Following on the success of direct-to-public programming for Tikkun Leil Shavuot and Selihot, and in a continuing effort to help rabbis and congregations during these trying times, the RA, USCJ, JTS, and Ziegler are excited to announce a joint initiative to offer high quality adult education opportunities to all those interested in participating.

ScholarStream is a four-part series that will give communities the opportunity to learn from some of the world’s leading scholars and engage deeply with our texts and traditions.
 
Join us for the first two series, which will meet for one hour each week.
 
Hidden Histories and Untold Stories
Tuesdays at 7:00 PM CST.

Join JTS scholars as they uncover the hidden context around biblical figures and important eras in Jewish history.

November 10: Dr. David Fishman on how religious pre-Holocaust Eastern European Jewry actually was—or wasn’t.
November 17:  Dr. Alan Cooper on why we stopped caring about Moses’s descendants.
December 1: Dr. Sarah Wolf on how foreign the beit midrash would feel to the early Rabbis.
December 8: Dr. Amy Kalmanofsky on what the Bible really had against Jezebel.
 
Equity, Forgiveness and Intersectionality
Wednesdays at 9:00 PM CST.

Join Ziegler faculty as they explore issues related to race, gender equality, intersectionality, and building a democracy of the future.

Download the full descriptions for each Ziegler session here.

November 11: Rabbi Cheryl Peretz will examine the centuries-old Jewish march towards gender equality and justice.
November 18: Rabbi Dr. Elliot Dorff will explore the concept of communal forgiveness.
December 2: Rabbi Dr. Gail Labovitz on what Exodus has to teach us about intersectionality.
December 9: Rabbi Dr. Aryeh Cohen on building a multiracial democracy.

If you have any questions, please email Max Arad at marad@rabbinicalassembly.org.

How to Register
These classes are offered to us at no cost, using the coupon code: BellaireFall20 (Note that the code is case-sensitive. You should ignore the credit card form during registration, as long as you use the coupon code.)

Use the links below to register for each series. You will receive the Zoom link by email the day before the session.

Hidden Histories and Untold Stories Registration Link. This link takes you to a list of the sessions. Click the name of any session and then click Register. That will take you to a series registration page and you can choose which sessions you want to attend.

Equity, Forgiveness and Intersectionality Registration Link. This link takes you directly to a series registration page where you can choose the sessions you want to attend.