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SUMMARY:WC Meditation
DESCRIPTION: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.  \nWe 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 spacious\, rich period of silent practice. These sits are held by Rabbi Lauren Tuchman\, Jill Minneman and Amy Golen. We are delighted to be offering a new season of sitting. All levels of experience with meditation practice are warmly welcomed. Come to every session or drop in as your schedule allows.  \nWe look forward to practicing with you. \nRegister
URL:https://calendar.adasisrael.org/event/wc-meditation-13/
LOCATION:2nd floor Gan Classrooms
CATEGORIES:Learn & Engage
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SUMMARY:Jewish Perspectives on Genetic Selection in Assisted Reproduction
DESCRIPTION: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 – and the ethical questions those choices raise. This text study/discussion will be lead by Rabbi Sarah Krinsky and Rabbi Lauren Tuchman. Together\, we will consider how Jewish values can help guide our decision-making as individuals and as a community. \nRegister
URL:https://calendar.adasisrael.org/event/jewish-perspectives-on-genetic-selection-in-assisted-reproduction/
LOCATION:Biran Beit Midrash
CATEGORIES:Learn & Engage
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SUMMARY:MakomDC:  The Necessity of Narrative in Halakhic Decision Making with Rabbi Aaron Alexander - Passover Test Case: When Matzah Harms
DESCRIPTION:The Necessity of Narrative in Halakhic Decision Making \nShabbat afternoons Dec 6th\, Feb 14th\, March 28th \nIf 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 idiosyncratic responses. In this series we’ll explore some critical halakhic decisions (responsa\, mostly) in which the stories behind the questions influenced the direction of the rabbinic decisor. (Texts provided in Hebrew & English\, all are welcome!) \nFebruary 14th: Test Cases—Sociological Identity Shifts That Stretched Halakhah in Post-Enlightenment Germany. Join Rabbi Alexander in the Biran Beit Midrash at 1:00pm to explore how modernity upended traditional Jewish life in Germany\, and created a genre of Responsa Literature (Questions/Answers) that attempted to hold the community together from within classic halakhic principles. Sources provided in original and english\, all are welcome! \nMarch 28th: The Necessity of Narrative in Halakhic Decision Making: Passover Test Case–When Matzah Harms – In this pre-Passover session\, we’ll study together a Jewish legal response to questions that circle around health and halakhah. What happens when people’s lives don’t fit into the clean legal boxes? This will also give us a chance to explore and discuss the big mitzvot of Passover. Texts will be provided in English and the original. All are welcome.
URL:https://calendar.adasisrael.org/event/makomdc-the-necessity-of-narrative-in-halakhic-decision-making-with-rabbi-aaron-alexander-passover-test-case-when-matzah-harms/
LOCATION:Biran Beit Midrash
CATEGORIES:Learn & Engage,Shabbat
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SUMMARY:Primer for the 2026 Israeli Elections - Mechanisms and Procedures of the Israeli Electoral System with Natan Guttman
DESCRIPTION:PRIMER FOR THE 2026 ISRAELI ELECTIONS  – MECHANISMS AND PROCEDURES OF THE ISRAELI ELECTORAL SYSTEM WITH NATAN GUTTMAN – EMINENT ISRAELI REPORTER BASED IN DC \nNatan 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 Washington Bureau Chief from 2001 – 2005\, and Features Editor prior to that. From 1996 – 1999 he served as the Chief Editor at the Israel Broadcasting Authority’s Mabat Evening News.   He is the former Washington Bureau Chief of the Forward.   Natan served as a Diplomatic correspondent for IDF Radio for three years. He was born in Canada and grew up in Israel. He is a graduate of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In addition to appearing very regularly on Israel Channel 11\, Natan Guttman is currently a Moment Institute senior fellow. \n\nThe 2026 elections in Israel are its most important ones in several decades\, and perhaps since 1948. Jews in the US will be following the election campaigns and results with heightened expectations. Each of us may be favoring one party or leader. But are we sufficiently familiar with how the system works? This is a rare opportunity to learn about the ins and outs of the Israeli parliamentary system:  \n– When are elections called? \n– How does a government fall? \n– The roles of public and private financing of campaigns \n– The mechanisms for building ruling coalitions \n– The role of primaries and the forming of party slates \n– Who appoints cabinet ministers? \n– The differences between national and municipal elections \n– The President’s role in choosing a leader to form a governing majority
URL:https://calendar.adasisrael.org/event/primer-for-the-2026-israeli-elections-mechanisms-and-procedures-of-the-israeli-electoral-system-with-natan-guttman/
LOCATION:Biran Beit Midrash
CATEGORIES:Learn & Engage
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