The first session of Rabbi Biller’s “Living a Soulful Life” series, titled “Midnight Writer.”
Our Jewish World
Two-Part Series: ‘The Case for Israel’
Watch our two-part Zoom series, led by Rabbi Shalom Lubin, who makes “The Case for Israel,” following the October 7 massacre.
Our Jewish World Series on Rav Kook: Rabbi Mark Biller to Focus on ‘Living a Soulful Life’
Last year, in an Our Jewish World series titled “A 20th-Century Dreamer Speaks to Us in the 21st,” Rabbi Mark Biller introduced us to the writings of Rav Kook. This year, Rabbi Biller will delve more deeply into the thought and philosophy of this towering figure in a three-part series, via Zoom, called “Living a Soulful Life.” The series, which is free and open to the public, will take place on Thursdays, March 14 (“Midnight Writer”), March 21 (“Everything Is Sacred”), and March 28 (“Every Moment Counts”), all at 1 p.m.
‘Jewish Music in America’ Session 3
‘Jewish Music in America,’ Session 3, the third of Cantor Perry Fine’s Our Jewish World series.
Cantor Perry Fine on ‘Jewish Music in America,’ Session 2
‘Jewish Music in America’ Session 2, the second of Cantor Perry Fine’s Our Jewish World Zoom presentations.
‘Jewish Music in America’ Session 1
The first of Cantor Perry Fine’s Our Jewish World Zoom presentations.
‘Jewish Music in America’ with Cantor Perry Fine
Cantor Perry Fine, of Temple Beth Shalom in Livingston, will present a three-part series, called “Jewish Music in America.” The topics will be “Jewish Music in America: In the Movies” on Thursday, Nov. 16; “Yiddish favorites,” on Thursday, Dec. 7; and “Klezmer,” on Thursday, Dec. 14. All three programs will be held at 1 p.m. via Zoom. The Zoom link will be sent early in the week of the program.
Rabbi Steven Bayar to Kick Off Back-to-Live Clergy Series Programming
Rabbi Steven Bayar will kick off our 2023-2024 Clergy Series, coordinated by Ilene Dorf Manahan and Melanie Levitan. His three-part series, on “Jewish Cultures in the United States: In Common and Divided,” is set for 2 p.m. on Thursdays, Sept. 28, Oct. 5 and Oct. 12. (PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE FROM OUR USUAL TIME.)
The Life, Times, Philosophy and Theology of Emil Fackenheim
Rabbi David Nesson, spiritual leader of Morristown Jewish Center–Beit Yisrael, delved into Fackenheim’s approach to life and faith as part of our Clergy Learning Series through Our Jewish World. Watch his second program here
Rav Kook: Sharing the Wisdom of Our Jewish World
What is the purpose of our life? And how can we best fulfill that purpose? Those were among the ruminations that a Jewish sage and mystic from a century ago—Rav Abraham Isaac Kook (1865–1935)—would ponder in the wee hours of the morning. He wrote down those thoughts in private diaries, never intended for publication, but they were eventually published.