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A free Special Hanukkah Celebration organized by the National Museum of American Jewish Military History (NMAJMH), and co-sponsored by the Jewish War Veterans and the Jewish Study Center! Eat, drink, sing, enjoy music from the US Army Klezmer Ensemble, light candles, and tour the Museum. 6:30-8:30 pm at 1811 R ST NW. Washington, D.C. 20009.

Feminism, mysticism, and technology are radically reshaping the rabbinate. Rabbi and scholar, Lance J. Sussman, Ph.D., will share his insights, research, and experiences about the state of the rabbinate at the beginning of the twenty-first century.

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 counter-culture of the 1970’s. His newest book is Judaism Disrupted: A Spiritual Manifesto for the 21st Century.

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 the 21st century in the Islamic Republic. We will go on a photographic journey along with these communities to their homes, schools, shops, synagogues, pilgrimage sites, and more.

In 1930s the resort industry in New York’s Sullivan County transitioned from the wood-framed Victorian hotels of the Silver Age to the stucco Mission-style behemoths of the Golden Age and most of the region's hotels began to hire aspiring entertainers of all kinds. Sullivan County Historian John Conway examines the impact of the Jewish Catskills Borscht Belt on American entertainment.

How should Jews pray? The ancient sages struggled with some of the same concerns about prayer that we have today. David Sieradzki will lead us in studying juicy passages (in translation) from Mishnah Berachot ("blessings") and other sources that focus on how, when, and why we pray.

A 3-session class about the lives and music of celebrated Jewish songwriters George & Ira Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin, Harold Arlen, and more. The ever-popular instructor and musician Seth Kibel will include recordings and live performances. Recordings of each session will be available if you miss a session.