Week of Events
Sunday, May 10, 2026
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May 10, 2026 -iEngage Shalom Hartman Series: Between Crisis and Aspiration: A Community Conversation on Liberal Zionism
iEngage Shalom Hartman Series: Between Crisis and Aspiration: A Community Conversation on Liberal Zionism
Please join us for the next Shalom Hartman Institute iEngage series to be led by Rick Berkman. Please join us on Sunday mornings, March 8 to May 10, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (no session on April 5 and 12). Bagels and coffee will be served each week. In this moment of profound challenge, many of us […]
Monday, May 11, 2026
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May 11, 2026 -Days of Learning: Everything You Wanted to Know about Artificial Intelligence with Barry Marks
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May 11, 2026 -Days of Learning: Transplant Surgery and Jewish Law: Why I Became a Living Donor with Todd Hacker and Dr. Kenneth Chavin
Days of Learning: Everything You Wanted to Know about Artificial Intelligence with Barry Marks
Barry will explain what AI is, how we can use it to enhance our daily lives, and what does the future hold. There will be plenty of time to ask questions! Breakfast provided.
Days of Learning: Transplant Surgery and Jewish Law: Why I Became a Living Donor with Todd Hacker and Dr. Kenneth Chavin
Meet a hero among us. Todd, an RS member and Berkman Mercaz Limud teacher, donated part of his liver. He will share his courageous and inspiring story, as well as explain the Jewish law on being a living donor. Dr. Ken Chavin, who specializes in liver transplant surgery, will add the medical perspective. Dinner provided. […]
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
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May 12, 2026 -Days of Learning: What Are the Neshamah (Soul) Training and Community Experiences of Torah Study with Rabbi Jill Maderer
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May 12, 2026 -Days of Learning: Reading Ruth: Between the Lines with Mindi Snoparsky and Denise Finer
Days of Learning: What Are the Neshamah (Soul) Training and Community Experiences of Torah Study with Rabbi Jill Maderer
Marking her 25th year since ordination, Rabbi Maderer will lead a study of her rabbinic thesis “Learning Disabilities and Inclusion in the Rabbinic Understanding of Talmud Torah,” and discuss the implications on Torah Study today. Register for classes here.
Days of Learning: Reading Ruth: Between the Lines with Mindi Snoparsky and Denise Finer
Embrace the spiral of Jewish time with Mindi and Denise as they deepen our understanding of the Book of Ruth, traditionally read on Shavuot. They will discuss who wrote the Book of Ruth and when, describe the protagonists of the story and lead a discussion about which characters resonate with you. Dinner provided. Register for […]
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
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May 13, 2026 -Days of Learning: Repairing the World: Standing Up for Immigrant Rights with Rabbi Jill Maderer, Rabbi Eli Freedman, Cantor Brad Hyman, and Deborah Davies
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May 13, 2026 -Days of Learning: Book talk “A Force for Good,” the rescue of children from Nazi Germany with Anita Wyzanski Robboy and Lynn Edelman
Days of Learning: Repairing the World: Standing Up for Immigrant Rights with Rabbi Jill Maderer, Rabbi Eli Freedman, Cantor Brad Hyman, and Deborah Davies
Rabbi Freedman will teach on how we are commanded to treat the stranger among us and invite discussion in the context of today’s immigration issues. We will then make our way to the ICE office on 8th Street between Arch and Cherry Sts. where RS clergy and members will lead us in a New Sanctuary […]
Days of Learning: Book talk “A Force for Good,” the rescue of children from Nazi Germany with Anita Wyzanski Robboy and Lynn Edelman
We are proud to present Anita Wyzanski Robboy, the author of the critically acclaimed new biography about her late mother, Gisela Warburg Wyzanski. Gisela was a remarkable German Jewish woman who used her wealth and influence to rescue thousands of Jewish children and resettle them in the land now known as Israel. We will go […]
Thursday, May 14, 2026
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May 14, 2026 -Days of Learning: Seeing RS Through My Eyes with Karen Michaels
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May 14, 2026 -Days of Learning: First Salute Weitzman Tour with Resa Levinson
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May 14, 2026 -Days of Learning: Jews by Choice with Denise Finer, Todd Hacker, Robert Higgins, Liliana Kimbrough, and Michael Riccardi
Days of Learning: Seeing RS Through My Eyes with Karen Michaels
Shape and color catch Karen's eye and she photographs what she sees. These photos of RS have the most spiritual meaning to her. Hear her talk about each photo and join her in discussion. Breakfast provided. Register for classes here.
Days of Learning: First Salute Weitzman Tour with Resa Levinson
Tour the core exhibits with RS member and Weitzman docent Resa Levinson, then tour the new exhibit First Salute, “the first-ever major museum exhibition to explore the little-known story of a small group of Jewish merchants in the Caribbean whose outsized contributions to the cause of liberty tipped the scales in the fight for American […]
Days of Learning: Jews by Choice with Denise Finer, Todd Hacker, Robert Higgins, Liliana Kimbrough, and Michael Riccardi
Be inspired by the profound personal journeys of our RS friends who have chosen to embrace Jewish life, identity, and faith. Dinner provided. Register for classes here.
Friday, May 15, 2026
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May 15, 2026 -Days of Learning: Tour of Calder Gardens with Jane Friedman
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May 15, 2026 -Days of Learning: Yiddish Theater Comes to RS with Susannah Trubman
Days of Learning: Tour of Calder Gardens with Jane Friedman
Enjoy a docent-led tour of Calder Gardens exhibiting the works of Alexander Calder, and then go to the Barnes for a box lunch and a discussion of Calder’s friendship and collaboration with New Yorker cartoonist Saul Steinberg led by Jane Friedman. Tickets are $20/pp. Lunch at The Barnes across the Parkway is an extra $5. Register for […]
Days of Learning: Yiddish Theater Comes to RS with Susannah Trubman
This workshop features YIVO Institute for Jewish Research Educator Susannah Trubman leading a guided lesson utilizing the YLMC’s Archival Box Lessons. The program begins with a talk on the history of the Yiddish theater in Eastern Europe and one of its early pioneers, Esther Rokhl Kaminska, followed by an exploration of primary source materials relating […]
Saturday, May 16, 2026
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May 16, 2026 -Torah Study
Torah Study
The cornerstone of our learning is our Saturday morning Torah Study. We discuss the weekly Torah portion and have a lively and spirited conversation as we relate this ancient text to our daily lives. No special training or prerequisite courses are necessary for you to attend. Neither is there an entrance requirement for the understanding […]
