Jewish Ideas to Change the World

Common Ground in Uncommon Times: Denver’s Faith Communities in Dialogue

A hybrid event presentation featuring Reverend Terri Hobart, Imam Muhammad Kolila, and Rabbi Emily Hyatt, moderated by Ariel Nassau of VBM Denver. The event was co-hoste

Unfolding: Reflections on the Lessons of the High Holy Days

A virtual event presentation by Rabbi Karyn Kedar The class is co-sponsored by Congregation Ner Tamid About The Event: Join Rabbi Karyn D. Kedar as she explores her aw

How to Do Things with Kavanah: J. L. Austin and the Communicative Activity of Performing Mitzvot

A virtual event presentation by Dr. Paul Franks The event was co-sponsored by BMH-BJ About The Event: What is kavanah — usually translated as “intention” — in the perf

What Does the Mishna Teach Us About the People Who Wrote It?

A virtual event presentation by Rabba Aliza Libman Baronofsky The class was co-sponsored by Temple Emanuel. About The Event: The Mishnah was written during a time per

Antisemitism, Anti-Zionism, Anti-Israelism

A virtual presentation by Dr. Marc Dollinger The event is co-sponsored by Temple Solel About The Event: One of the thorniest questions in contemporary American Jewish

Smashing Idols: From the Patriarchs to the Present

A virtual event presentation by Rabbi Marc Gitler About The Event: From Abraham shattering his father’s idols to the challenges we face today, the Jewish tradition ha

A Rashi on the Declaration of Independence

A virtual event presentation by Rabbi Jack Riemer About The Event: In this class, we will compare and contrast the Declaration of Independence with Jewish statements

The World is Informational: Kabbalah and AI

A virtual event presentation by Rabbi Dr. Alan Brill The event was co-sponsored by BMH-BJ About The Event: The 21st-century Kabbalistic approaches to AI offer optim

Beyond Either/Or: Jewish Nestedness Can Heal a Fractured World

A virtual event presentation by Rabbi Natan Margalit About The Event: Either/Or dilemmas such as Universal versus Tribal, Us versus Them, Culture versus Nature, and m

The Torah’s Ritual Response to an Unsolved Murder

A virtual class presentation by Rabbi Dr. Martin Lockshin The event was co-sponsored by Congregation Or Tzion About The Event: Exploring Deuteronomy 21:1–9 and its

Order in the Court! Cross-Examining Fate, Forgiveness, and Forever

An event presentation by Rabbi Ian (Haim) Pear The event is co-sponsored by Temple Chai About The Event: What is life’s most important lesson? Is true forgiveness poss

The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton

A virtual class presentation by Dr. Andrew Porwancher About The Event: Professor Porwancher debunks a string of myths about the origins of this founding father to arr

Soul Train: Learning the Words of the Jewish Heart

A virtual event presentation by Rabbi Jeff Salkin The event was co-sponsored by BMH-BJ About The Event: No, “Soul Train” isn’t just a retro music show—it’s about tr

“AI, Deepfakes, and the Future of Human Trust” — Can We Still Know What’s Real?

An event presentation by Rabbi Marc Gitler The event was co-sponsored by BMH-BJ About The Event: Session 4: “AI, Deepfakes, and the Future of Human Trust” — Can We Sti

A Cry for Wholeness From the Void: Bridging Zionism and Diasporism

A virtual event presentation by Rabbi David Jaffe About The Event: What is at stake in bridging the growing divide in our North American Jewish community between peop

Are We Idolaters? Yeshayahu Leibowitz on Jewish Spirituality and Jewish Politics

A virtual event presentation by Dr. Samuel Fleischacker About The Event: We will take a look at some of the religious and political writings of the Israeli chemistry

Nonviolence in a Violent World: Aharon Shmuel Tameres in Conversation With Martin Luther King and James Lawson

A virtual event presentation by Rabbi Aryeh Cohen About The Event: Rabbi Aharon Shmuel Tamares is probably the most passionate Jewish voice against nationalism, milita

“Lashon Hara in the Information Age” — Speech, Gossip, and Viral Culture

An event presentation by Rabbi Marc Gitler About The Event: Truth, Media, and Propaganda – A timely look at misinformation, lashon hara, and the ethics of communication

Stolen, Saved, or Claimed? The Battle Between Yeshiva University and Dubrovnik’s Jewish Community

A virtual event presentation by Rabbi Marc Gitler The event was co-sponsored by Kavod Senior Life About The Event: This class will examine the history of sacred Jew

“What Is Truth?” — Torah, Narrative, and the Power of Framing

An event presentation by Rabbi Marc Gitler About The Event: This is the first session in a four-part series. Participants may register for one, multiple, or all four se