BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1524@tign.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251104T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251104T140000 DTSTAMP:20251103T234450Z URL:https://www.tign.org/events/jewish-community-scholars-program-151/ SUMMARY:Jewish Community Scholars Program DESCRIPTION:The Jewish Community Scholars Program began in 2001 in Orange C ounty California to provide high level adult Jewish education. Technology has given CSP a global reach with partner synagogues in Israel\, Europe an d all of North America. As a partner synagogue\, Temple Israel members hav e access to CJP's vast array of live presentations from top notch scholars . CSP also has an extensive archive of past programs on You Tube.\n\n  \;\n\nTuesday\, November 4th from 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. (PT) and 1:00 p. m. - 2:00 p.m. (ET) live on Zoom from Los Angeles\, CA\n"Between Documenta tion\, Loss and Memory: Israeli Photography After Rabin's Assassination" l ed by Dr. Rotem Rozental\nThe mid-1990s in Israel were tumultuous. The rap id pace of events\, from suicide bombings to the Oslo accords\, meant a te ctonic shift was underway. Photojournalists and visual artists were captur ing and recording the events\, processing them and the changes they meant for Israeli society in real time. On November 4\, 1995\, after months of p rotests\, civil unrest\, and public rituals yearning for his death\, a dom estic terrorist assassinated Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. This lecture ob serves how that moment and its national aftermath were portrayed by photog raphers\, documentarians and the media\, observing how they tried to proce ss the unthinkable and understand its meanings for Israeli society. We wil l also discuss the relationship between Israel’s photographic histories and how documentary perspectives were and are vital for Israel's national imaginary. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.\n\n \;\n\nThursday\, November 6th f rom 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. (PT) and 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. (ET) live on Zo om from London\, UK\n"The Extraordinary Story of 'Hester Street'" led by D r. Julia Wagner\nMarking the 50th anniversary of Joan Micklin Silver’s g roundbreaking 1975 debut\, \;Hester Street\, this session with Dr. Jul ia Wagner explores how the film transformed Jewish American cinema and car ved out a new space for women in the industry. A trailblazing Yiddish\, fe minist work that defied expectations and became an international hit\,&nbs p\;Hester Street \;vividly captures the immigrant experience through G itl (Carol Kane\, in an Academy Award–nominated performance) as she arri ves from Eastern Europe to New York’s Lower East Side in 1896\, confront ing the challenges of assimilation and identity. Dr. Wagner will uncover t he film’s rich layers of Yiddish culture\, offering fresh insights into an under-appreciated classic\, drawing from her \; book \;Hester S treet (BFI Film Classics/Bloomsbury\, 2025)\, the first to focus exclusive ly on Micklin Silver’s work. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.\n\n \;\n\nSunda ys\, November 2nd\, 9th\, 16th\, 23rd &\; 30th \;from 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. (PT) and 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. (ET) live on Zoom from Poughkeep sie\, NY\n"Judaism: The Big Questions" led by Professor Marc Michael Epste in\n\nProf. Marc Michael Epstein returns for a five-part\, exclusive CSP s eries that tackles Judaism’s most urgent\, perennial questions—rooted in deep tradition\, framed for today’s seekers. Across five Sunday sessi ons\, we’ll probe: Nov 2nd – The Monotheism Question (are Jews really monotheistic\, and what does “real” monotheism mean?)\; Nov 9th – Th e Prophecy Question (who speaks for God—and who decides?)\; Nov 16th – The Land Question (why the Promised Land is both anchor and flashpoint)\; Nov 23rd – The Rationalism Question (how far reason can stretch when it meets mysticism)\; and Nov 30th – The Gender &\; Sex Question (recon ciling ancient texts with contemporary understandings). Come to wrestle\, question\, and discover—together. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.\n\n \;\n\n Tuesday\, November 2nd\, 11th \;from 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. (PT) and 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. (ET) live on Zoom from New Orleans\n"Seeing into the Life of Things: Imagination and the Sacred Encounter" led by Rodger Kamen etz\nIn this author presentation\, Rodger Kamenetz invites us on an exhila rating journey that weaves together poetry\, personal experience\, and spi ritual exploration. Drawing from his new work \;Seeing into the Life o f Things\, Kamenetz reveals how imagination itself can be a natural spirit ual path. From the rhythms of his native New Orleans to his friendship wit h Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi\, visionary founder of Jewish Renewal\, K amenetz connects everyday life with the deepest spiritual longings. In his talk Rodger will teach a simple but powerful blessing visualization pract ice from his new book \; that he integrates with the morning Jewish gr atitude prayer modeh/modah ani\, a way to cultivate resilience in difficul t times. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.\n\n \;\n\nThursdays\, November 13th\, 20th &\; Tuesday\, December 2nd from 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. (PT) and 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. (ET) live on Zoom from London\, UK\n"Shakespeare and the Jews" led by Dr. Aviva Dautch\nJoin us at CSP for a new three-part se ries with Dr. Aviva Dautch\, exploring Shakespeare through a Jewish lens —history\, geography\, and biography. Together we’ll revisit The Merch ant of Venice in light of fresh archival discoveries\, map London’s Jewi sh landscape in Shakespeare’s time\, and consider the case for Emilia Ba ssano Lanier as the “Dark Lady.” Come learn\, question\, and discover how these stories reshape what we think we know about Shakespeare—and ab out ourselves. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.\n\n \;\n\nTuesday November 18th from 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. (PT) and 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. (ET) live on Zoom from Tel Aviv\, Israel\n"In-Between Notes: Geography\, Culture\, & \; the Shaping of Israeli Music" led by Yael Cherni\nWhat defines Israeli music? Is there a truly local sound shaped by geography\, history\, and cu ltural fusion? How have Arabic and Middle Eastern aesthetics influenced wh at we now call classical music\, Israeli rock and pop? In this session\, Y ael Cherni explores these questions and traces the complex musical dialogu e between East and West that has influenced Israel’s unique sonic identi ty. \;Join us for this special one-hour online session in honor of the memory of CSP patron\, Bernard “Barney” Gilmore (z"l)\, beloved Profe ssor of Music at UC Irvine. \;CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.\n\n \;\n\nTu esday\, October 28th\, November 25th &\; December 30 from 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. (PT) and 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. (ET) live on Zoom from New York (members only series)\n"Survival and Renewal: The Modern Jewish Story of R ome" led by Dr. Samuel Gruber\nFollowing our recent three-part exploration of the Jews of Rome from antiquity through the era of the Ghetto\, Dr. Gr uber returns to guide us into the next\, equally dramatic chapter of this community’s story. In our new three-part series\, we will trace the jour ney of Roman Jewry from the 19th century to the present\, a period marked by seismic change and reinvention. From the fall of the Ghetto walls in 18 70 and the opportunities and challenges of emancipation\, through the rise of Fascism and the devastating impact of the Holocaust\, to the difficult but determined postwar efforts at renewal\, remembrance\, and cultural pr eservation\, we will explore how one of the world’s oldest Jewish commun ities adapted\, endured\, and reshaped its identity in the face of modern upheaval. Along the way\, we will encounter voices of resilience\, creativ ity\, and leadership that illuminate not only the history of Rome’s Jews \, but also broader questions of Jewish belonging\, survival\, and continu ity in the modern world.  \; CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.\n\n \;\n\nCLI CK HERE FOR MORE UPCOMING SESSIONS IN NOVEMBER\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.tign.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/ Jewish-Community-Scholars-Program-2024_25_hero-image.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR