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:
October 30, 2023
SPEAKERS:
Sivan Zakai, Ph.D.
Rabbi Rebecca Milder
Rabbi Rebecca Rosenthal
Joshua Holo, Ph.D.
During this moment of trauma and heightened concern, Jewish children are grappling with how to process the terrible things happening in the world and need support from the adults in their lives. Join Dr. Sivan Zakai, Rabbi Rebecca Milder ’07, and Rabbi Rebecca Rosenthal as they contemplate what it looks like to support Jewish children and families, review “best practices,” and discuss the ways in which Jewish institutions and organizations are contributing to these efforts.
Recorded On:
March 16, 2023
SPEAKERS:
Mikhael Manekin
Rula Hardal, Ph.D.
Andrew Rehfeld, Ph.D.
The recent election in Israel has provoked massive protests in Israel and a surge of commentary in the United States. But what does this moment represent for progressive Israeli Jewish and Palestinian activists? Is the current government a new and unprecedented threat to Israeli democracy, or the latest stage in a long story? And how should Israelis and Palestinians committed to justice and equality -- and their American allies -- respond? Join Mikhael Manekin and Rula Hardal to engage these urgent questions.
Recorded On:
May 27, 2022
Journey through Israel’s past and present by means of Torah text, historical context, and a camera with world-renowned, surrealist photographer, Ralph Gibson.
Recorded On:
March 15, 2022
HUC faculty and esteemed academics discuss the intricacies of American Jewish identity, Israel, and President Donald Trump.
Recorded On:
February 4, 2021
SPEAKERS:
Dr. David Ilan
Chapters 25-27 of the Book of Exodus (Parashat Terumah) contain a very detailed description of the Tabernacle in the Sinai desert and how the Israelites – priests and lay people – were instructed to carry out the Tabernacle rituals. Later, in II Kings 6, Solomon’s Temple is described in detail and prescriptions for ritual action in the Temple then appear throughout Exodus and Leviticus.
Through the presentation of visual reconstructions of these edifices and rituals and parallels from Egypt, Syria, and beyond, learn about the historical and social implications of Israelite ritual, how things changed radically with the destruction of the First Temple, and how the biblical prescriptions are relevant today.
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