Marking Holocaust Remembrance Day, join for an evening of memorial prayers, music, participation from PAS teens, and remarks from our clergy. We will also hear from Richard Hurowitz, author of In the Garden of the Righteous: The Heroes Who Risked Their Lives to Save Jews During the Holocaust, in ...

How did Theodor Herzl, a cosmopolitan and assimilated European Jew, become the leader of the Zionist movement? With his often-conflicting personas (artist and a statesman, rationalist and an aesthete, and stern moralist who also possessed deep, and at times dark, passions), why did scores of thou...

As night falls and Israel’s Memorial Day ends, mark the momentous occasion of transition to Israel’s 75th Independence Day. We will celebrate with music, remarks, and moments of blessing to mark this most auspicious birthday.

Join in person live from the PAS Sanctuary following our dialogue wit...

The political crisis in Israel has continued to deepen, with hundreds of thousands of Israelis responding to the current government policies through mass protests in the streets, workers’ strikes across many industries, and voices from around the world speaking up in defense of Israeli democracy....

With the current political crisis unfolding in Israel, there is no more timely an occasion to come together to discuss and debate the State of Israel’s founding document, its Declaration of Independence. Led by educators from BINA: The Jewish Movement for Social Change, we’ll examine this documen...

What did the Catholic Church, led by Pope Pius XII during World War II, know about the activities of Mussolini and Hitler, and what decisions were made by the church as Italy was enveloped in the war and the Holocaust unfolded throughout Europe? When faced with decisions of moral leadership, powe...

Rabbis Cosgrove and Zuckerman reflect on their UJA mission to Israel with other rabbis from New York, where they will meet governmental and non-governmental leaders and a wide range of Israelis living and working within the changing political landscape. The rabbis discuss their experience on the ...

Last Flight Home, the award-winning documentary film by Ondi Timoner, Rabbi Rachel Timoner's sister, tells the story of their father Eli Timoner, his extraordinary life filled with remarkable successes and devastating setbacks, and most of all, the journey with his family to find closure at the e...

MK Rabbi Gilad Kariv, the first reform rabbi in the Knesset and No. 3 in the Israeli Labor Party, joined us Shabbat services to discuss the current State of Israel amid its recent power shift. Over the past few months, MK Rabbi Kariv has proved to be one of the leading voices in the defense of Is...

Peeling back the untold history of dementia, Dr. Tia Powell shares the story of Solomon Fuller, a black doctor whose research at the turn of the 20th century presaged important elements of contemporary dementia research, in her book, Dementia Reimagined. Dr. Powell will help us demystify dementia...

Aliza Kline, CEO and co-founder of OneTable, a national Jewish nonprofit that empowers and supports young adults to build community around Shabbat dinner, shares how young adults are finding new, personal connections to Jewish life, community, and practice that are grounded in ancient ritual and ...

From the Shabbat table to the spin bike, what are the key ingredients to building strong, vibrant connections over shared ritual? Aliza Kline and Julie Rice, two visionary entrepreneurs and founders of organizations with wide reach and social impact (OneTable and SoulCycle, respectively), discuss...

At a time when differing perspectives can easily lead to the cancellation of an individual or group, what does Judaism teach us about how to handle significant disagreement? Guided by the wisdom of Jewish tradition, explore how we can approach forgiveness, and how we can heal the divisions rendin...

Where are all the women in Yiddish literature? Anita Norich, well-known scholar and translator of Yiddish literature discusses the role of women writers in Yiddish: what and how they wrote, why we know more about their poetry than their novels, and why there has been a renewal of interest in them...

As Israelis head back to the polls on November 1 for the fifth time in three years, David Halperin, CEO of Israel Policy Forum, will discuss with Rabbi Cosgrove, who the key players are, what to look out for in this round of voting, and what’s at stake.

David A. Halperin is the chief executi...

Dr. Richard Haass will share his insights on current global issues and how we can better understand and relate to them. Dr. Haass is in his twentieth year as President of the Council on Foreign Relations, an institution dedicated to being a resource to help people better understand the world and ...

As the results in the latest Israeli election are called and the majority parties attempt to form a new government, what does this mean for the future of Israeli politics and society? Times of Israel correspondent Jacob Magid and Rabbi Zuckerman discuss the wide-ranging impacts of this election b...

For many decades, American Jewish authors have tried to untangle their two identities, reckoning with both Jewishness and Americanness in their writing. Joshua Cohen and Nicole Krauss, two prominent younger novelists who have emphasized Jewish themes in their books, will discuss how these identit...