The Department of Community Education is sponsoring the Hebrew Reading Marathon, which offers the opportunity to learn Hebrew in one day. Noah Golinkin, rabbi emeritus at Congregation Beth Shalom in Columbia, Maryland and creator of the Hebrew marathon program, will be the instructor.
Participation is limited to fifty registrants.
The week of January 23, JTS's famed havruta program begins its winter semester, featuring some of JTS's most dynamic teachers. Shabbat This workshop will deal with the textual and historical basis of Shabbat, as well as the traditional rituals and new development and trends in family commemorations. The class will be taught by rabbinic fellow Matt Berkowitz. This spring, the Jack and Lewis Rudin Lecture will be held on February 8. Our Stake in Public Education.