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No Class on December 28
10:30 AM – Commentaries on Exodus with Rabbi Ira Flax
This class is in-person and Zoom
Join us for an in-depth study of the Book of Exodus. Starting with the commentary of the Hertz and Etz Chaim Chumash we then delve into the insights found in the Talmud, Midrash, and the major commentators spanning the length of Jewish history. It's Torah as you have never studied it!
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Meeting ID: 937 0719 0344
Password: 613
Dial-in: 1-929-205-6099
Please bring along a dairy lunch and stay and shmooze until
Dr. Levine's class starts.
No Class on December 28
12 PM – Jewish Books in Christian Bibles with Dr. Ely Levine
This class is in-person and Zoom
Ancient Jewish literature was quite varied. What Jews decided to preserve was just a small portion; Christians preserved many, many Jewish texts. Come read through some of these Jewish texts, including the Gospels, Jubilees, and Maccabees. See what other ideas Jews had that may not have been preserved in mainstream Judaism, other ideas that seemed to find a roundabout way into normative Judaism, and still other Jewish ideas that ended up being used against Jews.
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Meeting ID: 865 668 4896
Password: 18
Dial-in: 1-929-205-6099
4 PM – Sisterhood Rosh Hodesh
(3:30 PM for snacks/schmooze)
In-person and Zoom – check your emails for updates
June 6
Warm, interactive, and challenging discussions related to the holidays and themes of each month are led by group members.
For more information, please contact Meryl Littman, [email protected] or
Janice Katz, [email protected].
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Meeting ID: 924 6612 7296
Password: 18
Dial-in: 1-646-876-9923
February 8, 6:30-8 PM – Jewish Influence in the Music of Bob Dylan
with Cantor Randy Herman
How much if at all did Jewishness influence the music of Dylan and other major figures of the 60’s folk revival? I have some thoughts and theories; we will take a look, and a listen – and of course do a little singing.
March 7, 6:30-8 PM – Jazziness in Judaism
with Cantor Randy Herman
Legendary avant-garde jazz sax player Ornette Coleman, a non-Jewish African American, referred to the traditional cantorial music of Yossele Rosenblatt (1882-1933) as essential music listening. Swing legend Benny Goodman breaks into a hora in a live version of one of his classic tunes. Cab Calloway sings a song in Yiddish and breaks into cantorial-style skat singing. Why do these things happen, and what do they mean? You’re asking me?? I don’t know – let’s explore!
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