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Rabbi Janet Roberts: Introduction to Judaism (Fall '24/Winter '25)

New York, NY EST
Ask your questions, learn multiple perspectives and discover what is meaningful to you in Reform Judaism. We'll explore Jewish holidays and life-cycle ceremonies, beliefs, values, prayer, Jewish texts, Israel and the America… read more

Anthony Julius and Rabbi Sarah H. Reines on ABRAHAM: THE FIRST JEW

New York, NY EST
In the beginning, he was an errant idol-smasher in Ur who destroyed all the statues in the shop where he worked while his father, the owner, was out of town.

Women on the Move: Tova Mirvis

New York, NY EST
How far would you go to protect those you love? And can you live with the consequences?

Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt and Attorney Anthony Julius with Abe Foxman

New York, NY EST
When Emory University historian Deborah Lipstadt was sued for libel by British author David Irving for branding him a Holocaust denier, many scholars and Jewish leaders urged her to ignore his absurd claims. Why give publici… read more

Israel on Our Minds: You Ask, Ambassador Aharoni Answers - Session Two

New York, NY EST
Even those of us who follow the news from Israel regularly are left with more questions than insight:

Civil Rights in Crisis

New York, NY EST
Since January 20, 2025, the new administration in Washington has set in motion what many view as a direct challenge to civil rights, civil liberties and our democratic institutions.

Dr. Eric Goldman: The Jewish Women Who Broke the Hollywood Barriers (IN-PERSON)

New York, NY EST
Women were largely excluded from directing and producing movies until late in the 20th century. However, since that time, a number of Jewish women have explored important Jewish themes in narrative films. This course will ex… read more

John Kenrick: Jews in American Comedy

New York, NY EST
Couldn't we all use a few laughs? Jews have been providing them on stage, screen and television for decades, triumphing as writers,  performers and film makers. What led them to become so prominent in comedy? And how has Jew… read more

Martin Kaufman: Readings from Spinoza’s THEOLOGICAL-POLITICAL TREATISE

New York, NY EST
Benedict Spinoza’s Theological-Political Treatise (TPT) is both an attack on the authority and overall validity of Scripture as well as a creative reconfiguration of Prophetic Revelation into a rationalistic theory of Libera… read more

Dr. Alyssa Cady: Hellenistic Judaism: From Alexander to Pompeii

New York, NY EST
In the wake of Alexander the Great’s conquests, Jewish religious tradition became infused with elements of Greek culture, the political upheaval and intellectual ferment provoking serious conflict between Hellenizers and tra… read more

The “Other” Jewish Food: Hélène Jawhara Piñer with Jake Cohen

New York, NY EST
If you are still under the illusion that “Jewish” food means gefilte fish, brisket, bagels and kugel — with a little bit of falafel thrown in for good measure — you haven’t met Hélène Jawhara Piñer.

Rabbi Janet Roberts: Introduction to Judaism (Winter/Spring 2025)

New York, NY EST
Ask your questions, learn multiple perspectives and discover what is meaningful to you in Reform Judaism. We'll explore Jewish holidays and life-cycle ceremonies, beliefs, values, prayer, Jewish texts, Israel and the America… read more

Purim Extravaganza 2025!

New York, NY EST
Purim Extravaganza 2025 For Temple Emanu-El members and Yesod Year II students only

Women on the Move: Lihi Lapid

New York, NY EST
No matter how much the protagonist of Lihi Lapid’s new novel, hiding in a Tel Aviv staircase and disguising her identity, seems to be on her own, she never really is.

Senator Chuck Schumer with Representative Ritchie Torres

New York, NY EST
On November 29, 2023, Senator Chuck Schumer delivered an emotional speech on the Senate floor detailing and denouncing the waves of antisemitism that had washed over America since October 7.

Graydon Carter & Bette Midler in Conversation

New York, NY EST
From the pages of Vanity Fair to the red carpets of Hollywood, editor Graydon Carter’s memoir revives the glamorous heyday of magazines when they were the vanguard of culture.

Israel on Our Minds: You Ask, Ambassador Aharoni Answers - Session Three

New York, NY EST
Even those of us who follow the news from Israel regularly are left with more questions than insight:

Women on the Move: Dara Horn with Jordana Horn

New York, NY EST
In novel after novel, Dara Horn has devised wildly inventive ways to make Jewish stories new again. She dreamed up a mystery around a Marc Chagall painting in which past, present and future collide; imagined a Jewish soldier… read more

David Denby in Conversation with Joe Klein

New York, NY EST
It’s conventional wisdom that the mid-20th century ushered in a heyday for American Jewry as the economy soared, antisemitism waned and the talents of a new generation of Jews reshaped American culture. Yet few people discus… read more

Tahini Baby

New York, NY EST
In Hindu legend, sesame seeds symbolize immortality. In ancient Egypt and Persia, they were ground into flour for bread. In today’s Middle East, they are almost synonymous with the ground paste routinely mixed into hummus, b… read more

Israel on Our Minds: You Ask, Ambassador Aharoni Answers - Session Four

New York, NY EST
Even those of us who follow the news from Israel regularly are left with more questions than insight:

Honor Our Past, Imagine Our Future

New York, NY EST
Walk almost any neighborhood in New York City and the past inevitably collides with the future, since the city is always ever-evolving. Today, New York City’s legislation provides protected status to 158 historic districts, … read more

Women on the Move: Nicola Kraus

New York, NY EST
Nicola Kraus was only 24 when she teamed up with a former NYU classmate to write a book that became a phenomenon: an international #1 bestseller that sold more than six million copies and was turned into a film starring Scar… read more

Rabbi Peter Weintraub: Introduction to Judaism (Summer 2025)

New York, NY EST
Ask your questions, learn multiple perspectives and discover what is meaningful to you in Reform Judaism. We'll explore Jewish holidays and life-cycle ceremonies, beliefs, values, prayer, Jewish texts, Israel and the America… read more

Ron Chernow on Mark Twain: Tom, Huckleberry and Their Zany Mastermind

New York, NY EST
For more than three decades, Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer Ron Chernow has marshaled deft prose, meticulous research and a keen sense of irony to bring leading American figures to life — most famously revealing the wunde… read more

Israel on Our Minds: You Ask, Ambassador Aharoni Answers - Session Five

New York, NY EST
Even those of us who follow the news from Israel regularly are left with more questions than insight:
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Past Events

International Holocaust Remembrance Day Service In the Shadow of the Holocaust

International Holocaust Remembrance Day Service In the Shadow of the Holocaust

New York, NY
At the end of a heart-wrenching week of Holocaust remembrance, we welcome to the bimah Menachem Rosensaft, whose new book, Burning Psalms: Confronting Adonai after Auschwitz, recasts the sacred poetry of our tradition to seek meaning in the lingering horrors of the abyss. Giving voice to the traum…
Friday, January 31 2025 6:00 PM 7:30 PM

Ambassador Stuart E. Eizenstat on President Carter's Peacemaking Legacy and Today's Middle East

Ambassador Stuart E. Eizenstat on President Carter's Peacemaking Legacy and Today's Middle East

New York, NY
Almost from the moment of his inauguration, President Jimmy Carter focused on how to rejuvenate the languishing Middle East peace process with a framework that would exchange land for a lasting peace. With the Camp David Accords of 1978, he succeeded in moving Israel and Egypt in that direction. B…
Friday, February 14 2025 6:00 PM 7:15 PM

Women on the Move: Lee Yaron

Women on the Move: Lee Yaron

New York, NY
We’ve all been chilled by the photographs and videos of the devastated Israeli communities along the Gaza border, with their pockmarked buildings, shattered windows and blood-soaked sidewalks. And we’ve felt and shared the grief of residents who’ve spoken about hiding in bomb shelters, avoiding ter…
Tuesday, January 21 2025 11:30 AM 12:30 PM

Bill Gates with Anderson Cooper on SOURCE CODE

Bill Gates with Anderson Cooper on SOURCE CODE

New York, NY
Join Bill Gates in conversation with Anderson Cooper, for a discussion on Bill’s new memoir, Source Code. Bill Gates Chair, Gates Foundation, and Founder, Breakthrough Energy and TerraPower. Bill Gates is chair of the Gates Foundation and founder of Breakthrough Energy and TerraPower. In 1975, h…
Tuesday, February 4 2025 7:00 PM 8:15 PM

All About Herzl: Zionism in America

All About Herzl: Zionism in America

New York, NY
When they heard about Theodor Herzl’s bold proclamations about the “Jewish people” and the “Jewish homeland,” American Jewish leaders scoffed. “We consider ourselves no longer a nation but a religious community,” the leadership of Reform Judaism, the Central Conference of American Rabbis, declared…
Tuesday, January 21 2025 7:00 PM 9:30 PM

Chris Hayes in conversation with David Remnick

Chris Hayes in conversation with David Remnick

New York, NY
Restaurants are packed with friends dining together — but too busy on their cell phones to actually communicate. A dozen bings sound during meetings and suddenly no one actually listens to anyone else. And what about navigating busy sidewalks packed with zombies chatting on their phones, distracted…
Saturday, February 1 2025 7:30 PM 8:30 PM

International Holocaust Remembrance Day Service With Dr. Anita Shapira

International Holocaust Remembrance Day Service With Dr. Anita Shapira

New York, NY
At this fraught moment, internationally acclaimed historian and Holocaust survivor Dr. Anita Shapira will speak during services in memory of those who survived, and the six million, including her parents, who did not. Smuggled out of the Warsaw Ghetto as a toddler, Shapira spent the war in a conve…
Friday, January 24 2025 6:00 PM 7:30 PM

Simon Sebag Montefiore and Bari Weiss on JERUSALEM

Simon Sebag Montefiore and Bari Weiss on JERUSALEM

New York, NY
A live taping of The Free Press podcast Honestly with Bari Weiss   Jerusalem has been razed at least twice, besieged two dozen times and captured or recaptured on many more occasions. Yet the city—a shrine to three faiths—has endured, through war and fanaticism, imperialism and slaughter and the …
Wednesday, January 22 2025 6:30 PM 7:45 PM

Israel on Our Minds: You Ask, Ambassador Aharoni Answers - Session One

Israel on Our Minds: You Ask, Ambassador Aharoni Answers - Session One

New York, NY
Even those of us who follow the news from Israel regularly are left with more questions than insight: How should we think about Israel's security in the face of a rapidly changing Middle East? What is the government doing in response to the worldwide condemnation of the Jewish State . . . and wha…
Thursday, January 23 2025 11:00 AM 12:00 PM

OCTOBER H8TE: Screening & Conversation with Debra Messing

OCTOBER H8TE: Screening & Conversation with Debra Messing

New York, NY
Almost immediately after the Hamas massacre of October 7, the world pivoted into a dystopian nightmare with the narrative rewritten, turning murderers into freedom fighters and victims into aggressors. Ivy League presidents refused to condemn calls for the genocide of Jews as violations of their c…
Thursday, January 23 2025 6:30 PM 9:00 PM
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