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Haberman Institute for Jewish Studies
Adult Jewish Education

From Tablet to Tablet: The History of Jewish Books 
Jun
3
7:30 PM19:30

From Tablet to Tablet: The History of Jewish Books 

  • Monday, June 3, 2024
  • 7:30 PM 9:00 PM 19:30 21:00
  • Online Lecture (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Presented by Rabbi Joseph A. Skloot, Ph.D.
Rabbi Aaron D. Panken Associate Professor of Modern Jewish Intellectual History,
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR)

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Brothers Crying Out from the Ground: Biblical Origins of Our Divided Society
May
28
12:00 PM12:00

Brothers Crying Out from the Ground: Biblical Origins of Our Divided Society

  • Tuesday, May 28, 2024
  • 12:00 PM 1:30 PM 12:00 13:30
  • Zoom Webinar (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Presented by Judy Klitsner
Rabbi Joshua S. Bakst Chair in Tanakh, Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies

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After 1177 BCE: The Survival of Civilizations
May
19
7:30 PM19:30

After 1177 BCE: The Survival of Civilizations

  • Sunday, May 19, 2024
  • 7:30 PM 9:00 PM 19:30 21:00
  • B'nai Israel Congregation (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Presented by Dr. Eric Cline
P
rofessor of Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies and Anthropology, George Washington University

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Resilience and Hope: Jewish Ritual Innovation After October 7th
May
9
7:00 PM19:00

Resilience and Hope: Jewish Ritual Innovation After October 7th

  • Thursday, May 9, 2024
  • 7:00 PM 8:30 PM 19:00 20:30
  • Webinar (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Presented by Rabbi Vanessa Ochs, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, University of Virginia Department of Religious Studies;
Rabbi Sally Priesand Visiting Professor HUC/JIR 2023-2024

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Remarkable Resilience: Leading the Way Forward
May
8
12:00 PM12:00

Remarkable Resilience: Leading the Way Forward

  • Wednesday, May 8, 2024
  • 12:00 PM 1:00 PM 12:00 13:00
  • Online lecture (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Event Host: Natasha Kirtchuk
124News Anchor and Correspondent

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The Changing Face of 'Jewish Art' in the Modern and Contemporary World 
Apr
17
7:00 PM19:00

The Changing Face of 'Jewish Art' in the Modern and Contemporary World 

  • Wednesday, April 17, 2024
  • 7:00 PM 8:30 PM 19:00 20:30
  • Zoom Webinar (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Presented by Dr. Ori Soltes
Goldman Professorial Lecturer in Theology and Fine Arts, Georgetown University

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Richard Wagner's Operas and the Jews
Apr
10
7:30 PM19:30

Richard Wagner's Operas and the Jews

  • Wednesday, April 10, 2024
  • 7:30 PM 9:00 PM 19:30 21:00
  • Zoom Webinar (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Presented by Saul Lilienstein
Music Historian, Smithsonian Affiliates; Johns Hopkins University; Washington National Opera at the Kennedy Center

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From Generation to Generation: How Jewishness Influenced Slavery in Antebellum Charleston
Mar
19
7:30 PM19:30

From Generation to Generation: How Jewishness Influenced Slavery in Antebellum Charleston

  • Tuesday, March 19, 2024
  • 7:30 PM 9:00 PM 19:30 21:00
  • Online Lecture (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Presented by Joseph Weisberg
Ph.D. Student, Department of HIstory, Brandeis University

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Call Me Dancer: Documentary Screening & Discussion
Mar
11
7:30 PM19:30

Call Me Dancer: Documentary Screening & Discussion

  • Monday, March 11, 2024
  • 7:30 PM 8:30 PM 19:30 20:30
  • Zoom Webinar (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Screen the documentary at home, and then join us March 11 online for a talk with the filmmaker, Leslie Shampaine, and lead protagonist, Manish Chauhan.

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Towards a Jewish National Art Music: Piano Works from St. Petersburg at the turn of the Twentieth Century
Mar
7
7:00 PM19:00

Towards a Jewish National Art Music: Piano Works from St. Petersburg at the turn of the Twentieth Century

  • Thursday, March 7, 2024
  • 7:00 PM 8:30 PM 19:00 20:30
  • Zoom Webinar (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Presented by Cantor Matthew Austerklein
Prayer Leader, Scholar, Musician

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Wild Visionary: The Jewish World of Maurice Sendak's Artistry
Mar
3
7:30 PM19:30

Wild Visionary: The Jewish World of Maurice Sendak's Artistry

  • Sunday, March 3, 2024
  • 7:30 PM 9:00 PM 19:30 21:00
  • Online Lecture (map)
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Presented by Dr. Golan Moskowitz
Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies, Tulane University

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Science and Religion: Reviving an Ancient Partnership
Feb
20
7:30 PM19:30

Science and Religion: Reviving an Ancient Partnership

  • Tuesday, February 20, 2024
  • 7:30 PM 9:00 PM 19:30 21:00
  • Google Calendar ICS

Rabbi Dr. Bradley Shavit Artson
Roslyn and Abner Goldstine Dean’s Chair, Professor of Philosophy
Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies of the American Jewish University

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One City in the Making of a Rabbi: Jewish Cincinnati and Rabbi Haberman's Journey
Feb
5
7:30 PM19:30

One City in the Making of a Rabbi: Jewish Cincinnati and Rabbi Haberman's Journey

  • Monday, February 5, 2024
  • 7:30 PM 9:00 PM 19:30 21:00
  • Zoom Webinar (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Presented by Dr. Karla Goldman
Sol Drachler Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work, and Professor of Judaic Studies, College of Literature, Science and the Arts, University of Michigan

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Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song
Jan
28
10:00 AM10:00

Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song

  • Sunday, January 28, 2024
  • 10:00 AM 12:00 PM 10:00 12:00
  • Google Calendar ICS

Presented by Alan Light, Music Journalist
In Person Only

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Doorways to Designer Babies?  Judaic Ethics and Genetic Enhancement
Jan
22
7:30 PM19:30

Doorways to Designer Babies? Judaic Ethics and Genetic Enhancement

  • Monday, January 22, 2024
  • 7:30 PM 9:00 PM 19:30 21:00
  • Online Lecture (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Presented by Rabbi Jonathan K. Crane, Ph.D.
Raymond F. Schinazi Scholar in Bioethics and Jewish Thought at Emory’s Center for Ethics

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Faith and Foxholes: Jewish Military Chaplains in War and Peace
Jan
17
7:30 PM19:30

Faith and Foxholes: Jewish Military Chaplains in War and Peace

  • Wednesday, January 17, 2024
  • 7:30 PM 9:00 PM 19:30 21:00
  • Zoom Webinar (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Presented by Rabbi Arnold Resnicoff

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Diversity In Israeli Society in Light of the October 7 Massacre
Dec
18
7:30 PM19:30

Diversity In Israeli Society in Light of the October 7 Massacre

  • Monday, December 18, 2023
  • 7:30 PM 9:00 PM 19:30 21:00
  • Zoom Webinar (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Presented by Professor Amit Schejter
Professor of Communication Studies; Former Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU).

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Julius Rosenwald: The Most Important Philanthropist You've Never Heard Of
Dec
4
7:30 PM19:30

Julius Rosenwald: The Most Important Philanthropist You've Never Heard Of

  • Monday, December 4, 2023
  • 7:30 PM 9:00 PM 19:30 21:00
  • Online Lecture (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Online panel discussion

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Confronting Slavery in the Torah and Talmud
Nov
15
7:30 PM19:30

Confronting Slavery in the Torah and Talmud

  • Wednesday, November 15, 2023
  • 7:30 PM 9:00 PM 19:30 21:00
  • Online Lecture (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Presented by Rabbi Mira Wasserman
Director of the Center for Jewish Ethics, Associate Professor of Rabbinic Literature at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College

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Discoveries from the Shapell Roster: DC-Area Focus
Nov
9
7:30 PM19:30

Discoveries from the Shapell Roster: DC-Area Focus

  • Thursday, November 9, 2023
  • 7:30 PM 9:00 PM 19:30 21:00
  • Online Lecure (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Presented by Adrienne DeArmas, Director, Shapell Roster · Shapell Manuscript Foundation
Caitlin Winkler and Alexandra Apito, Researchers · Shapell Manuscript Foundation

 

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Reconnecting as a People: Grassroots Caretaking in Israel
Oct
26
1:00 PM13:00

Reconnecting as a People: Grassroots Caretaking in Israel

  • Thursday, October 26, 2023
  • 1:00 PM 2:15 PM 13:00 14:15
  • Zoom Webinar (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Online panel discussion from Jerusalem and Tel Aviv

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Turning Germans Against Jews: Photographic Denunciation in Pre-War Nazi Germany
Oct
25
7:30 PM19:30

Turning Germans Against Jews: Photographic Denunciation in Pre-War Nazi Germany

  • Wednesday, October 25, 2023
  • 7:30 PM 9:00 PM 19:30 21:00
  • Online Lecture (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Presented by Dr. Julie R. Keresztes
American University and Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies Postdoctoral Fellow

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At Home in an Antisemitic City: The Jews of Vienna Before the Holocaust
Oct
18
7:30 PM19:30

At Home in an Antisemitic City: The Jews of Vienna Before the Holocaust

  • Wednesday, October 18, 2023
  • 7:30 PM 9:00 PM 19:30 21:00
  • Online Lecture (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Presented by Dr. Marsha Rozenblit
Harvey M. Meyerhoff Professor of Modern Jewish History, University of Maryland

 

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The Sacred Earth: Jewish Perspectives on Our Planet
Oct
11
7:30 PM19:30

The Sacred Earth: Jewish Perspectives on Our Planet

  • Wednesday, October 11, 2023
  • 7:30 PM 9:00 PM 19:30 21:00
  • Temple Emanuel (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Panel talk with rabbis and authors on their contributions to the book
In-person in Kensington, Maryland with livestream option

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The Jewish Music in George Gershwin
Sep
27
7:30 PM19:30

The Jewish Music in George Gershwin

  • Wednesday, September 27, 2023
  • 7:30 PM 9:00 PM 19:30 21:00
  • Online Lecture (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Presented by Saul Lilienstein
Music Historian

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Rabbi Leo Baeck, Issues of Moral Complexity, and Lessons for Today
Sep
10
4:00 PM16:00

Rabbi Leo Baeck, Issues of Moral Complexity, and Lessons for Today

  • Sunday, September 10, 2023
  • 4:00 PM 8:00 PM 16:00 20:00
  • Washington Hebrew Congregation (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Presented by Rabbi David Ellenson
Chancellor Emeritus, Hebrew Union College
4-8 PM ET at Washington Hebrew Congregation, Washington, DC
(In person only)

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 Angels in Judaism: From the Biblical Period to the Time of Josephus
Aug
2
12:00 PM12:00

Angels in Judaism: From the Biblical Period to the Time of Josephus

  • Wednesday, August 2, 2023
  • 12:00 PM 1:00 PM 12:00 13:00
  • Online (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Presented by Gideon Amir

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Xueta Island: A Hidden History
Jul
10
12:00 PM12:00

Xueta Island: A Hidden History

  • Monday, July 10, 2023
  • 12:00 PM 1:00 PM 12:00 13:00
  • Online (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Screen the documentary at home, and then join us online for a discussion with the director.

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