Learn & Engage

Please join our burgeoning Or HaLev sitting group in DC for an hour of chanting, silent practice and teaching most Tuesday nights this winter and spring from 7-8pm. We begin and end with a chant, offer about 10-15 minutes of teaching related to where we find ourselves in Jewish spiritual time and allow for a […]

On March 25 at 7:30 PM, the Reproductive Justice Team and the Inclusion Task Force will co-host an evening of learning and discussion about genetic selection in assisted reproduction. Drawing on Jewish texts as well as bioethics and disability justice frameworks, we will explore how emerging reproductive technologies shape the choices parents can make - […]

The Necessity of Narrative in Halakhic Decision MakingShabbat afternoons Dec 6th, Feb 14th, March 28thIf a Jewish Legal (halakhic) decision is made in the forest with nobody present, did it actually happen? Maybe. The reality is that written law–case-law (responsa) and codes–significantly depend on the very human stories that animates both the unique questions, and […]

PRIMER FOR THE 2026 ISRAELI ELECTIONS - MECHANISMS AND PROCEDURES OF THE ISRAELI ELECTORAL SYSTEM WITH NATAN GUTTMAN - EMINENT ISRAELI REPORTER BASED IN DCNatan Guttman has been  reporting from Washington, DC for the past two decades. Since 2007 he has been the US correspondent for Israel Public Broadcasting Corporation - KAN 11. Natan was Haaretz's […]