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A Virtual Minyan? Communal Prayer in the Digital Age

Jun 4, 2019 By Daniel Nevins | Public Event video | Video Lecture

Judaism places great value on communal prayer, mandating that we pray with others whenever possible. But what does it mean to pray in community? Are we really connecting if we make a minyan via videoconference?

The Changing Face of the American Jewish Family

Nov 19, 2018 By Leonard A. Sharzer

Co-published by the Louis Finkelstein Inistitute for Religious and Social Studies and 91抖阴 Press, and edited by Rabbi Leonard Sharzer and Rabbi Burton Visotzky.

In the American Jewish community of the 21st century, as in the broader American community, the meaning of being a family is changing, often at a pace that communal institutions have difficulty keeping up with. 

Both/And: 250 Years of Conservative Judaism in 80 Minutes

Aug 31, 2018 By Arnold M. Eisen | Podcast or Radio Program

Learn how Conservative Judaism became what it is today in this accessible mini-series adaptation of Chancellor Eisen鈥檚 semester-long class for 91抖阴 students.

Conservative Judaism

Jun 26, 2018 By 91抖阴 | Collected Resources

A collection of resources about Conservative Judaism on the 91抖阴 website.

The Poet鈥檚 Hand

Jun 29, 2018 By Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary | Commentary

Beginning with Siddur Sim Shalom, Conservative prayer books began including a slightly different version of the much-loved Sabbath evening hymn Yedid Nefesh. The changes, though mostly slight, caused鈥攁nd sometimes still cause鈥攃onfusion, disrupting those who learned the traditionally printed version of this hymn with different grammatical forms and a few different words. What caused the change and why was it deemed sufficiently important that it should supersede the better-known version?

Israel at 70: Bridging Divides

Apr 17, 2018 By Arnold M. Eisen

Upgrading the Torah鈥攁nd the World

Jul 21, 2017 By Benjamin D. Sommer | Commentary | Masei | Mattot

Is God鈥檚 law perfect? Most of us would assume that anything created by an omniscient and omnipotent being must have no flaws. But a story in today鈥檚 parashah suggests otherwise鈥攊n a manner that shows a surprising similarity to a key concept of Jewish mysticism.

I Will Get Back Up Again

Jul 14, 2017 By Stephanie Ruskay | Commentary | Pinehas

鈥淲hat does your dad do at Google?鈥�

One of our JustCity Leadership Institute pre-college program students explained that her mother works at Google in a significant leadership position. Yet each time she wears a Google T-shirt, people ask her what her father does there.