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:1609@tign.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260118T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260118T140000 DTSTAMP:20260116T142849Z URL:https://www.tign.org/events/jewish-community-scholars-program-172/ 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\n25th Annual CSP Scholar in Residence featuring Professor Jonathan D. Sarna\n\nS unday Series: January 4th\, 11th\, 18th\, 25th from 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m . (PT) and 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. (ET) live on Zoom\n"Jewish Settlement in North America &\; the Importance of Mobility"\nJoin us as we explore ho w American Jewish life has been built\, rebuilt\, uprooted\, and re-rooted over 250+ years\, tracing a story of mobility\, reinvention\, and opportu nity from colonial port cities to today’s suburbs and Sunbelt hubs. On J anuary 4\, Pioneers and Port Cities looks at the Sephardic and Ashkenazic families who first established communities in Charleston\, Savannah\, Newp ort\, New York\, and Philadelphia\, and how they navigated religious freed om\, mercantile networks\, early institutions\, and legal rights in a Prot estant-dominated society\; on January 11\, Expansion and Upheaval follows the period from the Revolution through the Gilded Age\, including Jewish p articipation in the Revolution\, German Jewish migration and economic asce nt\, Civil War complexities\, and the rise of philanthropy and national Je wish organizations\; on January 18\, From the Lower East Side to Main Stre et explores mass Eastern European immigration (1880–1924)\, urban growth \, labor and tenement life\, the flowering of Yiddish culture\, and the pu sh west and south to places like Boston and beyond\; and on January 25\, F rom Suburbia to Sunbelt surveys 1924–2024—immigration restriction\, po stwar suburbanization\, the rise of new Jewish centers outside major citie s\, the growth of communities in Los Angeles\, Houston\, Phoenix\, Atlanta \, Boca Raton\, Austin and more\, and what American Jewish mobility may te ll us about the next chapter ahead.  \;CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.\n\n&nbs p\;\n\nTuesday Series: January 6th\, 13th\, 20th\, 27th 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"Faith &\; Freedom: The Transformation of Judais m in America"\nIn America\, Judaism became more diverse\, more democratic\ , and more inventive than in any other diaspora community. This series exa mines how Jewish religious life adapted—sometimes dramatically—to the freedoms and pressures of American society.\nJanuary 6th: Colonial Beginni ngs: The First American Jews and Their Communities\nJanuary 13th: The Prot estanization of American Judaism\nJanuary 20th: Suburbia\, Social Change & amp\; Spiritual Shifts: The Fight to Keep Jews Jewish\nJanuary 27th: Post- WWII Judaism: Modern Movements &\; Spiritual Innovation\n\nCLICK HERE T O REGISTER.\n\n \;\n\nThursday Series: January 8th\, 15th\, 22nd\, 29t h from 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. (PT) and 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. (ET) live on Zoom\n"From the Sidelines to the Ballot Box: the Political Evolution of A merican Jews"\nAmerican Jews went from a cautious\, politically invisible minority to one of the most influential political communities in the count ry\, and this four-part series traces the surprising—and often dramatic —story of that transformation. On January 8\, Reluctant Citizens explore s Jewish political neutrality in colonial America and the early republic\, including fears of standing out\, backlash\, and accusations of dual loya lty\, alongside the emergence of the first Jewish voters\, litigants\, and officeholders\; on January 15\, Union\, Reconstruction &\; the Gilded Age (1840–1914) examines Jewish combatants and chaplains in the Civil Wa r\, General Grant’s Order No. 11 and its aftermath\, and the growth of J ewish advocacy amid civil-rights and immigration debates\; on January 22\, From Eugene V. Debs to Lyndon Johnson follows the rise of Jewish progress ive politics shaped by immigrant experience\, labor activism\, the New Dea l coalition\, and Jewish leadership in law\, civil rights\, and national p olitical organizations\; and on January 29\, A House Divided surveys Jewis h politics since the 1960s—realignment\, Israel and social issues\, the emergence of a growing Republican wing\, generational divides and identity politics\, and what 2026 might reveal about the next era of Jewish Americ an political life.  \;CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.\n\n \;\n\nCLICK HERE FOR MORE UPCOMING SESSIONS IN JANUARY 2026\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