After nearly half a century of studying and teaching major works of modern Jewish religious thought, Arnold Eisen – one of the world’s leading scholars on American Judaism – shares his search for the “hiding God.” Reflecting on the meaning of fleeting encounters with the Creator, and our role in ...

After a screening of the short documentary Under G-d, a panel
of experts will discuss the legal, political, and Jewish halachic angles of
how rabbis, Jewish organizations, and interfaith leaders are challenging
the overturning of Roe v. Wade on the grounds of protecting religious
freedom. "To wat...

In the wake of the October 7 attacks and many universities’ lack of strong response to rising antisemitism on campus, Marc Rowan, a major funder and chair of the board of advisors of The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, encouraged donors to “close their checkbooks” until major ch...

As a major center of protests over the past year, the University of Michigan has made headlines in the wake of the October 7 attacks and the Israel-Hamas war. University President Santa J. Ono and Rabbi Cosgrove will discuss the challenges of the past year and how the university leadership works ...

Upending the centuries-long misinterpretation that Christianity is the religion of love and Judaism the religion of law, Rabbi Shai Held offers the radical and moving argument that love belongs just as much to Judaism. Blending intellectual rigor, a respect for tradition and the practices of a li...

Menachem Rosensaft’s Burning Psalms laments, accuses, rages, weeps, and yet, somehow, still addresses God. The son of two Auschwitz survivors, Rosensaft imagines the voice of his older brother, Benjamin, who perished in the gas chambers before Menachem was born. His 150 psalms are masterful recre...

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