Waking Lions
Apr 24, 2018 By Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary | Public Event audio
Important next-generation Israeli author Ayelet Gundar-Goshen鈥檚 gripping novel narrates the aftermath of an Israeli neurosurgeon鈥檚 accidental killing of an Eritrean migrant. Newly translated from Hebrew, this tightly crafted story is as timely as it is riveting.
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Is it Time to Rethink the Israel-Diaspora Relationship?
Apr 19, 2018 By Arnold M. Eisen | Public Event video | Video Lecture | Yom Hazikaron-Yom Ha'atzma'ut
A provocative discussion with Chancellor Arnold M. Eisen and Dr. Hillel Ben Sasson about how Israel and Diaspora Jewry influence each other鈥攁nd how we can develop a new vision for working together.
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Israel: Between Tears and Songs
Jan 26, 2018 By Hillel Gruenberg | Commentary | Beshallah
Beshallah holds special importance for me and my family鈥攊t was the parashah of the week of my son Zeke鈥檚 bris three years ago, and that of the week of my wedding to Yael two years before that. Under the huppah, my rabbi (and brother-in-law) Aaron Brusso referenced the Zohar鈥檚 likening of the parting of the Red Sea to a wedding for having weeping on one side of the event and singing on the other (Zohar 2:170b).
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Forest Dark: A Novel
Jan 17, 2018 By Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary | Public Event video
A discussion with New York Times best-selling author Nicole Krauss on Forest Dark: A Novel.
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Can the Tribes of Modern Israel Dwell Together?
Nov 29, 2017 By Arnold M. Eisen | Public Event video
On the 70th anniversary of the UN Partition Plan for Palestine, a major step in the creation of Israel, the partitions within Israeli society threaten the very future of the State. Can the divisions be bridged between Israel鈥檚 secular, national religious, ultra-Orthodox, and Arab citizens? Can they talk to each other and work together to forge a new partnership? And what is the role of caring Diaspora Jews in achieving this goal?
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The Life of a Hebrew Poet
Dec 29, 2017 By Matthew Berkowitz | Commentary
Born in 1873 in Zhitomir, Ukraine, Hayim Nahman Bialik went on to become the greatest Hebrew poet 鈥渟ince the time of Yehudah Halevi.鈥� Holtzman identifies what made Bialik a national poet of the Jewish people: 鈥渁 biography of epic, symbolic dimensions; a profound sense of involvement and identification with the national drama; and incontestable literary genius鈥� (62). From humble beginnings in a family involved in the lumber trade, Bialik left at age 17 for the Volozhin yeshiva in Lithuania. There he immersed himself in yeshiva learning while simultaneously expanding his secular knowledge in preparation for academic studies in Berlin.
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Lioness: Golda Meir and the Nation of Israel
Oct 26, 2017 By Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary | Public Event audio
Francine Klagsbrun鈥檚 definitive new biography of Golda Meir brings to life a world figure unlike any other. An iron-willed leader, chain-smoking political operative, and tea-and-cake-serving grandmother who became the fourth prime minister of Israel, Meir was one of the most notable women of our time.
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The Other Peace Process
Oct 17, 2017 By Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary | Public Event audio
A discussion with Rabbi Ron Kronish on his new book, The Other Peace Process: Interreligious Dialogue, A View from Jerusalem.
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