Dr. Laura Shaw Frank

Using fascinating historical documents, take a journey into a part of American history that has echoes for contemporary Jewish life.

Dr. Channa Pinchasi

Engage with Jerusalem in all its complexity, exploring the ways in which poetic imagination and lived experience intersect in the city.

Dr. Sharon Nazarian

Explore the complexity of Iranian society and the Iranian Jewish community, and get insight into this moment in history.

Ruben Shimonov

What can Sephardic texts and wisdom teach us about Jewish identity, diversity, leadership, community life, and engagement with the world?

Dr Sarah Bunin Benor

Get a glimpse into the history of Jewish names, from the ancient Middle East to medieval Cairo, from Renaissance Rome to modern Poland.

Rabbi Sergio Bergman

How our Jewish texts and traditions can serve as the foundation for local activism and leadership.

Dr Sarah Bunin Benor

Explore the history and future of global Jewish languages, and learn how Jews are engaging creatively with these languages today.

Dr. Raquel Ukeles

Dr. Ukeles shared reflections on the work of the National Library of Israel where they are building a vast repository of material docum...

Dr. Tova Ganzel

What are the moral and ethical implications of contemporary institutions and how can we apply Jewish concepts of social justice in the ...

Rabbi Dr. Ben Elton

Judaism in Britain developed differently to the rest of the world, and faced the problems of a fractured people in a unique way. Whethe...

Dr J.J. Schacter

Engage with Rabbi Soloveitchik’s challenging position on the status of Christianity within an interfaith context.

Dr Ronnie Perelis

Take a thrilling journey into the turbulent history of Crypto Jews.

Dr Ronnie Perelis

Using Jewish texts, art and poetry, Dr. Perelis explored the unique time in history that gave rise to Sephardic Jewish culture.

Rabbi David Saperstein

What is our responsibility to some of the pressing global issues of the day? 

Stephen Bush

What is racial justice and just how inclusive are Jewish communities?

Dr. Guila Benchimol

What is gender justice? What role do safety, respect, and equity play in it? And what does it look like in Jewish spaces? 

Dr J.J. Schacter

6 months into the COVID-19 Pandemic, what does the Jewish tradition have to teach us about how to cope with adversity.

Dr. Anna Shternshis

Yiddish is on the rise. Discover what is going on with the Yiddish language today.

Dr. Anna Shternshis

How Yiddish plays, folklore and music depicted what it was like for Jewish refugees to live in Central Asia.

Anna andy Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, Psoy Korolenko bring to life long lost Yiddish songs of World War II. 

How were Jews and Judaism being viewed in light of the Coronavirus pandemic. 

Ilana Kaufman

Ilana Kaufman, the Director of the Jews of Color Field Building Initiative, discusses research done regarding Jews of Color in the USA.

David Gidron

Following the shooting at the Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh, we discuss the key elements necessary for Jewish Communal Resistance.

Benji Lovitt

Comedian Benji Lovitt tracks the changes in Israeli society through classic movie, TV and comedy clips.

Dr. Daniel Fainstein

The future of the Jewish communities of Latin America. Esta sesión se llevó a cabo en español.

Dr. Daniel Fainstein

The future of the Jewish communities of Latin America. Esta sesión se llevó a cabo en español.

Dr. Daniel Fainstein

The future of the Jewish communities of Latin America. Esta sesión se llevó a cabo en español.