Jews for Repro NY KICKOFF EVENT

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REGISTER  Jews for Repro NY is a grassroots organizing initiative activating Jews and Jewish leaders to speak out for abortion access in the New York metro area. This movement will…

HUC Connect: Compelling Conversations at the Forefront of Jewish Learning

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REGISTER Insight Into Awakenings: A discussion with Rabbis Joshua Stanton and Benjamin Spratt and HUC’s Betsy Stone, PhD, about revisioning Jewish practice and connection. Who are the Jews of the present and future? How can we co-create and adapt Reform Judaism? Who are our leaders and supporters? How might seminary education adapt to Jews of…

A Conversation with Scott Fried “Talking to the Creature on Your Walk Home: A Survival Guide for Parents & Grandparents of Teenagers”

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REGISTER Explore how to best support our young people as they develop, with author Scott Fried. Scott will address fundamental questions such as how we can show up for our teens and help them thrive—even when we don’t have all the answers. Scott will also offer tips on how to create healthy conversations and practice…

Rabbi Ed Feld Discusses “The Book of Revolutions: The Battles of Priests, Prophets, and Kings That Birthed the Torah”

REGISTER The Torah is truly the Book of Revolutions, born from a military coup (the Northern Israelite revolution), the aftermath of an assassination and regency (a Judean revolution), and a quiet but radical revolution effected by outsiders whose ideas proved persuasive (Babylonian exile). Emerging from each of these were three key legal codes—the Covenant Code…

CRS Outings: Tzedek Box Exhibit at HUC-JIR

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REGISTER Join Cantor De Lowe for a tour of the "Tzedek Box" exhibit at the Heller Musuem at Hebrew Union College- Jewish Institute of Religion. A new ceremonial object, the tzedek box enables the ritualization of our acts of justice and helps bring sanctity and beauty to this work. Contemporary artists offer their vision for…

He(Art) and Soul – Candle Weaving: Crafting and Kavanah with Rabbi Mira Weller

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REGISTER We will culminate our course with a hands-on crafting event that anyone (artist or not) can do and that is relevant to Jewish tradition. Knetlachlegn is a medieval spiritual practice of weaving candles that Ashkenazi women made for Yizkor. Through the act of gathering and crafting our candles, we will come up with our…

Personal and Spiritual Pathways Through the Psalms

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REGISTER Join Rabbi Jacqueline Koch Ellenson for a monthly personal and spiritual encounter with The Book of Psalms, or Tehillim, an ancient book with eternal and contemporary meaning. This text is a multi-vocal collection of poems that holds relevance for every mood and every mode of human existence. All searchers and learners are welcome, independent…