The Artistic Revolution in Modern Jewish History

The First Jews of Ancient Greece

Dr. Katherine Aron-Beller

Series: The Long History of the Jews of Greece

English Programs Video

May 09, 2024

Parashat Kdoshim | The Meaning of Holiness

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

English Programs Video

May 07, 2024

Words of Longing

Tamar Elad-Appelbaum, Michal Greenglick

English Programs Video

May 07, 2024

Post Oslo Accords Period

Dr. Marik Shtern

Series: Discovering Jerusalem: Social History, Urbanism, and Geopolitics

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June 23, 2024 Sun | 7pm (12pm EDT)

The British Mandate Period

Dr. Marik Shtern

Series: Discovering Jerusalem: Social History, Urbanism, and Geopolitics

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June 09, 2024 Sun | 7pm (12pm EDT)

The Israeli City

Dr. Marik Shtern

Series: Discovering Jerusalem: Social History, Urbanism, and Geopolitics

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June 16, 2024 Sun | 7pm (12pm EDT)

The Late Ottoman Period

Dr. Marik Shtern

Series: Discovering Jerusalem: Social History, Urbanism, and Geopolitics

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June 02, 2024 Sun | 7pm (12pm EDT)

Parashat Achrei Mot | Trying to Understand God’s Ways

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

English Programs Video

April 09, 2024

An Old-New Land: Theodor Herzl

Matti Friedman, Tamar Ish Shalom

Jerusalem

June 25, 2024 Tue | 8:30 PM

Black Power and Jewish Identity: New Dilemmas after 1968

Series: Jews and the American Civil Rights Movement and Beyond

English Programs Video

April 16, 2024

Parashat Tazriah | The Link Between the Kohen and Am Israel

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

English Programs Video

April 09, 2024

Ten Plagues on Pharaoh’s House: Why?

Dr. Yael Ziegler

Series: Birth of A Nation: The Exodus from Egypt

English Programs Video

April 05, 2016

Jews, Counterculture, and the Black-Jewish Alliance: From the March on Washington to 1968

Series: Jews and the American Civil Rights Movement and Beyond

English Programs Video

April 08, 2024

Parashat Shmini | Religious Freedom?

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

English Programs Video

April 02, 2024

The Road to Desegregation: Jews in the South and Beyond

Series: Jews and the American Civil Rights Movement and Beyond

English Programs Video

April 01, 2024

Parashat Tzav | The Thanksgiving Offering as a Secret to a Balanced Life

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

English Programs Video

March 26, 2024

Greek Jewish Life in the Twentieth Century

Dr. Katherine Aron-Beller

Series: The Long History of the Jews of Greece

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May 29, 2024 Wed | 7pm (12pm EDT)

The Sephardi Jews and Sabbatai Zevi

Dr. Katherine Aron-Beller

Series: The Long History of the Jews of Greece

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May 22, 2024 Wed | 7pm (12pm EDT)

The Rhomanian Jews of Byzantine

Dr. Katherine Aron-Beller

Series: The Long History of the Jews of Greece

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May 15, 2024 Wed | 7pm (12pm EDT)

The First Jews of Ancient Greece

Dr. Katherine Aron-Beller

Series: The Long History of the Jews of Greece

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May 08, 2024 Wed | 7pm (12pm EDT)

Parashat Vayikra | Who is This Book Written For?

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

English Programs Video

March 19, 2024

3: Allusion & Illusion in Megillat Esther

Rabbanit Shani Taragin

Series: Megillat Esther: Messege & Methodology In Disguise

English Programs Video

March 14, 2019

2: Characters, Chiasm and Crisis in the Megillah

Rabbanit Shani Taragin

Series: Megillat Esther: Messege & Methodology In Disguise

English Programs Video

March 10, 2019

1: History and Humor in Megillat Esther

Rabbanit Shani Taragin

Series: Megillat Esther: Messege & Methodology In Disguise

English Programs Video

March 03, 2019

An Ancient Christian Joke?

Prof. Michal Bar-Asher Siegal

Series: Humor and Satire in Interreligious Dialogue: The Case of the Babylonian Talmud

English Programs Video

March 17, 2024

Jews and Power: After October 7

Ruth R. Wisse

English Programs Video

March 13, 2024

Parashat Pekudei | The Return to Sinai

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

English Programs Video

March 12, 2024

Good and Bad Heretics

Prof. Michal Bar-Asher Siegal

Series: Humor and Satire in Interreligious Dialogue: The Case of the Babylonian Talmud

English Programs Video

March 10, 2024

Beit Avi Chai Comes to London!

Dr. Micah Goodman and Efrat S. Rosenberg

London

March 10, 2024 Sun | 12:30 PM

Parashat Vayakhel | Rupture and Renewa

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Torah as Poetry? Weekly Parashat HaShavua

English Programs Video

March 05, 2024

Black Power and Jewish Identity: New Dilemmas after 1968

Prof. Eli Lederhendler

Series: Jews and the American Civil Rights Movement and Beyond

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April 14, 2024 Sun | 7pm

Jews, Counterculture, and the Black-Jewish Alliance: From the March on Washington to 1968

Prof. Eli Lederhendler

Series: Jews and the American Civil Rights Movement and Beyond

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April 07, 2024 Sun | 7pm

The Road to Desegregation: Jews in the South and Beyond

Prof. Eli Lederhendler

Series: Jews and the American Civil Rights Movement and Beyond

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March 31, 2024 Sun | 7pm

Rabbis Who Crack Jokes

Prof. Michal Bar-Asher Siegal

Series: Humor and Satire in Interreligious Dialogue: The Case of the Babylonian Talmud

English Programs Video

March 04, 2024

Hasidism in the Modern Period

Rabbi Dr. Nehemia Polen

Series: An Introduction to Hasidism

English Programs Video

February 25, 2024

Parashat Ki Tissa | Transgression and Opportunity

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

English Programs Video

February 27, 2024

Parashat Tetzaveh | The Priests and the Nation

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

English Programs Video

February 20, 2024

Women in Hasidism

Rabbi Dr. Nehemia Polen

Series: An Introduction to Hasidism

English Programs Video

February 19, 2024

The Parokhet

Series: Let Objects Speak

English Programs Video

February 19, 2024

A Vase of Memory

Series: Let Objects Speak

English Programs Video

February 19, 2024

Parashat Terumah | The True Meaning of the Mishkan

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

English Programs Video

February 13, 2024

An Ancient Christian Joke?

Prof. Michal Bar-Asher Siegal

Series: Humor and Satire in Interreligious Dialogue: The Case of the Babylonian Talmud

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March 17, 2024 Sun | 7pm

Good and Bad Heretics

Prof. Michal Bar-Asher Siegal

Series: Humor and Satire in Interreligious Dialogue: The Case of the Babylonian Talmud

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March 10, 2024 Sun | 7pm

Rabbis Who Crack Jokes

Prof. Michal Bar-Asher Siegal

Series: Humor and Satire in Interreligious Dialogue: The Case of the Babylonian Talmud

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March 03, 2024 Sun | 7pm

Niggun and Storytelling

Rabbi Dr. Nehemia Polen

Series: An Introduction to Hasidism

English Programs Video

February 12, 2024

Torah Shield

Series: Let Objects Speak

English Programs Video

February 08, 2024

Parashat Mishpatim | The Unique Jewish Judicial Structure

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

English Programs Video

February 06, 2024

The Baal Shem Tov

Rabbi Dr. Nehemia Polen

Series: An Introduction to Hasidism

English Programs Video

February 04, 2024

Parashat Yitro | An Ethical Obligation as a Reflection of the Divine

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

English Programs Video

January 30, 2024

Shmita

Dr. Joshua Klein

Series: The Mitzvot of the Land in the State of Israel

English Programs Video

January 28, 2024

Parashat Beshalach | A Moment of Faith and Leadership

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

English Programs Video

January 21, 2024

Parashat Bo | The Unique Nature of a Jewish Holiday

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

English Programs Video

January 14, 2024

Hasidism in the Modern Period

Rabbi Dr. Nehemia Polen

Series: An Introduction to Hasidism

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February 25, 2024 Sun | 7pm

Women in Hasidism

Rabbi Dr. Nehemia Polen

Series: An Introduction to Hasidism

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February 18, 2024 Sun | 7pm

Niggun and Storytelling

Rabbi Dr. Nehemia Polen

Series: An Introduction to Hasidism

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February 11, 2024 Sun | 7pm

The Baal Shem Tov

Rabbi Dr. Nehemia Polen

Series: An Introduction to Hasidism

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February 04, 2024 Sun | 7pm

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Jews and Power: After October 7

Ruth R. Wisse

Jerusalem

February 19, 2024 Mon | 7pm

Kilayim

Dr. Joshua Klein

Series: The Mitzvot of the Land in the State of Israel

English Programs Video

January 22, 2024

Orla

Dr. Joshua Klein

Series: The Mitzvot of the Land in the State of Israel

English Programs Video

January 14, 2024

Parashat Va’eira | The Meaning of Exodus

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

English Programs Video

January 07, 2024

Boundaries of Holiness

Dr. Joshua Klein

Series: The Mitzvot of the Land in the State of Israel

English Programs Video

January 07, 2024

Parashat Shemot | The First National Antisemitism

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

English Programs Video

January 03, 2024

From Jerusalem to Yavneh

Prof. Isaiah Gafni

Series: Responding to Catastrophe

English Programs Video

January 03, 2024

Shmita

Dr. Joshua Klein

Series: The Mitzvot of the Land in the State of Israel

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January 28, 2024 Sun | 7pm

Kilayim

Dr. Joshua Klein

Series: The Mitzvot of the Land in the State of Israel

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January 21, 2024 Sun | 7pm

Orla

Dr. Joshua Klein

Series: The Mitzvot of the Land in the State of Israel

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January 14, 2024 Sun | 7pm

Boundaries of Holiness

Dr. Joshua Klein

Series: The Mitzvot of the Land in the State of Israel

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January 07, 2024 Sun | 7pm

Parashat Vayechi | Blessing for generations

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

English Programs Video

December 26, 2023

Parashat Vayigash | Kingdom and Responsibilty

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

English Programs Video

December 19, 2023

From Consolation to Theology

Prof. Isaiah Gafni

Series: Responding to Catastrophe

English Programs Video

December 24, 2023

From Rupture to Healing

Prof. Isaiah Gafni

Series: Responding to Catastrophe

English Programs Video

December 17, 2023

Parashat Miketz | Reuben’s tragedy

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

English Programs Video

December 12, 2023

Bouena Sarfatty: Partisan & Poet in Salonika

Prof. Renée Levine Melammed

Series: Facing Adversity: Jewish Women throughout History

English Programs Video

December 06, 2023

Asenath Barazani: Rosh Yeshiva in Kurdistan

Prof. Renée Levine Melammed

Series: Facing Adversity: Jewish Women throughout History

English Programs Video

December 06, 2023

Doña Gracia Mendes: Businesswoman in the Portuguese Diaspora

Prof. Renée Levine Melammed

Series: Facing Adversity: Jewish Women throughout History

English Programs Video

December 06, 2023

Parashat Vayeshev | Transformation, Temptation and Triumph

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

English Programs Video

December 05, 2023

Confronting the Impact of Destruction

Prof. Isaiah Gafni

Series: Responding to Catastrophe

English Programs Video

December 03, 2023

The Papyrus Temple

Series: Let Objects Speak

English Programs Video

November 29, 2023

Parashat Vayishlach | Blaming the Victim?

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

English Programs Video

November 28, 2023

The Island People

Series: Let Objects Speak

English Programs Video

November 28, 2023

Glorifying God

Prof. Marc Hirshman

Series: Jewish Thought in Late Antiquity

English Programs Video

November 26, 2023

From Jerusalem to Yavneh

Prof. Isaiah Gafni

Series: Responding to Catastrophe: The Impact of the Destruction of the Second Temple

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December 31, 2023.December 31, 2023 Sun | 7pm (12pm EST)

From Consolation to Theology

Prof. Isaiah Gafni

Series: Responding to Catastrophe: The Impact of the Destruction of the Second Temple

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December 24, 2023.December 24, 2023 Sun | 7pm (12pm EST)

From Rupture to Healing

Prof. Isaiah Gafni

Series: Responding to Catastrophe: The Impact of the Destruction of the Second Temple

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December 17, 2023.December 17, 2023 Sun | 7pm (12pm EST)

Confronting the Impact of Destruction

Prof. Isaiah Gafni

Series: Responding to Catastrophe: The Impact of the Destruction of the Second Temple

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December 03, 2023.December 03, 2023 Sun | 7pm (12pm EST)

Parashat Vayetze | Universal Ethics

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

English Programs Video

November 21, 2023

A Seal from the Other World

Series: Let Objects Speak

English Programs Video

November 21, 2023

Charity

Prof. Marc Hirshman

Series: Jewish Thought in Late Antiquity

English Programs Video

November 20, 2023

Parashat Toldot | Educational mistakes and Lessons to learn

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

English Programs Video

November 14, 2023

Speech

Prof. Marc Hirshman

Series: Jewish Thought in Late Antiquity

English Programs Video

November 13, 2023

Israel Wiesen

Prof. Richard Cohen

Series: The Artistic Revolution in Modern Jewish History

English Programs Video

August 13, 2023

Coping in Time of War

Rabbi Avi Weiss

English Programs Video

November 08, 2023

Parashat Chayei Sarah | The Dynamics of Families

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

English Programs Video

November 07, 2023

Love

Prof. Marc Hirshman

Series: Jewish Thought in Late Antiquity

English Programs Video

November 06, 2023

Parashat VaYera | Morality, Philosophy and Faith

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

English Programs Video

October 31, 2023

Coping in Time of War

Rabbi Avi Weiss

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November 07, 2023.November 07, 2023 Tue | 6pm

Glorifying God

Prof. Marc Hirshman

Series: Jewish Thought in Late Antiquity

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November 26, 2023.November 26, 2023 Sun | 6pm

Charity

Prof. Marc Hirshman

Series: Jewish Thought in Late Antiquity

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November 19, 2023.November 19, 2023 Sun | 6pm

Speech

Prof. Marc Hirshman

Series: Jewish Thought in Late Antiquity

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November 12, 2023.November 12, 2023 Sun | 6pm

Love

Prof. Marc Hirshman

Series: Jewish Thought in Late Antiquity

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November 05, 2023.November 05, 2023 Sun | 6pm

Parashat Lech Lecha | The Building of A Family

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

English Programs Video

October 25, 2023

Parashat Noah | Hope and Disappointment

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

English Programs Video

October 17, 2023

Parashat Bereshit | Farmers Vs Shepherds: The Story of the Jewish people

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Parashat Hashavua in English

English Programs Video

October 12, 2023

Kol Nidrei

Dr. Naomi Cohn Zentner, Prof. Ruth HaCohen (Pinczower)

Series: The Music of the High Holiday Prayers

English Programs Video

September 20, 2023

The Melodies

Dr. Naomi Cohn Zentner, Dr. Amalia Kedem

Series: The Music of the High Holiday Prayers

English Programs Video

September 10, 2023

The Israeli City

Dr. Marik Shtern

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October 22, 2023.October 22, 2023 Sun | 8pm

The British Mandate Period

Dr. Marik Shtern

zoom

October 15, 2023.October 15, 2023 Sun | 8pm

The Late Ottoman Period

Dr. Marik Shtern

October 08, 2023.October 08, 2023 Sun | 8pm

The Nusach

Dr. Naomi Cohn Zentner, Prof. Eliyahu Schleifer

Series: The Music of the High Holiday Prayers

English Programs Video

September 03, 2023

Da Costa, Spinoza & Herzl

Prof. Richard Cohen

Series: The Artistic Revolution in Modern Jewish History

English Programs Video

August 27, 2023

Samuel Hirszenberg

Prof. Richard Cohen

Series: The Artistic Revolution in Modern Jewish History

English Programs Video

August 20, 2023

Moses Mendelssohn

Prof. Richard Cohen

Series: The Artistic Revolution in Modern Jewish History

English Programs Video

August 06, 2023

Kol Nidrei

Dr. Naomi Cohn Zentner, Prof. Ruth HaCohen (Pinczower)

Series: The Music of the High Holiday Prayers Ashkenazi Synagogue Music

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September 20, 2023.September 20, 2023 Wed | 8pm

The Melodies

Dr. Naomi Cohn Zentner, Dr. Amalia Kedem

Series: The Music of the High Holiday Prayers Ashkenazi Synagogue Music

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September 10, 2023.September 10, 2023 Sun | 8pm

The Nusach

Dr. Naomi Cohn Zentner, Prof. Eliyahu Schleifer

Series: The Music of the High Holiday Prayers Ashkenazi Synagogue Music

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September 03, 2023.September 03, 2023 Sun | 8pm

The Weeks of Consolation

Artist Laya Crust

Series: Inspiration Between Sorrow and Consolation

English Programs Video

July 30, 2023

Tisha B'Av

Artist Laya Crust

Series: Inspiration Between Sorrow and Consolation

English Programs Video

July 23, 2023

Da Costa, Spinoza & Herzl

Prof. Richard Cohen

Series: The Artistic Revolution in Modern Jewish History

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August 27, 2023.August 27, 2023 Sun | 8pm

Samuel Hirszenberg

Prof. Richard Cohen

Series: The Artistic Revolution in Modern Jewish History

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August 20, 2023.August 20, 2023 Sun | 8pm

Israel Wiesen

Prof. Richard Cohen

Series: The Artistic Revolution in Modern Jewish History

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August 13, 2023.August 13, 2023 Sun | 8pm

The Three Weeks of Rebuke

Artist Laya Crust

Series: Inspiration Between Sorrow and Consolation

English Programs Video

July 16, 2023

The Social Ghetto, The Ghetto from Within

Prof. Kenneth Stow

Series: The Roman Ghetto

English Programs Video

July 09, 2023

Moses Mendelssohn

Prof. Richard Cohen

Series: The Artistic Revolution in Modern Jewish History

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August 06, 2023.August 06, 2023 Sun | 8pm

The Civil Ghetto, The Ghetto from Without

Prof. Kenneth Stow

Series: The Roman Ghetto

English Programs Video

July 03, 2023

New ideologies of Biblical Criticism, Zionism and Beyond

Prof. Marc Zvi Brettler

Series: Biblical Criticism and the Jews

English Programs Video

June 18, 2023

Reactions to Biblical Criticism in the Early 20th Century

Prof. Marc Zvi Brettler

Series: Biblical Criticism and the Jews

English Programs Video

June 11, 2023

The Social Ghetto, The Ghetto from Within

Prof. Kenneth Stow

Series: The Roman Ghetto

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July 09, 2023.July 09, 2023 Sun | 8pm

The Civil Ghetto, The Ghetto from Without

Prof. Kenneth Stow

Series: The Roman Ghetto

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July 02, 2023.July 02, 2023 Sun | 8pm

The Weeks of Consolation

Artist Laya Crust

Series: Inspiration Between Sorrow and Consolation

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July 30, 2023.July 30, 2023 Sun | 8pm

Tisha B'Av

Artist Laya Crust

Series: Inspiration Between Sorrow and Consolation

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July 23, 2023.July 23, 2023 Sun | 8pm

The Three Weeks of Rebuke

Artist Laya Crust

Series: Inspiration Between Sorrow and Consolation

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July 16, 2023.July 16, 2023 Sun | 8pm

What is Biblical Criticism?

Prof. Marc Zvi Brettler

Series: Biblical Criticism and the Jews

English Programs Video

June 04, 2023

Sold Out

An Old-New Land: Theodor Herzl - The Man and the Vision

Matti Friedman, Tamar Ish Shalom

Jerusalem

July 20, 2023.July 20, 2023 Thu | 8:30 PM

Artists, Patrons and the Visual Arts

Dr. Katherine Aron Beller

Series: Jews in the Italian Renaissance

English Programs Video

May 28, 2023

Where are the Jewish women

Dr. Katherine Aron Beller

Series: Jews in the Italian Renaissance

English Programs Video

May 24, 2023

Story time in English: Where Children's Books Come Alive!

Susan Fried

Jerusalem

June 12, 2023.June 12, 2023 Mon | 4:45 PM

New ideologies of Biblical Criticism, Zionism and Beyond

Prof. Marc Zvi Brettler

Series: Biblical Criticism and the Jews

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June 18, 2023.June 18, 2023 Sun | 8pm

Sold Out

Guided Tour of the "Anatoly Kaplan: The Enchanted Artist" Exhibition

Sarah Guthertz

Jerusalem

June 10, 2023 Sat

Towards a New Intellect – Humanism, Mysticism, and False Messiahs

Dr. Katherine Aron Beller

Series: Jews in the Italian Renaissance

English Programs Video

May 14, 2023

Reactions to Biblical Criticism in the Early 20th Century

Prof. Marc Zvi Brettler

Series: Biblical Criticism and the Jews

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June 11, 2023.June 11, 2023 Sun | 8pm

What is Biblical Criticism?

Prof. Marc Zvi Brettler

Series: Biblical Criticism and the Jews

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June 04, 2023.June 04, 2023 Sun | 8pm

Absorption into Northern Italy

Dr. Katherine Aron Beller

Series: Jews in the Italian Renaissance

English Programs Video

May 09, 2023

How Do We Remember? A Special Event for Yom HaZikaron

Marc Kaye

English Programs Video

April 23, 2023

Artists, Patrons and the Visual Arts

Dr. Katherine Aron Beller

Series: Jews in the Italian Renaissance

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May 28, 2023.May 28, 2023 Sun | 8pm

Towards a New Intellect – Humanism, Mysticism, and False Messiahs

Dr. Katherine Aron Beller

Series: Jews in the Italian Renaissance

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May 14, 2023.May 14, 2023 Sun | 8pm

Absorption into Northern Italy

Dr. Katherine Aron Beller

Series: Jews in the Italian Renaissance

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May 07, 2023.May 07, 2023 Sun | 8pm

Where are the Jewish women?

Dr. Katherine Aron Beller

Series: Jews in the Italian Renaissance

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May 21, 2023.May 21, 2023 Sun | 8pm

Commemorating Yom HaShoah: Belief, Prayer and Religious Devotion Observant Jews during the Holocaust

Dr. David Deutsch

English Programs Video

April 16, 2023

For a Disease say this – Talmudic Medical Healing

Dr. Avigail Manekin-Bamberger

Series: Ancient Jewish Magic

English Programs Video

March 26, 2023

The Prince of Egypt and the Harbinger of Redemption

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Preparing for Passover

English Programs Video

March 28, 2023

A Face. A Memory. A Day: Educators Workshop towards Yom HaZikaron

Hadas Wolff Yitzhak, Dr. Mark Shinar

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April 16, 2023.April 16, 2023 Sun | 9:30pm (Israel Time)

Between History and Memory: The Jewish Perspective

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Preparing for Passover

English Programs Video

March 21, 2023

Stone of Tmutarakan

Series: Let Objects Speak

English Programs Video

March 21, 2023

Witches and Witchcraft in Ancient Jewish Sources

Dr. Avigail Manekin-Bamberger

Series: Ancient Jewish Magic

English Programs Video

March 12, 2023

Dealing with Demons – Jewish Magical Amulets and Bowls

Dr. Avigail Manekin-Bamberger

Series: Ancient Jewish Magic

English Programs Video

March 19, 2023

Commemorating Yom HaShoah: Belief, Prayer and Religious Devotion Observant Jews during the Holocaust

Dr. David Deutsch

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April 16, 2023.April 16, 2023 Sun | 8pm

Un Rostro, Un Recuerdo, Un Día - In Spanish!

Guily Wiluzanski, Shaúl Hochberger

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April 04, 2023.April 04, 2023 Tue | 9:45pm (Hora de Israel)

A Face. A Memory. A Day: Educators Workshop

Hadas Wolff Yitzhak, Dr. Mark Shinar

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March 26, 2023.March 26, 2023 Sun | 9:45pm (Israel Time)

The Shaping of Seder Night

Dr. Joshua Kulp

April 02, 2023.April 02, 2023 Sun | 8pm

How Do We Remember? A Special Event for Yom HaZikaron

Marc Kaye

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April 23, 2023.April 23, 2023 Sun | 8pm

Demon Bowls

Series: Let Objects Speak

English Programs Video

March 12, 2023

Hebrew Letters

Series: Let Objects Speak

English Programs Video

March 12, 2023

Trailer

Series: Let Objects Speak

English Programs Video

March 12, 2023

Parashat Tetzave: Megillat Esther

Dr. Avivah Zornberg

Series: Torah as Poetry? Weekly Parashat HaShavua

English Programs Video

February 28, 2023

The Prince of Egypt and the Harbinger of Redemption

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Preparing for Passover

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March 28, 2023.March 28, 2023 Tue | 8pm

Between History and Memory

Rabbi Shai Finkelstein

Series: Preparing for Passover

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March 21, 2023.March 21, 2023 Tue | 8pm

Parshat Mishpatim: Law and Violence

Dr. Avivah Zornberg

Series: Torah as Poetry? Weekly Parashat HaShavua

English Programs Video

February 14, 2023

A Date to Remember: Celebrating Tu B’Shvat

Matti Friedman, Efrat S. Rosenberg

English Programs Video

February 05, 2023

Dealing with Demons

Dr. Avigail Manekin-Bamberger

Series: Ancient Jewish Magic

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March 19, 2023.March 19, 2023 Sun | 8pm

Witches and Witchcraft in Ancient Jewish Sources

Dr. Avigail Manekin-Bamberger

Series: Ancient Jewish Magic

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March 12, 2023.March 12, 2023 Sun | 8pm

Talmudic Medical Healing

Dr. Avigail Manekin-Bamberger

Series: Ancient Jewish Magic

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March 26, 2023.March 26, 2023 Sun | 8pm

The Jewish Cultural Capitalist

Prof. Moshe Rosman

Series: Women of Consequence

English Programs Video

January 22, 2023

The Jewess and the Jewish Woman

Prof. Moshe Rosman

Series: Women of Consequence

English Programs Video

January 08, 2023

Sold Out

Parashat Vayakhel Pekudei: Beyond Images

Dr. Avivah Zornberg

Series: Torah as Poetry? Weekly Parashat HaShavua

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March 14, 2023.March 14, 2023 Tue | 6pm (11am EST)

Archivist-Activists and the Memory of Soviet Jewry

Prof. Maya Balakirsky Katz

Series: Jewish Culture in Soviet Times

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February 26, 2023.February 26, 2023 Sun | 8pm (1pm EST)

Jewish Labor and Soviet Animation

Prof. Maya Balakirsky Katz

Series: Jewish Culture in Soviet Times

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February 12, 2023.February 12, 2023 Sun | 8pm (1pm EST)

Sold Out

Parashat Tetzave: Megillat Esther

Dr. Avivah Zornberg

Series: Torah as Poetry? Weekly Parashat HaShavua

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Exodus: Narrative or Anti-Narrative?

Dr. Avivah Zornberg

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April 13, 2020

Dr. Aviva Zornberg - Parashat Bo

Dr. Aviva Zornberg

Series: The Birth of an Individual and a Nation

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January 13, 2016

The Balfour Declaration: the High Point of British Zionism?

Anita Shapira

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September 06, 2017

Hebrew Book Printing in the Iberian Peninsula

Prof. Shimon Iakerson

Series: The First Printed Books in Hebrew

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July 24, 2022

Overview Economics in the Talmud Prof. Yisrael (Robert John) Aumann

Yisrael Aumann

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January 12, 2016

Biblical Leader: Saul \ The Full Lecture

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December 31, 2015

Biblical Leader: Joshua \ The Full Lecture

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December 23, 2015

Biblical Leader: Moses \ The Full Lecture

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December 21, 2015

Tisha B’Av: Themes of the Kinnot

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July 31, 2014

To Enlist the Enthusiasm of Youth

Series: Strangers, Neighbors, Citizens: Polish Jewry in history and historiography

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November 02, 2021

Morocco and Tunisia

Elhanan Miller

Series: The Last Jews of the Arab World

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June 26, 2022

The Repertoire of Hebrew Incunabula

Prof. Shimon Iakerson

Series: The First Printed Books in Hebrew

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August 31, 2022

Israeli Writer David Grossman: The Plague and The Possibilities

By: David Grossman

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December 11, 2023

Slave Songs Show

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January 14, 2020

Atlit Detention Camp

Ami Braun

Series: Beit Avi Chai Virtual Tours in English

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April 24, 2022

Rishon Lezion Museum

Ami Braun

Series: Beit Avi Chai Virtual Tours in English

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April 10, 2022

Tel Aviv-Yafo

Ami Braun

Series: Beit Avi Chai Virtual Tours in English

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April 03, 2022

Pilgrimage to Jerusalem

Ami Braun

Series: Beit Avi Chai Virtual Tours in English

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September 19, 2021

The Destination of Prayers

Ami Braun

Series: Beit Avi Chai Virtual Tours in English

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September 05, 2021

From Glory to Destruction

Ami Braun

Series: Beit Avi Chai Virtual Tours in English

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June 20, 2021

Jerusalem of Gold

Ami Braun

Series: Beit Avi Chai Virtual Tours in English

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May 09, 2021

The Road to Jerusalem

Ami Braun

Series: Beit Avi Chai Virtual Tours in English

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May 02, 2021

Yad Vashem and Mount Herzl National Cemetery

Ami Braun

Series: Beit Avi Chai Virtual Tours in English

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April 11, 2021

Safed

Ami Braun

Series: Beit Avi Chai Virtual Tours in English

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March 07, 2021

Hebron

Ami Braun

Series: Beit Avi Chai Virtual Tours in English

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February 28, 2021

Tiberias

Ami Braun

Series: Beit Avi Chai Virtual Tours in English

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February 14, 2021

Jerusalem

Ami Braun

Series: Beit Avi Chai Virtual Tours in English

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February 07, 2021

Hanukkah

Ami Braun

Series: Beit Avi Chai Virtual Tours in English

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December 06, 2020

Water in Modern Day Israel

Ami Braun

Series: Beit Avi Chai Virtual Tours in English

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November 29, 2020

Water in Ancient Times

Ami Braun

Series: Beit Avi Chai Virtual Tours in English

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November 22, 2020

Times of Destruction: Late Second Temple era

Ami Braun

Series: Beit Avi Chai Virtual Tours in English

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July 26, 2020

Times of Destruction: Early Second Temple Era

Ami Braun

Series: Beit Avi Chai Virtual Tours in English

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July 19, 2020

Times of Destruction: The First Temple Era

Ami Braun

Series: Beit Avi Chai Virtual Tours in English

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July 12, 2020

Jerusalem between the Wars

Ami Braun

Series: Beit Avi Chai Virtual Tours in English

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May 21, 2020

The Repertoire of Hebrew Incunabula

Prof. Shimon Iakerson

Series: The First Printed Books in Hebrew

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July 31, 2022.July 31, 2022 Sun | 8pm

The New Jewish Bookshelf: The Lasting Impact of the Adoption of Arabic

Dr. Miriam Goldstein

Series: Jews and Arabic

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August 21, 2022.August 21, 2022 Sun | 8pm

Speaking, Reading and Writing Arabic: A Revolution in Jewish History

Dr. Miriam Goldstein

Series: Jews and Arabic

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August 14, 2022.August 14, 2022 Sun | 8pm

How Does it “Read” in Arabic? New Ways to Write about the Bible

Dr. Miriam Goldstein

Series: Jews and Arabic

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August 28, 2022.August 28, 2022 Sun | 8pm

Developing the Hebrew Print in Italy

Prof. Shimon Iakerson

Series: The First Printed Books in Hebrew

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July 10, 2022

The Hebrew Book in Europe at the Dawn of Printing

Prof. Shimon Iakerson

Series: The First Printed Books in Hebrew

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July 03, 2022

Eicha (Lamentations): The Poetics of National Tragedy

Yael Ziegler

By: Yael Ziegler

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April 08, 2018

Parshat Vayikra – Guilt, Atonement, Intimacy

Dr. Avivah Zornberg

Series: Reflections on the Book of Leviticus

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May 18, 2022.May 18, 2022 Wed | 5:27 PM

Sephardim in Late Ottoman Palestine

Dr. Michal Ben Ya'akov

Series: Sephardim in Late Ottoman Palestine

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June 15, 2022.June 15, 2022 Wed | 11:06 AM

The Moneylending Jews of England

Dr. Katherine Aron-Beller

Series: The Jews of Medieval Europe

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July 19, 2022.July 19, 2022 Tue | 11:06 AM

The Creative Jews of Sicily

Dr. Katherine Aron-Beller

Series: The Jews of Medieval Europe

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June 14, 2022.June 14, 2022 Tue | 11:07 AM

The Learned Jews of Ashkenaz

Dr. Katherine Aron-Beller

Series: The Jews of Medieval Europe

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July 12, 2022.July 12, 2022 Tue | 11:07 AM

The Learned Jews of Ashkenaz

Dr. Katherine Aron-Beller

June 23, 2022.June 23, 2022 Thu | 11:46 AM

A Complicated Jew

Yossi Klein Halevi

June 21, 2022.June 21, 2022 Tue | 11:46 AM

A Complicated Jew

Yossi Klein Halevi

June 22, 2022.June 22, 2022 Wed | 11:46 AM

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Yael Ziegler

By: Yael Ziegler

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April 08, 2018