Encounters with Maimonides: Jewish Women in Cairo Genizah Society

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December 08, 2021

Design of the Lamp in the Land and State of Israel

Series: The chronicles of the Hanukkah Lamp

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November 24, 2021

From the Maccabees to the Jews of East and West

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November 18, 2021

Good for the Jews or Bad for the Jews?

Series: Strangers, Neighbors, Citizens: Polish Jewry in history and historiography

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October 24, 2021

Holocaust Day: Remembering That We’re Still Here

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May 01, 2024

Messianists, Pragmatists and Patriots

Series: Strangers, Neighbors, Citizens: Polish Jewry in history and historiography

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October 17, 2021

Folklore, Myths, Reality and Politics

Series: Strangers, Neighbors, Citizens: Polish Jewry in history and historiography

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October 10, 2021

Torah study through the Generations From traditional commentators to Rabbi Jonathan Sacks z’l

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

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October 03, 2021

Yom Kippur and Sefer Bereshit

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

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September 14, 2021

My Quarrel with Hersh Rasseyner by Chaim Grade

Prof. Ruth Wisse, Dr. Asael Abelman

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September 12, 2021

Jewish material culture in the Volga region

Dr. Vladimir Levin, Dr. Anna Berezin

Series: Synagogues and Jewish cemeteries in the Russian Empire

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August 15, 2021

Dialogue between the Jewish Community and the Capital

Series: Synagogues and Jewish cemeteries in the Russian Empire

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August 08, 2021

The Land of Wooden Synagogues

Dr. Vladimir Levin

Series: Synagogues and Jewish cemeteries in the Russian Empire

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August 01, 2021

Tokens of Affection: Gifts and Marriage in Historical Perspective

Prof. Elisheva Baumgarten

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July 21, 2021

The Crusades and the Jews: The impact of the first Crusade on Jewish life

Prof. Kenneth Stow

Series: Destabilizing Coexistence: The Crusades and the Jews

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July 11, 2021

The Crusades and the Jews: Historical events in the Jewish world in pre-Crusade Europe

Series: Destabilizing Coexistence: The Crusades and the Jews

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July 04, 2021

Parashat Pinchas

Series: Parshat Hashavua

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July 01, 2021

Parashat Chukat

Dr. Avivah Zornberg

Series: Parshat Hashavua

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June 16, 2021

Between Alexandria and Jerusalem

Dr. Asael Abelman, Dr. Chanoch Gamliel

Series: Great Moments in the Hebrew Language

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May 30, 2021

The Miraculous Rebirth of an Extinct Language

Dr. Asael Abelman, Dr. Chanoch Gamliel

Series: Great Moments in the Hebrew Language

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June 13, 2021

How the Gold was Dulled

Dr. Asael Abelman, Dr. Chanoch Gamliel

Series: Great Moments in the Hebrew Language

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June 06, 2021

Biblical Hebrew

Dr. Asael Abelman, Dr. Chanoch Gamliel

Series: Great Moments in the Hebrew Language

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May 23, 2021

Why Study?

Alice Shalvi, Tamar Elad-Appelbaum

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May 13, 2021

For the Love of Torah

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May 04, 2021

The Secrets of Meron

Prof. Yoram Bilu

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April 25, 2021

Will the Real Bar Kochba Please Stand Up

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April 18, 2021

Israel’s Independence Day and National Identity

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April 12, 2021

Reshaping of Holocaust research in Poland

Prof. Jan Grabowski, Prof. Havi Dreifuss

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April 05, 2021

Guess Who's Coming to the Seder?

Dr. Chana Shacham-Rosby

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March 21, 2021

The Passover Haggadah

Series: Hebrew Manuscript Treasures in St. Petersburg, Russia and Other Collections

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March 16, 2021

The Coronavirus Pandemic: Historical Medical and Halachic Perspectives

Rabbi Prof. Avraham Steinberg

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March 14, 2021

Halacha & Poetry

Prof. Shimon Iakerson

Series: Hebrew Manuscript Treasures in St. Petersburg, Russia and Other Collections

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March 09, 2021

Jewish Siberians under the Soviets: “Soviet Zion” in Birobidzhan

Dr. Vladimir Levin, Dr. Anna Berezin

Series: Jews of Siberia

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February 16, 2021

The Hebrew Bible

Series: Hebrew Manuscript Treasures in St. Petersburg, Russia and Other Collections

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March 02, 2021

Esther in Iran

Dr. Thamar E. Gindin

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February 24, 2021

Esther's Many Masks

Rabbi Mishael Zion, Dov Abramson

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February 21, 2021

Imitating the Capitals: Synagogues in Siberia

Dr. Vladimir Levin, Dr. Anna Berezin

Series: Jews of Siberia

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February 09, 2021

The Land of Exile: Jews in Siberia under the Tsars

Dr. Vladimir Levin, Dr. Anna Berezin

Series: Jews of Siberia

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February 02, 2021

Shabbat Shira: The Shabbat of Song

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January 28, 2021

Natan Alterman

Dr. Asael Ableman

Series: The Zionist Movement through Hebrew Poetry

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January 26, 2021

Celebrating Tu’Bshvat

Dr. Elaine Solowey

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January 24, 2021

Tchernichovsky and Jabotinsky

Dr. Asael Ableman

Series: The Zionist Movement through Hebrew Poetry

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January 19, 2021

Hayim Nahman Bialik

Dr. Asael Ableman

Series: The Zionist Movement through Hebrew Poetry

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January 12, 2021

Kafka’s Last Trial

Matti Friedman, Benjamin Balint

Series: Matti Friedman & Benjamin Balint Two Award-winning authors Interview Each Other

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January 10, 2021

Judah Leib Gordon

Dr. Asael Ableman

Series: The Zionist Movement through Hebrew Poetry

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January 05, 2021

The Tenth of Tevet

Tamar Messer

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December 24, 2020

Judith: A Hanukkah Heroine?

Prof. Deborah Gera

Series: Beit Avi Chai Presents The Personalities in the Story of Chanukah

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December 15, 2020

Reflections on the Hasmoneans: Heroic Rebels or Flawed Leaders?

Series: Beit Avi Chai Presents The Personalities in the Story of Chanukah

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December 08, 2020

Spies of no Country

Matti Friedman, Benjamin Balint

Series: Matti Friedman & Benjamin Balint Two Award-winning authors Interview Each Other

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December 03, 2020

Antiochus' Decrees on the Eve of the Holocaust

Prof. Daniel R. Schwartz

Series: Beit Avi Chai Presents The Personalities in the Story of Chanukah

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December 01, 2020

Have You Ever Heard of Sigd?

Dr. Naomi Shmuel

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November 16, 2020

Who Wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls?

Dr. Oren Ableman

Series: The Dead Sea Scrolls

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November 15, 2020

Conservation and Preservation of the Dead Sea Scrolls

Dr. Ilit Cohen-Ofri

Series: The Dead Sea Scrolls

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November 08, 2020

The past and future of the Dead Sea Scrolls

Orit Rosengarten

Series: The Dead Sea Scrolls

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November 01, 2020

Reform or Consensus? Choral Synagogues in the Russian Empire

Dr. Vladimir Levin

Series: Beyond Religion: Synagogues in Eastern Europe

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October 27, 2020

The Architecture of Gender: Women in Eastern European Synagogue

Dr. Vladimir Levin

Series: Beyond Religion: Synagogues in Eastern Europe

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October 20, 2020

Never Alone: Prisons, Politics and My People

Natan Sharansky, Gil Troy

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September 15, 2020

Town Within a Town

Dr. Vladimir Levin

Series: Beyond Religion: Synagogues in Eastern Europe

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October 13, 2020

Golden Calf, Clouds of Glory

Series: Beyond the End of the World

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October 01, 2020

Jonah: A Fantasy of Flight

Series: Beyond the End of the World

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September 24, 2020

The Sense of an Ending: Moses Tells A Story

Series: Beyond the End of the World

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September 17, 2020

The New Jerusalem

Prof. Yehuda Mirsky

Series: Rav Kook in His Time and Ours

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September 06, 2020

The Lady of Hebrew and Her Lovers of Zion

Hillel Halkin, Prof. Ruth Wisse

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September 07, 2020

Everything is Rising

Prof. Yehuda Mirsky

Series: Rav Kook in His Time and Ours

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August 30, 2020

The New Will Be Holy

Prof. Yehuda Mirsky

Series: Rav Kook in His Time and Ours

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August 23, 2020

Image and Reality

Prof. Isaiah Gafni

Series: The Three Weeks

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July 22, 2020

Ancient Versions and Responses to 'Post-Zionism'

Prof. Isaiah Gafni

Series: The Three Weeks

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July 15, 2020

Jewish Zealots and Zealotry in Antiquity: Heroes or Villains?

Prof. Isaiah Gafni

Series: The Three Weeks

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July 08, 2020