Limmud eFestival 2023: Full Schedule

2:00pm EST

"Xueta Island" Film Screening

In 2019 Dani Rotstein produced and co-directed the documentary film Xueta Island (pronounced choo-weta) which has been making its way through many international film festivals in 2022. He is an alumna of various leadership and educational programs including networks such as NGF, Paideia, ROI, and Limmud. We are excited to share the film with the greater Limmud North America community for its Limmud debut! Film screening will be followed by Q&A with Dani.

Presenters

Dani Rotstein

Founder, Jewish Majorca

A content producer, entrepreneur, and storyteller, New Jersey native Dani Rotstein spent years traveling the world producing advertisements for large commercial firms. When he moved to the Spanish island of Majorca in 2014 to produce TV commercials, he didn’t expect there to be... Read More →

Sunday February 26, 2023 2:00pm - 3:30pm EST
TBA

Film

3:00pm EST

"Open Your Heart and Your Hand": The Radical Social and Theological Vision of Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy (Devarim) is consistently preoccupied with the well-being of the most vulnerable members of society. A major part of what it means to be God's chosen people, according to Deuteronomy, is to build a society in which God's blessings are widely shared rather than selfishly hoarded. In this session, we'll examine Deuteronomy's understanding of debt cancellation during shemittah (the sabbatical year) and see what these laws tell us about what society ought to look like. And we'll ask: what might these laws teach us about taking Torah seriously today?

Presenters

Shai Held

President and Dean, Hadar

Rabbi Shai Held–theologian, scholar, and educator–is President and Dean at Hadar. He has taught both theology and Halakhah at the Jewish Theological Seminary and also served as Director of Education at Harvard Hillel. A 2011 recipient of the prestigious Covenant Award for excellence... Read More →

Sunday February 26, 2023 3:00pm - 4:00pm EST
TBA

Text Study, Hadar Track

4:00pm EST

Siblings in Bresheit: Power, Identity and Relationship

In this class we will examine some of the most complex sibling dynamics in Breisheit. We will look at sisters and brothers, engaging in a close reading of key biblical texts to see how the content and form of the text offers insights into these dynamic and fraught siblings loves. We will also examine ourselves as readers. How do the same words get refracted differently depending on the lives we've lived and the paths we've walked? Together, in this class, we will emerge with a better understanding of the biblical texts and ourselves as readers. Ultimately, when we better understand ourselves as readers we better understand the differences between us and our most powerful tool for change: re-interpretation of narrative.

Presenters

Ziva Hassenfeld

Pardes

Ziva R. Hassenfeld is the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Assistant Professor in Jewish Education at Brandeis University, and Assistant Director of Research for the Mandel Center. She studies reading comprehension from a sociocultural perspective, focusing on how children develop interpretations... Read More →

Sunday February 26, 2023 4:00pm - 5:00pm EST
TBA

Text Study, Pardes Track

4:00pm EST

A Virtual Walking Tour of Jewish Paris

Join Karen Rudel for a fascinating, informative and funny 90-minute virtual walking tour of Jewish Paris! "This tour guides you around the Jewish quarter, pointing out cultural landmarks that would be otherwise overlooked whilst at the same time giving you insight into what it was like to be a Jew in France during several fraught periods. Karen artfully and SOULFULLY manages to present the information in a way that is filled with humor, life and hope. It is something you won’t ever forget."

Presenters

Karen Reb Rudel

Owner, Sight Seekers Delight Unique Walking Tours of Paris

Born and raised in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Karen grew up with the aspiration to be a comedian, a musician, or both… She groomed these crafts from a young age by making everyone around her laugh and beginning a lifetime romance with the flute at the age of 9. She went on to study... Read More →

Sunday February 26, 2023 4:00pm - 5:30pm EST
TBA

Jewish Life

5:00pm EST

Awakenings: American Jewish Transformations in Identity, Leadership, and Belonging

Even as mainstay institutions and movements decline, mission-driven startups and positive demographic trends portend an efflorescence of Jewish life in America.

Presenters

Benjamin Spratt

Senior Rabbi, Congregation Rodeph Sholom

Ben Spratt is the Senior Rabbi of Congregation Rodeph Sholom in Manhattan. He and Josh Stanton are coauthors of "Awakenings: American Jewish Transformations in Identity, Leadership, and Belonging" and an eponymous series for the Religion News Service.

Josh Stanton

Josh Stanton is Director of Leadership and Formation at CLAL - The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership and Rabbi of East End Temple. He and Ben Spratt are coauthors of "Awakenings: American Jewish Transformations in Identity, Leadership, and Belonging" and an eponymous... Read More →

Sunday February 26, 2023 5:00pm - 6:00pm EST
TBA

Books

5:00pm EST

Spice It Up with Deb: A Live Cooking Experience - A Taste of Israel

Join Debbie Kornberg for a fun and interactive 1.5 hr. Taste of Israel cooking class where participants are in their kitchen and Deb is in hers. Through guided step-by-step instruction, we will each prepare a meal ready to serve by the end of the class. Participants will learn how to use spices, discover their health benefits, and pick up a few food hacks along the way! Spice It Up with Deb: A Live Cooking Experience is a great way to bring the community together. Debbie will provide your shopping list of ingredients and recipes so everyone can get cooking!

Presenters

Debbie Kornberg

Owner, Spice It Up with Deb | SPICE + LEAF

Debbie is an educator at heart. Holding a master’s degree in Jewish education from the Jewish Theological Seminary, she spent the first 20 years of her career working for Jewish organizations, including the San Diego Jewish Academy and Jewish Federation of San Diego County. In 2014... Read More →

Sunday February 26, 2023 5:00pm - 6:30pm EST
TBA

Food

12:00pm EST

Sephardi Voices

The session will provide a brief overview of the Sephardi Voices project (including a short video), the book Sephardi Voices: The Untold Expulsion of Jews from Arab Lands, which was described by the Jerusalem Post as "...an impressive, beautifully illustrated book of great historical importance", and another short video called What We Left Behind that describes the burial of the Torahs looted by Saddam Hussein from the Jewish community in Baghdad. There will be a 20-minute question and answer period at the end.

Presenters

Richard Stursberg

Richard Stursberg is the ex-head of Telefilm Canada and CBC English services. His most recent books were The Tower of Babble, which was named by the Globe and Mail one of the best books of 2012, and The Tangled Garden (2019), which was short-listed for the Donner prize.

Monday February 27, 2023 12:00pm - 1:00pm EST
TBA

Books

12:00pm EST

Beer and Coffee: The Tale of Two Drinks

The Talmud is extremely strict about non-Jewish wine, prohibiting a Jew from drinking any wine that a non-Jew even touched. But the rules regarding beer are more lenient and coffee was unknown until a much later period. So is non-Jewish beer and coffee totally kosher? In this shiur we will examine not only the rules regarding these beverages but what the flouting of these rules can tell us about the relationships between Jews and non-Jews at several critical points in Jewish history.

Presenters

Joshua Kulp

Senior Scholar, Conservative Yeshiva

Dr. Joshua Kulp is the Senior Scholar at the Fuchsberg Jewish Center Conservative Yeshiva. He is the author of three books, The Schechter Haggadah, and Reconstructing the Talmud v. I and II as well as the English Mishnah commentary on Sefaria. He lives in Modiin and loves Torah, beer... Read More →

Monday February 27, 2023 12:00pm - 1:00pm EST
TBA

Text Study

3:00pm EST

The Audacity of Faith

Faith by definition is required at the very moment when we are in doubt, unable to see our way forward. What do we do when in the moments when we most need our faith, we find ourselves at a loss, unable to say, I believe? In this session, we'll turn to the writings of Rabbi Kalonymus Kalman Shapira, the Eish Kodesh, writing from the Warsaw Ghetto, for his teachings on faith. We'll ask: what is the nature of faith, what do we do when we find ourselves without it, and on whom or what might we rely in moments of struggle?

Presenters

Avi Strausberg

Rabbi Avi Strausberg is the Senior Director of National Learning Initiatives at Hadar, and is based in Washington, DC. Previously, she served as the Director of Congregational Learning of Temple of Aaron in St. Paul, Minnesota. Avi studied at Hadar as a year fellow, and served on... Read More →

Monday February 27, 2023 3:00pm - 4:00pm EST
TBA

Text Study, Hadar Track

3:00pm EST

The Heroines of Early Judaism

The novellas that Jews in the late Second Temple period produced feature female heroines at the center of their stories. These novellas, which include the stories of Judith, Esther, Susanna, and Aseneth, were extraordinarily popular tales that depicted women as powerful saviors of the Jewish people. Why did Jewish authors at this time feature women at the heart of their stories? What messages were they seeking to convey? This talk will seek to answer these questions by exploring the historical setting of the late Second Temple period and considering the central role that Jewish literature played during this turbulent time.

Presenters

Malka Simkovich

Dr. Malka Z. Simkovich is the Crown-Ryan Chair of Jewish Studies and the director of the Catholic-Jewish Studies program at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. She is the author of The Making of Jewish Universalism: From Exile to Alexandria (2016), and Discovering Second Temple... Read More →

Monday February 27, 2023 3:00pm - 4:00pm EST
TBA

Text Study, Female Voices in Orthodoxy

4:00pm EST

Self Correcting Relationships

Our transgressions are rarely one-time, stand alone actions, which we can expunge from our lives if we had enough focus and determination. More commonly, they are the subtle nuances in how we treat our family, our friends and even ourselves. They emerge out of our psychological and spiritual frameworks. Join Rabbi Brent Spodek in looking at essential texts for An Emotionally Intelligent Approach to Teshuva.

Presenters

Brent Spodek

Pardes

Rabbi Brent Chaim Spodek has been recognized by the Jewish Forward as one of the most inspiring rabbis in America, by Hudson Valley Magazine as a Person to Watch and by Newsweek as "a rabbi to watch." He is a Senior Rabbinic Fellow of the Shalom Hartman Institute and a Fellow of the... Read More →

Monday February 27, 2023 4:00pm - 5:00pm EST
TBA

Religious Practice, Pardes Track

4:00pm EST

The Orthodox Women of Instagram: Changing the Landscape of Jewish Family Purity

Jewish laws of family purity (taharat ha-mishpahah), which govern mikvah use and sexual relations, have traditionally been kept private, studied primarily by the Orthodox married couples who practice them, but a group of Instagram influencers are turning the old model on its head. With some of their humorous reels receiving over a million views, they are influencing the way women relate to these laws, their bodies, and their marriages. Explore this trend and consider the potential for innovation - and conflict - in niddah and other areas of Jewish law and practice.

Presenters

Lindsey Bodner

Lindsey Bodner is a writer, an attorney, and the executive director of the Naomi Foundation. She proudly supports her husband in his rabbinic work at Congregation Ramath Orah in Manhattan and teaches children and adults including kallahs as they prepare for marriage.

Monday February 27, 2023 4:00pm - 5:00pm EST
TBA

Religious Practice, Female Voices in Orthodoxy

7:00pm EST

The Torah of Our Lives: Texts from Outside the Beit Midrash

How might we learn from the lived experiences of those whose Torah flourished outside the walls of the beit midrash (house of study)? In this session we will learn from memoir, poetry, and letters, and center the voices of Jewish women from medieval and early modern time periods.

Presenters

Danielle Kranjec

Hillel International

Danielle Kranjec is the associate vice president of Hillel International’s Center for Jewish and Israel Education/Meyerhoff Center, responsible for the educational approach that helps students develop and grow their Jewish knowledge, friendships, and identities. Kranjec previously... Read More →

Monday February 27, 2023 7:00pm - 8:00pm EST
TBA

Ideas

7:00pm EST

Spiritual Growth and Development for Jewish Kids and Teens

Today, the role of spirituality as a key element of building a healthy, integrated life is gaining more mainstream awareness; as Jews, we've known about how vital this aspect of our lives is for centuries. Join this session to learn about what our tradition has to teach about how to bring this to our kids and teens, along with some practical tools for how we can do so.

Presenters

Matt Shapiro

Rabbi Matt Shapiro is a creative programmer, a compelling teacher, and a unique thinker in the fields of Jewish learning and the role of religion and spirituality in contemporary life. He currently works as Director of Youth Learning and Engagement at Temple Beth Am in Los Angeles... Read More →

Monday February 27, 2023 7:00pm - 8:00pm EST
TBA

Religious Practice

12:00pm EST

100 Saturdays

Michael Frank will give a behind the scenes look at One Hundred Saturdays, his new book, which was seven years in the making and captures the story of Stella Levi, one of the last surviving members of the Juderia of Rhodes. This storied Sephardic community had lived on Rhodes, an paradisical island in the Eastern Mediterranean, for nearly half a millennium following its expulsion from Spain, and its long, rich history came to an end in July of 1944 when the community, more than 1,700 people in all, was taken to Auschwitz in one of the latest—and longest—of all the deportations.

Presenters

Michael Frank

Michael Frank has contributed essays, book reviews, and short stories to The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic, Slate, The Yale Review, The Threepenny Review, The TLS, Time, and Tablet, among other publications. He is the author of What Is Missing, a novel, and The... Read More →

Tuesday February 28, 2023 12:00pm - 1:00pm EST
TBA

Books

12:00pm EST

An Honest Religious Thinker is like a Tightrope Walker: Maimonides and Us

Can Judaism provide us with spiritual and intellectual resources that help us lead flourishing lives of meaning even as we're beset by doubts about the very ideas that might serve as foundations and inspirations: truth, justice, progress, God, even free will? As he so often does, Maimonides has blazed a trail for us here - building a life of incredible energy and productivity on a quicksand-like foundation of doubt. Like his work, which was both humanistic and distinctively Jewish, Maimonides's doubts encompassed both the redeemability of Torah and the very possibility of human life meaning anything. Together, we'll watch Maimonides chart his courageous, dizzying path on the razor's edge of truth and nihilism - and consider what it can mean for us today. All sources will be in English - no prior background required.

Presenters

Jason Rubenstein

Jason Rubenstein is the Howard M. Holtzmann Jewish Chaplain at Yale, where he serves a sprawling, diverse Jewish community that matches his own life: a childhood at Temple Micah in Washington DC, formative years studying at Yeshivat Ma’ale Gilboa in northern Israel, and rabbinic... Read More →

Tuesday February 28, 2023 12:00pm - 1:00pm EST
TBA

Ideas

3:00pm EST

Cultivating Our Spiritual Wellbeing Post-Pandemic

Following the height of the pandemic, we are all readjusting-- with some experiencing fallout and burnout. Through Jewish text study and pastoral Torah, in this session we will tap into our tradition's wellsprings of wellbeing and ask ourselves what comes next.

Presenters

Alissa Thomas Newborn

Rabbanit Alissa is a staff chaplain at New York-Presbyterian Columbia University Irving Medical Center where she specializes in end of life, palliative, ICU, and psychiatric care. She is also the Devorah Scholar at Netivot Shalom in Teaneck, NJ. She received her ordination from Yeshivat... Read More →

Tuesday February 28, 2023 3:00pm - 4:00pm EST
TBA

Ideas, Female Voices in Orthodoxy

3:00pm EST

Believing What We Say: Four Models of Truthfulness in Prayer

Sometimes, we articulate hopes in our prayers that are hard to believe. We pray for the resurrection of the dead or we bless God for caring compassionately for all living flesh -- but these convictions and hopes can feel unsustainable in the face of doubts and countervailing realities. How important is truthfulness in prayer? And what can we do when sincerity is difficult? Together we will consider four models for navigating truthfulness in prayer. We will look at a variety of texts from the Mishnah and Talmud to the writings of twentieth-century theologians and poets.

Presenters

Akiva Mattenson

Hadar

Akiva Mattenson completed a BA in philosophy at DePaul University, where he focused on twentieth-century French and German thought. He has previously taught in a variety of settings including the Orot Center for New Jewish Learning, and his writing has been published at The Lehrhaus... Read More →

Tuesday February 28, 2023 3:00pm - 4:00pm EST
TBA

Text Study, Hadar Track

4:00pm EST

Finding Godliness Through People

This class will explore the teachings of Rabbi Avraham Yitzhak Kook, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, and classical rabbinic text as a way of understanding the spirituality of relationships.

Presenters

Jon Leener

Rabbi, Base Hillel

Rabbi Jonathan Leener is a Faculty Associate Fellow for Pardes North America. He is also the rabbi of the Prospect Heights Shul in Brooklyn, NY. Rabbi Leener is a founder of Base and served as the founding rabbi of Base BKLYN. Rabbi Leener was ordained at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical... Read More →

Tuesday February 28, 2023 4:00pm - 5:00pm EST
TBA

Text Study, Pardes Track

4:00pm EST

Traveling through the Land of Israel with Tractate Megillah

The Book of Esther is the only book in the TaNaCh that takes place outlise the Land of Israel and makes no reference to it. And yet, tractate Megillah in the Babylonian Talmud, which discusses it and this holiday in length, takes us through a tour in Land. In our session, we'll glance at the opening of this tractate, gather some unique information about this holiday and connect the dots of this riddle. Hebrew text with translation; no previous learning experience with Talmud needed. Looking forward to journeying with you!

Presenters

Michal Kohane

Rabbanit Michal Kohane is a graduate of Yeshivat Maharat, currently teaching Torah and Talmud in Israel and abroad. She's completed her accreditation in chaplaincy, in addition to previous degrees in Studies of Israel, education and psychology. Rabbanit Michal served as Jewish community... Read More →

Tuesday February 28, 2023 4:00pm - 5:00pm EST
TBA

Text Study, Female Voices in Orthodoxy

5:00pm EST

Be'Rahamim Rabim: New Rituals for Pregnancy, Birth and Postpartum

The journey through pregnancy to parenthood is one of life’s most significant life-cycle transitions, and yet there are no prescribed Jewish rituals or liturgies - tools for spiritual nourishment - for the nine months of pregnancy and for childbirth, nor for the postpartum parent. Nonetheless, Jewish communities around the world have found sacred ways to honor this transition. Join me to learn more about some of these folk customs and to hear about my five original rituals for pregnancy, birth and postpartum. People of all genders welcome!

Presenters

Sofia Zway

Jewish Studies Educator, Milken Community School

Sofia Zway was born in Ecuador and raised in South Africa, where she graduated from the University of Cape Town with an Honours degree in Drama and Psychology. Sofia is a proud graduate of Netzer South Africa, the Reform Zionist Youth Movement, which she credits for igniting her love... Read More →

Tuesday February 28, 2023 5:00pm - 6:00pm EST

Religious Practice

8:00pm EST

The Grapes of Roth: Three Literary Giants

Three remarkable Jewish writers, Joseph Roth, Henry Roth, and Philip Roth, share a common last name and were colorful characters whose award-winning works are classics. Joseph (1894-1939) was a successful journalist and novelist; Henry (1906-1995) managed to overcome perhaps the most remarkable writers block in history; Philip (1933-2018) is arguably the best known of the three. We’ll learn some biographical details about them and will listen to selected passages from their works.

Presenters

Jack Shlachter

The Physics Rabbi

Rabbi Jack Shlachter, Ph. D., is a physicist who spent most of his career at Los Alamos National Laboratory. In parallel, Jack is an ordained rabbi. He has led congregations in Center Moriches, NY, Los Alamos, NM, and Santa Fe, NM, and he has also provided itinerant rabbinic support... Read More →

Tuesday February 28, 2023 8:00pm - 9:00pm EST
TBA

Books

8:00pm EST

The Torah of Now: Understanding our Reality Through the Prism of Jewish Texts

At the time of submitting this session proposal - this session doesn't yet know what it's going to be about. Because, this session is going to be about Torah being responsive to the world around us. So, three days before this session, I will pick something current happening in the news, or the Jewish community, and I will prepare some Jewish texts around that issue or topic - and we'll see what our tradition can teach us about our current moment. Join us for a fun learning adventure, no matter what your experience with Jewish texts is or is not! All are welcome!

Presenters

Yaffa Epstein

Jewish Education Project

Rabba Yaffa Epstein Serves as the Senior Scholar & Educator in Residence at The Jewish Education Project. Previously, she was the Director of the Wexner Heritage Program, at the Wexner Foundation, and served as the Director of Education, North America for the Pardes Institute of Jewish... Read More →

Tuesday February 28, 2023 8:00pm - 9:00pm EST
TBA

Text Study, Female Voices in Orthodoxy

12:00pm EST

#Antisemitism

How will being shaped in a climate of unprecedented antisemitism create a new Jewish future? In this informative + interactive session, participants wil have the chance to take a deep dive into modern antisemitism through the lens of how it is shaping the Jewish lives and choices of adolescents and emerging adults. Using stories shared from Gen Z-ers and those who care about them, we'll explore what it means to explore Jewish identity and behaviors when antisemitism is on the rise from the political Left and the Right, in-person and online. Is today's uptick in antisemitism the latest iteration of the world's oldest hatred, or are today's challenges different from ever before? Bring your voice as we explore the issues of today + tomorrow.

Presenters

Samantha Vinokor-Meinrath

Senior Director of Knowledge, Ideas and Learning, The Jewish Education Project

Dr. Samantha Vinokor-Meinrath is a lifelong Jewish educator and learner. She currently serves as the Senior Director of Knowledge, Ideas and Learning at The Jewish Education Project, and is the author of #antisemitism: Coming of Age During the Resurgence of Hate, a deep dive into... Read More →

Wednesday March 1, 2023 12:00pm - 1:00pm EST
TBA

Books

12:00pm EST

An Ancient Queen in the Modern Era

The first century Jewish historian Josephus Flavius tells the story of an ancient Mesopotamian queen, Helena of Adiabene, who converted to Judaism, made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, and fell in love with the city and its residents. Queen Helena was remembered by rabbis and bishops throughout antiquity and the medieval period - in fact, her memory persists to this day, not least because a street in Jerusalem bears her name. Together, we'll turn to the history of this remarkable woman, paying particular attention to how she was remembered in the modern era.

Presenters

Sarit Kattan Gribetz

JTS

Sarit Kattan Gribetz is a JTS Fellow and associate professor of classical Judaism in the Theology Department at Fordham University. She is also currently a student in the kollel at Yeshivat Maharat. She received her BA and PhD from the Department of Religion at Princeton University... Read More →

Wednesday March 1, 2023 12:00pm - 1:00pm EST
TBA

Text Study

3:00pm EST

A Brief History of Our Talmudic Sages

Ever wanted to get an overview of who is who in the Talmud? We'll cover 600 years of talmudic sages in 60 minutes. Walk away knowing the most important figures in every generation.

Presenters

Jeremy Tabick

Jeremy Tabick is the Content Manager and faculty at Hadar, where he teaches, curates, and edits Hadar's content—both online and in print—and Project Zug courses. Jeremy is also pursuing a PhD in Talmud at JTS. He graduated from the University of Manchester (in the UK) with a Masters... Read More →

Wednesday March 1, 2023 3:00pm - 4:00pm EST
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Text Study, Hadar Track

3:00pm EST

When a Woman reads the Talmud: Gendered Insights into the Oven of Achnai Story

The talmudic story of the Oven of Achnai has been the subject of much analysis. We will review the story with some of the modern commentary on it, and then look at new insights offered by two contemporary women Talmudic scholars.

Presenters

Gloria Nusbacher

Rabbanit Gloria Nusbacher has semikha from Yeshivat Maharat. She currently serves as a community educator, teaching Torah to adults. She began serious study of Jewish texts after a career in corporate law, including almost 20 years as a partner at one of the 100 largest U.S. law firms... Read More →

Wednesday March 1, 2023 3:00pm - 4:00pm EST
TBA

Text Study, Female Voices in Orthodoxy

4:00pm EST

Jewish Settlements in Palestine: 1870-1920

The objective of this session is to briefly examine the historical and social development and significance of over 40 Jewish settlements or “colonies” established in Palestine between 1870 and 1920. Many of these settlements were founded and/or supported by Baron Edmund Rothschild and other organizations such the JCA, BILU, JNF and the AIU. Attendees will view a PowerPoint presentation which illustrates information about the settlements and displays old postcards, photographs,historical documents and travel guides which assist in the preservation of memories about this historical period.

Presenters

Ed Kroft

Ed Kroft lives in Vancouver Canada and is a partner of a major international law firm in Canada . He has practiced in the area of tax law for over forty years and has lectured in tax law at Canadian law schools for over thirty years.One of Ed’s passions is stamp collecting -including... Read More →

Wednesday March 1, 2023 4:00pm - 5:00pm EST
TBA

Israel

4:00pm EST

The Abyss of Self: The Poetry of Psalms

The philosopher Henri Bergson once said that poetry can return us into our own presence. Join us as we approach the language of Psalms in this way — as an opportunity to plunge into the abyss of self and explore how a close reading of these timeless poems can transform our model of selfhood and offer a path to repair what Martin Buber has called "the injured wholeness of man."

Presenters

Jessica Minnen

Rabbi Jessica Minnen is a writer, ritualist, and liturgist committed to the discipline of delight. Inspired by user-centered design, she consults with organizations across the country to create, deliver, and scale transformative Jewish learning. Jessica is a sought-after educator... Read More →

Wednesday March 1, 2023 4:00pm - 5:00pm EST
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Text Study, Pardes Track

8:00pm EST

What is Jewish Movement?

Come prepared to move in your space! We’ll probe the question of whether there's such a thing as 'Jewish movement' and what that might entail. Then we'll use dance and movement as a lens to look at Torah and uncover body wisdom inherent in the text. No movement background needed! You’ll be guided in a class-like, easy-to-follow movement session by Amie Segal.

Presenters

Amie Segal

Amie Segal is the founder of The Living Room, a Los Angeles based organization started in 2018 that hosts lively evenings of dance, havdallah, and music. The Living Room’s mission is to explore Judaism at the intersection of movement, dance and Torah and to invigorate Jewish joy... Read More →

Wednesday March 1, 2023 8:00pm - 9:00pm EST
TBA

Arts