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Rabbi Peter Weintraub: Introduction to Judaism (Summer 2025)

New York, NY EDT
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

Rabbi Jessica Lenza: Introduction to Judaism (Summer/Fall 2025)

New York, NY EDT
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

Emanu-El at 180: Exhibition Opening Night

New York, NY EDT
In 1845, thirty-seven German-speaking Jewish immigrants rented a loft at Grand and Clinton Streets and founded Emanu-El (God Is with Us), one of dozens of tiny shuls opened across the Lower East Side by young men who had fle… read more

Yossi Cohen: Inside the Mossad with a Master Spy and Elite Spymaster

New York, NY EDT
The cunning and derring-do of Israel’s Mossad is the stuff of legends – and Hollywood blockbusters – from the infiltration of the highest levels of the Syrian government and the abduction of Adolf Eichmann from Argentina to … read more

Eli Sharabi on His Captivity and Survival

New York, NY EDT
On February 8, 2025, after 491 days in Hamas captivity, Eli Sharabi emerged from the tunnels of Gaza, a shadow of his former self, and finally made his way home to Israel, only to learn the devastating news that his wife and… read more

Rabbi Janet Roberts: Introduction to Judaism (Fall 25/Winter 26)

New York, NY EDT
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

Rabbi Angela Buchdahl: A Stranger No More

New York, NY EDT
The first Asian-American ordained as a rabbi, she was chosen by President Barack Obama to lead prayers at the 2014 White House Hanukkah celebration.

Jeffrey Rosen: The American Dilemma

New York, NY EDT
As we follow Washington politicos wrangle over tariffs and deportations, budget reductions and freedom of speech, we tend to boil the fights down to our new political divides: liberals versus conservatives, Democrats against… read more

Dr. Albert Bourla with Richard Salomon: The Continuing Specter of The Holocaust

New York, NY EDT
Dr. Albert Bourla, Chairman and CEO of Pfizer, grew up in a city of ghosts: Thessaloniki, Greece, where 48,000 of its 50,000 Jews had been annihilated by the Nazis.

Unholy — LIVE!

New York, NY EDT
For the past four years, the two self-styled Jews on the News podcasters have been engaging in a quintessential Jewish tradition: discussing, dissecting and debating.

Women on the Move: Allison Epstein

New York, NY EDT
In Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens introduced a character who has become a quintessential literary villain—a singularly ugly, untrustworthy old Jew who slithers across Victorian London preying on innocent Christian children an… read more

Corey Brettschneider: Presidential Power Grabs . . . and People’s Power

New York, NY EDT
President John Adams prosecuted journalists who uncovered his misdoings and schemed to deny Electoral College votes to Thomas Jefferson, his opponent in the 1800 election. James Buchanan colluded with the Supreme Court to de… read more

Women on the Move: Jane Eisner on Carole King

New York, NY EDT
For decades, Carole King has made the earth move under our feet. At first, we didn’t even know her name since she was the writer but not the voice behind hits like the Shirelles’ “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” and Aretha Frankl… read more

Bianna Golodryga and Yonit Levi: Standing Tall, Roaring Loud

New York, NY EDT
How should a 13-year-old boy react when his soccer hero’s antisemitic remark goes viral — and his teammates dismiss it as “no big deal”? What if, shortly after, he finds a swastika scrawled on his gym locker? Should he quit … read more

Women on the Move: Ellen Meister

New York, NY EDT
Even in the world of idiosyncratic authors, Ellen Meister is a stand-out: The Long Island native writes in her kitchen, has authored two novels using Dorothy Parker as her unlikely heroine and now, for her tenth book, has dr… read more

Women on the Move: Maya Arad

New York, NY EDT
Few human conflicts are more universal than the clash of generations, as idealism shifts and relevance becomes a slippery slope.

Women on the Move: Mary Morris

New York, NY EDT
Travel exerted its gravitational pull on Mary Morris when she was still a child, perhaps as the instinct to realize the dreams of a mother who longed to explore but was stuck at PTA and Girl Scout meetings.
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Past Events

Ambassador Dennis Ross on the Israel-Iran Conflict

Ambassador Dennis Ross on the Israel-Iran Conflict

New York, NY
After two years of uncertainty over how the Gaza War will end and its impact on Israel, we now face an even more pressing question: what will the conflict with Iran mean for the Middle East? Few are better equipped to address these issues than Ambassador Dennis Ross, who served as the US lead nego…
Friday, June 20 2025 6:00 PM 7:30 PM

Sarah Hurwitz in Conversation with Dara Horn, Dan Senor and Abigail Pogrebin

Sarah Hurwitz in Conversation with Dara Horn, Dan Senor and Abigail Pogrebin

New York, NY
A dash of neurosis, a smidgen of gallows humor and a hefty dose of apologizing for herself. That’s how the author and former speechwriter for Barack and Michelle Obama describes her own Jewish identity during most of her life. But when she turned 36, Sarah Hurwitz took a Judaism class on a whim an…
Wednesday, September 10 2025 6:30 PM 7:45 PM

Michal Nachmany: Hebrew Prayer for Advanced Beginners II

Michal Nachmany: Hebrew Prayer for Advanced Beginners II

New York, NY
Hebrew Prayer for Advanced Beginners II ONLINE Want to feel more at home when you open your siddur, reading more easily and understanding key Hebrew words? Then join this continuation of Hebrew Prayer for Advanced Beginners. Students will use Prayerbook Hebrew the Easy Way by Anderson & Motzkin (…
Tue, Jul 1 2025 12:00 PM Tue, Jul 29 2025 12:00 PM

Michal Nachmany: Hebrew for Beginners II

Michal Nachmany: Hebrew for Beginners II

New York, NY
Hebrew for Beginners II ONLINE A continuation of Hebrew for Absolute Beginners, this class will help you strengthen your skills in reading and listening comprehension while building mastery of Hebrew letters, vowels, basic vocabulary and grammar. Students will use Teach Yourself to Read Hebrew by…
Wed, Jul 2 2025 6:30 PM Wed, Jul 30 2025 6:30 PM

Bengingi and Zikki: EAT SMALL PLATES

Bengingi and Zikki: EAT SMALL PLATES

New York, NY
Ben Siman-Tov - known to his legion of loyalists as Bengingi - found himself at a crossroads in life when he met Zikki, his now wife and culinary partner in crime, on a street corner in a tiny mountain village in Northern Italy in 2018. Fused to the hip, by their mutual love of the gastronomic worl…
Tuesday, September 9 2025 6:30 PM 7:45 PM

Movie on the Roof: The Producers (2005)

Movie on the Roof: The Producers (2005)

New York, NY
The skyline of New York; friends, new and old; delicious snacks; drinks; and a great movie playing on a large screen. What better way to spend a summer evening after the sun goes down and the heat of the city dissipates? The Membership Committee and The Temple Emanu-El Streicker Cultural Center i…
Tuesday, August 12 2025 8:00 PM 10:00 PM

Molly Jong-Fast in Conversation with Zibby Owens

Molly Jong-Fast in Conversation with Zibby Owens

New York, NY
Zibby Media Presents: Molly Jong-Fast Molly Jong-Fast rose to fame as a literary “it” girl by taking readers on naughty tours of the world of her youth, the decadent domain of New York City’s bohemian jet set, which included her mother, writer Erica Jong, whose Fear of Flying launched her as a sec…
Thursday, September 11 2025 11:30 AM 12:45 PM

A Century of Schmears: Russ & Daughters

A Century of Schmears: Russ & Daughters

New York, NY
Straight off the boat from Poland, Joel Russ began hawking herring out of a barrel on the Lower East Side. Over the next seven years, he graduated to a pushcart, then to a horse and wagon and, finally, to his own store. Against all odds, 100 years — and four generations — later, the Russ family sti…
Thursday, September 11 2025 6:00 PM 7:15 PM

Michal Nachmany: Hebrew for Absolute Beginners

Michal Nachmany: Hebrew for Absolute Beginners

New York, NY
Hebrew for Absolute Beginners ONLINE Don’t be intimidated by the thought of tackling Hebrew for the first time! This class will help you master letters and the vowels, basic vocabulary and grammar in a highly participatory setting. Students will use Teach yourself to Read Hebrew (available on Ama…
Wed, Jul 2 2025 12:00 PM Wed, Jul 30 2025 12:00 PM

Michal Nachmany: Modern Hebrew for Advanced Beginners II

Michal Nachmany: Modern Hebrew for Advanced Beginners II

New York, NY
Modern Hebrew for Advanced Beginners II ONLINE A continuation of Modern Hebrew for Advanced Beginners, this course will help students feel more confident understanding and speaking basic Hebrew. We will use the book Ha-Yesod (available on Amazon HERE) beginning with Chapter 5. If you’re joining f…
Thu, Jul 3 2025 12:00 PM Thu, Jul 31 2025 12:00 PM
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