Recorded On:
December 5, 2023
SPEAKERS:
Ronda Spinak
Joshua Silverstein
Kimberly Green
Art has the ability to challenge the status quo and encourage us to change our way of thinking. Several pieces produced by The Braid, exemplify this idea, such as True Colors and Sweet Tea and the Southern Jew. The Braid is a story company and non-profit organization grounded in Jewish culture and experience. Representatives from these works will engage in discussion about their connection to their monologues, internal issues they faced when preparing these pieces, and the positive and more difficult reactions they’ve received from audience members about these pieces.
Recorded On:
November 30, 2023
SPEAKERS:
Professor Judith Lewis Herman
Rabbi John Davidson, MD
Ghadir Hani
Dr. Ayellet Cohen-Wieder
Ruhama Weiss
Hear about how our reality affects our mental health, common reactions to this reality, and the tools we have available to support ourselves and others. Coping with horror, fear, pain, and the difficulty of dealing with everyday routines affects all of us, especially these days.
Recorded On:
May 30, 2023
Join us for a conversation with Nancy Northup, President and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, the organization that will receive the 2023 Roger E. Joseph Prize. Dr. Northup and Dr. Rehfeld will discuss Judaism’s historical view on the major ideas surrounding reproductive rights. Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion’s highest award, the Roger E. Joseph Prize, is presented annually to outstanding individuals, organizations, or institutions whose work fulfills the highest ethical and humanitarian values of our tradition. The Joseph Prize was established in 1978 by Burton Joseph and Betty Greenberg, of blessed memory, to honor the memory of their brother, Roger E. Joseph, a man of exceptional personal courage and passionate conviction to principle and justice.
Recorded On:
March 8, 2023
SPEAKERS:
Rabbi Ben Spratt
Rabbi Joshua Stanton
Betsy S. Stone, Ph.D.
Awakenings: American Jewish Transformations in Identity, Leadership, and Belonging, by Rabbis Stanton and Spratt, has sparked important conversations about the 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 today and tomorrow?
Recorded On:
May 31, 2022
The world of LGBTQ+ rights is changing before our very eyes. What challenges do we face, and how will we rise to the occasion?
Please visit this website (huc.edu/huc-connect/lgbtq-jewish-resources-2022) to access additional Jewish LGBTQ+ resources.
Recorded On:
May 11, 2022
One might have assumed that the clinical reality of a global pandemic would crystallize shared notions of truth. In fact, the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the “truth crisis” and made the issues animating Symposium 2: Judaism in the Age of Truthiness, brainchild of Rabbi Aaron D. Panken, Ph.D., z”l, more urgent. Rabbi Joshua Garroway, Ph.D., and Rabbi Wendy Zierler, Ph.D., editors of These
Truths We Hold: Judaism in an Age of Truthiness, an outgrowth of the Symposium project, will present an overview of the book and engage Dr. Jeremy Brown on questions not addressed in the book since the Symposium preceded the COVID-19 pandemic. Although the book includes a chapter on Judaism, Science, and Truth, the pandemic has raised additional issues around medicine, public and communal policy, and truth.
expand
