An Interreligious Dialogue on Healing

An Interreligious Dialogue on Healing

Sep 11, 2011 By 91¿ì²¥ | Public Event video

You or someone you know is ill; how would you proceed? Many people turn to their religion in these situations. Many religions have similar practices and beliefs when it comes to healing, and therefore, this program will explore the views different religions have on healing.

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Christian Responses to Mourning

Christian Responses to Mourning

Sep 11, 2011

You or someone you know is in mourning; how would you proceed? Many people turn to their religion in these situations. Many religions have similar practices and beliefs when it comes to death and mourning, and therefore, in commemoration of September 11th, 2001, this program will explore the Christian view on mourning.

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Christian Responses to Tragedy

Christian Responses to Tragedy

Sep 11, 2011

You or someone you know has suffered a tragedy; how would you proceed? Many people turn to their religion in these situations. Many religions have similar practices and beliefs when it comes to tragedies, and therefore, in commemoration of September 11th, 2001, this program will explore the Christian view on tragedy.

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Christian Traditions on Healing

Christian Traditions on Healing

Sep 11, 2011

You or someone you know is ill; how would you proceed? Many people turn to their religion in these situations. Many religions have similar practices and beliefs when it comes to healing, and therefore, in commemoration of September 11th, 2001, this program will explore the Christian view on healing.

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Jewish Responses to Mourning

Jewish Responses to Mourning

Sep 11, 2011 By Burton L. Visotzky | Public Event video

You or someone you know is in mourning; how would you proceed? Many people turn to their religion in these situations. Many religions have similar practices and beliefs when it comes to death and mourning, and therefore, in commemoration of September 11th, 2001, this program will explore the Jewish view on mourning.

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Muslim Responses on Tragedy

Muslim Responses on Tragedy

Sep 11, 2011

You or someone you know is in tragedy; how would you proceed? Many people turn to their religion in these situations. Many religions have similar practices and beliefs when it comes to tragedies, and therefore, in commemoration of September 11th, 2001, this program will explore the Muslim view on tragedy.

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Muslim Responses to Mourning

Muslim Responses to Mourning

Sep 11, 2011

You or someone you know is in mourning; how would you proceed? Many people turn to their religion in these situations. Many religions have similar practices and beliefs when it comes to death and mourning, and therefore, in commemoration of September 11th, 2001, this program will explore the Muslim view on mourning.

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Muslim Traditions on Healing

Muslim Traditions on Healing

Sep 11, 2011

You or someone you know is ill; how would you proceed? Many people turn to their religion in these situations. Many religions have similar practices and beliefs when it comes to healing, and therefore, in commemoration of September 11th, 2001, this program will explore the Muslim view on healing.

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The State of Catholic-Jewish Relations in the United States

The State of Catholic-Jewish Relations in the United States

Apr 12, 2011 By 91¿ì²¥ | Public Event video

A lecture by The Most Reverend Timothy M. Dolan, archbishop of New York, and president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Followed by a dialogue between Archbishop Dolan and 91¿ì²¥ Chancellor Arnold M. Eisen.

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GenNext: Religious Leadership 40 and Under

GenNext: Religious Leadership 40 and Under

Feb 28, 2011

In this program, Haroon Moghul, a Muslim PhD student at Columbia University, and Rabbi Melissa Weintraub, the cofounder and North American director of the Encounter Programs, discuss religious leadership.

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Empowered Judaism: What Independent Minyanim Can Teach Us about Building Vibrant Jewish Communities

Empowered Judaism: What Independent Minyanim Can Teach Us about Building Vibrant Jewish Communities

Apr 27, 2010 By 91¿ì²¥ | Public Event video

How will the independent minyan movement affect the traditional American Jewish community? What does this new movement imply for the future of synagogues and Jewish education? 

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Health Care Reform: Where Are We Now? Where Are We Going? Does Judaism Have Guidance to Offer?

Health Care Reform: Where Are We Now? Where Are We Going? Does Judaism Have Guidance to Offer?

Apr 12, 2010 By 91¿ì²¥ | Public Event video

Presented by the Louis Finkelstein Institute of 91¿ì²¥.

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“Sacred Trashâ€: Library Book Talk about the Treasures of the Cairo Genizah

“Sacred Trashâ€: Library Book Talk about the Treasures of the Cairo Genizah

Apr 10, 2010

The authors of Sacred Trash: The Lost and Found World of the Cairo Geniza, acclaimed essayist Adina Hoffman and the MacArthur Foundation Award-winning poet and translator Peter Cole, tell the story of the recovery from a Cairo genizah (a repository for sacred texts) of the most vital cache of Hebrew manuscripts ever discovered, a story of buried scholarly treasure that rivals in drama, scope, and importance the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls and sheds profound light on 900 years of Jewish life.

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Religion, Science, and Wonder

Religion, Science, and Wonder

Feb 17, 2010 By 91¿ì²¥ | Public Event video

Look up at the natural world, and what do you see? You see a world filled with so much wonder and greatness that only a divine being could have created it. However, modern science explains these wonders with complex explanations and equations, showing that God might not have been the creator of this world. Dr. Janna Levin, professor of Physics and Astronomy at Barnard College, and Rabbi Shai Held, cofounder and rosh yeshiva at Mechon Hadar and chair in Jewish Thought look at these different thoughts.

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A Conversation on Creation and Evolution

A Conversation on Creation and Evolution

Nov 17, 2009 By 91¿ì²¥ | Public Event video

One of the most hotly debated contradictions between the Bible and current scientific knowledge is creationism and Darwin’s theory of evolution. In this program, two leading philosophers, Lenn Goodman and Philip Kitcher, address this perceived conflict.

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Inauguration of Arnold M. Eisen As Chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary

Inauguration of Arnold M. Eisen As Chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary

Sep 5, 2007 By Arnold M. Eisen | Public Event video

Proclaiming that “we have important work to do,” Chancellor Arnold M. Eisen set forth his vision for the future of 91¿ì²¥ following his investiture as the seventh chancellor of 91¿ì²¥ on September 5, 2007.

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A Wandering People: Jewish Journeys, Real and Imagined

A Wandering People: Jewish Journeys, Real and Imagined

By 91¿ì²¥ | Public Event video | Video Lecture

Notions of home and homeland have beenredefinedby Jewish wandering. Drawing on literary, spiritual, and historical sources and responses, 91¿ì²¥ scholars explore what happens when Jews—whether by force or voluntarily, whetherin reality orin the imagination—travel from one place to another.

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The Power of Emotion: Judaism and the Inner Life

The Power of Emotion: Judaism and the Inner Life

By 91¿ì²¥ | Public Event video | Video Lecture

Joy. Grief. Anger. Shame. Love. Emotional experience is often at the center of our lives. 91¿ì²¥ scholars explore perceptions of emotions in Jewish texts and offer surprising and useful insights for understanding the feelings that make up our inner worlds.

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91¿ì²¥ Cantorial Convocation, February, 2022

91¿ì²¥ Cantorial Convocation, February, 2022

Program FEBRUARY 2, 2022, 3:30 P.M. ET   |  1 ADAR I 5782 VIRTUAL PROCESSION WELCOME Alan Levine, Esq., Chair, 91¿ì²¥ Board of Trustees GREETINGS Hazzan Luis Cattan, President, Cantors Assembly D’VAR TORAH Hazzan Nancy Abramson, Director, H. L. Miller Cantorial School and College of Jewish Music, 91¿ì²¥ MUSICAL PERFORMANCE Shehecheyanu, composed by Hazzan Gerald CohenPerformed […]

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Relating to God

Relating to God

By 91¿ì²¥ | Public Event video | Video Lecture

Join 91¿ì²¥ scholars to explore what Jewish texts and thought can teach us about how we might understand, experience, and be in relationship with the divine.

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