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:1525@tign.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251106T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251106T140000 DTSTAMP:20251103T234538Z URL:https://www.tign.org/events/jewish-community-scholars-program-152/ 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\nThursday\, November 6th 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"The Extraordinary Sto ry of 'Hester Street'" led by Dr. Julia Wagner\nMarking the 50th anniversa ry of Joan Micklin Silver’s groundbreaking 1975 debut\, \;Hester Str eet\, this session with Dr. Julia Wagner explores how the film transformed Jewish American cinema and carved out a new space for women in the indust ry. A trailblazing Yiddish\, feminist work that defied expectations and be came an international hit\, \;Hester Street \;vividly captures the immigrant experience through Gitl (Carol Kane\, in an Academy Award–nom inated performance) as she arrives from Eastern Europe to New York’s Low er East Side in 1896\, confronting the challenges of assimilation and iden tity. Dr. Wagner will uncover the film’s rich layers of Yiddish culture\ , offering fresh insights into an under-appreciated classic\, drawing from her \; book \;Hester Street (BFI Film Classics/Bloomsbury\, 2025) \, the first to focus exclusively on Micklin Silver’s work. CLICK HERE T O REGISTER.\n\n \;\n\nSundays\, 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 Poughkeepsie\, NY\n"Judaism: The Big Questions" led by Professor Marc Michael Epstein\n\nProf. Marc Michael Epstein returns fo r a five-part\, exclusive CSP series that tackles Judaism’s most urgent\ , perennial questions—rooted in deep tradition\, framed for today’s se ekers. Across five Sunday sessions\, we’ll probe: Nov 2nd – The Monoth eism Question (are Jews really monotheistic\, and what does “real” mon otheism mean?)\; Nov 9th – The Prophecy Question (who speaks for God—a nd who decides?)\; Nov 16th – The Land Question (why the Promised Land i s both anchor and flashpoint)\; Nov 23rd – The Rationalism Question (how far reason can stretch when it meets mysticism)\; and Nov 30th – The Ge nder &\; Sex Question (reconciling ancient texts with contemporary unde rstandings). Come to wrestle\, question\, and discover—together. CLICK H ERE TO REGISTER.\n\n \;\n\nTuesday\, 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 fro m New Orleans\n"Seeing into the Life of Things: Imagination and the Sacred Encounter" led by Rodger Kamenetz\nIn this author presentation\, Rodger K amenetz invites us on an exhilarating journey that weaves together poetry\ , personal experience\, and spiritual exploration. Drawing from his new wo rk \;Seeing into the Life of Things\, Kamenetz reveals how imagination itself can be a natural spiritual path. From the rhythms of his native Ne w Orleans to his friendship with Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi\, visionar y founder of Jewish Renewal\, Kamenetz connects everyday life with the dee pest spiritual longings. In his talk Rodger will teach a simple but powerf ul blessing visualization practice from his new book \; that he integr ates with the morning Jewish gratitude prayer modeh/modah ani\, a way to c ultivate resilience in difficult 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 fro m London\, UK\n"Shakespeare and the Jews" led by Dr. Aviva Dautch\nJoin us at CSP for a new three-part series with Dr. Aviva Dautch\, exploring Shak espeare through a Jewish lens—history\, geography\, and biography. Toget her we’ll revisit The Merchant of Venice in light of fresh archival disc overies\, map London’s Jewish landscape in Shakespeare’s time\, and co nsider the case for Emilia Bassano Lanier as the “Dark Lady.” Come lea rn\, question\, and discover how these stories reshape what we think we kn ow about Shakespeare—and about ourselves. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.\n\n&nb sp\;\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 Note s: 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 cultural fusion? How have Arabic and Middle Eas tern aesthetics influenced what we now call classical music\, Israeli rock and pop? In this session\, Yael Cherni explores these questions and trace s the complex musical dialogue between East and West that has influenced I srael’s unique sonic identity. \;Join us for this special one-hour o nline session in honor of the memory of CSP patron\, Bernard “Barney” Gilmore (z"l)\, beloved Professor of Music at UC Irvine. \;CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.\n\n \;\n\nTuesday\, October 28th\, November 25th &\; D ecember 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 Rome" led by Dr. Samuel Gruber\nFollowing our recent three-part exploration of the Jews of Rome from antiquity through t he era of the Ghetto\, Dr. Gruber returns to guide us into the next\, equa lly dramatic chapter of this community’s story. In our new three-part se ries\, we will trace the journey of Roman Jewry from the 19th century to t he present\, a period marked by seismic change and reinvention. From the f all of the Ghetto walls in 1870 and the opportunities and challenges of em ancipation\, through the rise of Fascism and the devastating impact of the Holocaust\, to the difficult but determined postwar efforts at renewal\, remembrance\, and cultural preservation\, we will explore how one of the w orld’s oldest Jewish communities adapted\, endured\, and reshaped its id entity in the face of modern upheaval. Along the way\, we will encounter v oices of resilience\, creativity\, and leadership that illuminate not only the history of Rome’s Jews\, but also broader questions of Jewish belon ging\, survival\, and continuity in the modern world.  \; CLICK HERE T O REGISTER.\n\n \;\n\nCLICK HERE FOR MORE UPCOMING SESSIONS IN NOVEMBE R\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