January 18th, 2023 – January 25th, 2023 @ 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm – The recording of session #1 is at https://youtu.be/VTDUeKqfkNc. The recording of session #2 is at https://youtu.be/Nct3AuuKFWk. Handouts and the chats are at https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1c9wcDWPBJA0ojwOWRJxp721jg5zWcLZp23W2 For more information about Kabbalah, Jay’s books or his Zoom Monday Kabbalah classes, you can email Jay at jmccrensky@aol.com. A 2-session class that introduced the basic concepts of Kabbalah — the philosophy […]
February 19th, 2023 @ 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm – The presentation will examine the evolution of the synagogue in North America through the lens of architectural design, and delve into the religious, social, political and economic influences that affected its development. Seminal events such as the destruction of the first and second Temples in Jerusalem and subsequent exiles, the rise of Christianity, the […]
March 5th, 2023 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – The recording of the Debate is at https://youtu.be/DOgFsS1a21o. The Chat file is at https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1hTV0zkf2D2C0Uj2FicuUO9Rrhvev9Nig. Our annual Max Ticktin Memorial Latkes-Hamantaschen Debate is always a very popular event! Watch our humorous moderator and distinguished panelists conduct a scholarly, but absurdist symposium that addresses the eternal conundrum: “Which are better, latkes or hamantaschen?” […]
March 22nd, 2023 @ 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm – The Recording of the Zoom class is at https://youtu.be/WzzBMkxOXcM. A copy of the chat text from the Zoom session is at 23W5 Making a Fun & Exciting Passover Seder – Google Drive or https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1tEU0oFoE2Rkxr3l1cFlThzYZ7CDilCbA. A Passover Prep workshop unlike any other! The instructor’s dozens of innovative Seders were featured in the New York Times and […]
March 30th, 2023 @ 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm – The recording of this class is at https://youtu.be/03hgBweXvTQ and the Chat file is at 23W6 Jewish Summer Camps – Google Drive or https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1vy1xBz29pNfHvP_Lz07Ib3c0MvBHX9id. For over a century, Jewish camps across North America have provided generations of youth with meaningful, personal, and lifelong connections to Judaism. Today, more than 180,000 campers, counselors, and young staff participate […]
April 16th, 2023 – May 7th, 2023 @ 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm – The recordings of the first two sessions will be available through June 30th. Session #1 Recording: https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/share/sgTAsORr_WXSQkoc0-V4Ht50jJ9b7oX_kF9dMq3CxXJFYxEPbLWqrZdmHNfPgkgA.Mdfoa5qj2xJ7ofS5?startTime=1681664156000 Session #2 Recording: https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/share/6aAF18RIauhs7iAtTxr5VgFB1Dq4k6eEGqWrBQmLRYbzQEP2VmiL9M1kHiNEEtoZ.gHojt0hJu9Ka9jLC?startTime=1682870736000 Session #3 Recording: https://youtu.be/9gHIMHUr-O4 Handout materials are available at: (You may need to paste the linjk into your browser.) https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1aIepGdU9_YF38lbw0PvdHII5PkJzhpiG?usp=sharing This 3-session Zoom class explains the elements of Jewish genealogy, including DNA testing. Although […]
April 23rd, 2023 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm – The recording of this class can be viewed at https://youtu.be/DLle10Dsp9A. You can buy Jewish Letchworth – A Microcosm of the Jewish Communal Experience and various other books by Yanky Fachler from Amazon at Amazon.com : yanky fachler or at https://www.amazon.com/s?k=yanky+fachler&i=stripbooks&crid=3OT5RIZEENM21&sprefix=yanky+fachler%2Cstripbooks%2C79&ref=nb_sb_noss. The Jewish Letchworth book can also be purchased from its Vallentine Mitchell publisher at […]
May 31st, 2023 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – The recording of this class is at https://youtu.be/4-9NEN6-ARs. The Jewish Study Center will join the Fabrangen Speaker’s Series for an on-line discussion with Rabbi Michael Strassfeld, co-editor of the three volumes of The Jewish Catalog, perhaps the most widely read books in the Jewish counterculture of the 1970’s. His newest book Judaism Disrupted: A Spiritual […]
June 15th, 2023 @ 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm – Recording of this class is at https://youtu.be/g7ncbk81Hqk. Iran is home to the second largest Jewish community in the Middle East outside of Israel. With the tense relations between Iran and Israel, many misconceptions about these communities now take over the discourse. This class will analyze what it means to be an Iranian Jew in […]
June 29th, 2023 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – The recording of this class us at https://youtu.be/tBq5KfOXM8M. The chat file from the class has interesting information. It is at https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Dd5FYyILhrMdzJqlv4pl_lWyQ2N2oC-Y?usp=sharing. The end of the Jewish presence in the Iberian Peninsula began with the Expulsion from Spain in 1492. At this point the Portuguese Golden Age and its vast maritime trade empire across Africa and […]
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