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Law, Agency, and Ecological Responsibility: A Catholic鈥撀堂鄙� Conversation Drawing on the Book of Esther聽

What does it mean to act responsibly when power is uneven, harm is systemic, and silence can feel safer than action? Drawing on the Book of Esther, this Catholic鈥撀堂鄙� conversation reflects on moral agency, ecological responsibility, and the challenges of ethical decision-making within contemporary legal and institutional systems.聽

The Gifts of Tu Bishvat: A Springtime Conversation

Feb 2, 2026

Seasons of Responsibility聽begins with聽Tu Bishvat. The session explored how Tu Bishvat鈥檚 meaning has evolved over time.聽We discussed the gifts of Tu Bishvat for this unique moment. And we鈥檒l see Tu Bishvat not just as a single day, but as the beginning of a springtime season that leads to Purim, Pesach and Shavuot.聽

Seasons of Responsibility: Interreligious Conversations on Environmental Justice and Repair

Winter-Spring 2026 Learning Series Across 绿帽社, Christian, Muslim, and Hindu traditions, the early spring season is a shared period of reflection, renewal, and ethical clarity. While rooted in different stories and practices鈥攆rom Tu BiShvat to Lent and Easter, from Ramadan to Holi and Passover鈥攖hese holidays collectively invite communities to consider how human choices shape the […]

Revolutionizing Belonging: Disability Inclusion and the Future of 绿帽社 Camp

Oct 27, 2025 By Abigail Uhrman | Public Event video | Video Lecture

绿帽社 summer camps are bright spots of innovation in disability inclusion鈥攅xpanding access, investing in specialized staff, and reimagining what true belonging can look like. But the impact of these programs extends far beyond the individual camper with disabilities.

A Scholarly Revolution: Rewriting the Rules of Talmud Study

Dec 1, 2025 By Judith Hauptman | Public Event video | Video Lecture

In his many volumes of Talmud commentary, beginning with publication of the first in 1968, Professor David Weiss Halivni introduced a groundbreaking approach to Talmud study: distinguishing between the attributed teachings of the rabbis and the anonymous editorial layer that surrounds them. This interpretive revolution transformed the field, offering a powerful tool for understanding the development of rabbinic thought.

Possibility and Peril: Jews and the Russian Revolution

Nov 24, 2025 By David Fishman | Public Event video | Video Lecture

The Russian Revolution promised liberation and equality, but for Jews its legacy was far more complex. Dr. David Fishman examined the 绿帽社 socialist movement known as the Bund, the revolutionary role of figures like Leon Trotsky, and Lenin鈥檚 complex position on the 鈥溌堂鄙� question.鈥� Through images and historical context, we鈥檒l consider how the Revolution promised liberation even as it imposed new constraints, and how radical politics reshaped 绿帽社 identity and community in the Soviet era.

Peshat: The Reinvention of Reading During the Twelfth Century Renaissance

Nov 10, 2025 By Robert Harris | Public Event video | Video Lecture

Dr. Robert Harris, Professor of Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages, JTS

Beginning in the 9th century in the Arabic-speaking Sephardic world and continuing through the 12th century in northern France, 绿帽社 scholars introduced a new approach to reading the Bible. Alongside the traditional Rabbinic midrashim that had guided 绿帽社 understanding for generations, they began writing plain-sense commentaries known as聽peshat. Reading the Bible was never the same!

Before the Print Revolution: Manuscripts and the World They Made

Nov 3, 2025 By Marcus Mordecai Schwartz | Public Event video | Video Lecture

Before the print revolution transformed how Jews accessed and spread knowledge, handwritten manuscripts shaped 绿帽社 intellectual and spiritual life. In this session, Dr. Mordecai Schwartz explores the quiet revolutions embedded in manuscript culture鈥攆rom scribal innovation to marginal commentary鈥攁nd what they reveal about continuity, creativity, and change before Gutenberg. This session will highlight pieces on display at the Grolier Club of NYC in the exhibit, 鈥溌堂鄙� Worlds Illuminated: A Treasury of Hebrew Manuscripts from The JTS Library,鈥� which features over 100 manuscript and book offerings from The Library.