April 2021
Rising from the Rubble
Presented by the Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center. The Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews. Join the chief curator, Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett for a multimedia tour of 1,000 years of Polish Jewish life.
Find out more »Something Completely Different: Hobbies!
With Rabbi Reinhart.
Find out more »Chai 5: You Be The Rabbi!
With Rabbi Buyer-Witman.
Find out more »Bedtime Stories
With Lisa Samick.
Find out more »Making Music
With Sheldon Low.
Find out more »Untold Stories: Central Europe’s Jewish Quarters
Step into history with three LIVE Virtual walking tours through Prague, Budapest & Krakow’s Jewish Quarters, led by expert local guides. Then delve into the vibrant history of Warsaw’s Jewish community with a captivating presentation by our Scholar in Residence, Prof. Stephen Berk. April 11 – Budapest’s Jewish Quarter led by Borcas Lako April 18 – Prague’s Josefov district (Jewish Quarter) led by Lucie Pechacova April 25 – Krakow’s Kazimierz (Jewish Quarter) led by Anna Maria Baryła, in partnership with…
Find out more »Central Park Walk
With Cantor Altshul.
Find out more »Holocaust Memory in the 21st Century
Sara J. Bloomfield, Dir, US Holocaust Memorial Museum How will Holocaust history & memory be sustained & transmitted in perpetuity? Learn about the Museum’s impact in preserving the evidence, educating diverse audiences, fighting antisemitism, & preventing genocide.
Find out more »Head of the Mossad
Presented by the Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center. An insider’s account of the crucial role that intelligence, security & counterterrorism has and must play for a secure Israel.
Find out more »The Biblical Deborah Reimagine
Wendy Zierler, PhD, Professor of Feminist Studies & Modern Jewish Literature, HUC/NY In Trieste Italy, the first modern Hebrew woman poet, Rachel Luzatto Morpurgo (1790-1871) placed herself in the shoes of Deborah as well as those of the erudite rabbis of the Talmud, subtly suggesting that women might be able to do the job better than their male counterparts. Discover the story of the Biblical Deborah!
Find out more »Cairo Geniza: The Jews of Medieval Islam
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!
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