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Jennifer Grayson, PhD, Rabbi Panken Asst Professor of Jewish History, HUC/Cinn, & Xavier University For centuries, Jews in medieval Cairo deposited their used writings in their genizah, a storage chamber for sacred books that are no longer useable. Egypt’s dry climate ensured that over 200,000 manuscripts did not disintegrate. Explore this treasure trove of documents!

Rabbi Joshua Garroway, PhD, Professor of Judaeo-Christian Studies, & of Early Christianity & 2nd Commonwealth, HUC/LA Paul’s disparagement of the Torah & his conferral of the Abrahamic covenant on Gentiles have earned him the reputation among Jews as a huckster who abandoned Judaism to create another religion. Is it possible we've been too hard on Paul? Might modern Jews come to see him as a loyal Jew – indeed a Jew much like ourselves?

Join Professor Stephen Berk for this exclusive Virtual Series covering four towering figures who changed world history. Featuring Live moderated chat, and post-talk Q&A with Prof. Berk each session.

Panel and audience Q&A. With panelists Rabbi Gelfand and panelists Rabbis Laurie Rice, Adam Wright, and David Locketz.

From Jewish cowboys to fugitive Nazis, Argentina has a Jewish story to tell. Join this series to discover what there is to cry for, and what there is to celebrate in the Jewish Argentinean Experience.

Presented by the Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center.

Joshua Holo, PhD, Dean & Assoc Professor of Jewish History, HUC/LA Braving pirates & mother nature, medieval Jews pursued their business, communal, & religious interests by crossing the known world, at great risk. Voyage through time on the pilgrimages, explorations, & trade routes!

Miriam Heller Stern, National Dir, School of Ed, HUC The Jewish people have a long history of creative thinking as a tool for adaptation, disruption & survival. Join us for an interactive session where we will explore creative Jewish sensibilities that help us be bold, refuel, & recharge our optimism.

Jean Bloch Rosensaft, Dir, Heller Museum, HUC/NY Marc Chagall, profoundly inspired by the Bible, produced Biblical works in paintings, etchings, sculptures, mosaics, tapestries, stained-glass windows, ceramics, & stage set designs. Discover how memories of his youth in Vitebsk, his 1931 visit to Palestine, the Russian Revolution, the Holocaust, his personal religiosity, & his admiration for the old masters, informed his imagination.

Jeremy Leigh, HUC/Jerusalem Despite having let go of the idea of pilgrimage over 2,000 years ago, should traveling to sites of Jewish significance – in Europe & Israel – enter our practice as a way embedding connections across time & space? Are there, or could there be, a 'canon of places'? And by extension, is there is a 'canon of questions' when we get there?

Marc Dollinger, PhD, Goldman Chair, Social Responsibility, San Francisco State University Are American Jews white? The question, answered differently by different generations of American Jews, gets at the heart of American Jewish identity. Have Jews remained separate & distinct from the rest of middle-class America or have they assimilated so much that they have become white? Explore the contentious history & sociology of Jews & racial definition. Discover some (surprising) insights into the debate over Jewish whiteness.

More than 90% of Danish Jewry survived World War II, and the Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center is honored to share the extraordinary story of the bravery and kindness of the Danish people during our darkest hour in collaboration with Thanks To Scandinavia.

Sivan Zakai, PhD, Sara Lee Assoc Professor of Jewish Education, HUC/LA Lauren Applebaum, EdD, Dir, DeLeT, HUC Rabbi Jordi Schuster Battis, Shir Tikva, Wayland, MA The Covid-19 pandemic has ushered in radical shifts in the relationships among children, parents, & teachers. Serious challenges & profound opportunities for building meaningful & educative relationships between children & the adults who love them. Learn about how we can partner to support the needs of children, & of one another, during this time.