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Through text study, reflection, and hands-on interaction with plants and fruits, Noah will facilitate an open space for exploring this question. Come ready to taste new…","startDate":"2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z","timezone":"America/New_York","slug":"ancient-seeds-modern-farmers-and-a-hunt-for-the-biblical-cucumber-melon-4cymumkx","url":"https://events.humanitix.com/ancient-seeds-modern-farmers-and-a-hunt-for-the-biblical-cucumber-melon-4cymumkx","image":"https://images.humanitix.com/i/0bc84cfc-052f-4752-83dd-4258e2185f61.png@original","location":"Lehrhaus"},{"id":"6a67d3ca8f546dba0e8733c0","name":"Lehrhaus Weekly Morning Meditation","description":"Opening the day with mindfulness can change everything, helping us live our lives with more clarity, kindness, and ease. Join us Friday mornings as we open our doors early and practice together. Each session starts off with a teaching rooted in the Jewish calendar and ends with a chant. The rest is simply guided, silent meditation. 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Rabbi Dr. Joshua Kulp is the author of The Schechter Haggadah, Reconstructing the Talmud and the forthcoming Rabbinic Lives Reimagined. He is a…","startDate":"2026-07-31T00:00:00.000Z","timezone":"America/New_York","slug":"it-pains-on-the-one-hand-and-soothes-on-the-other-the-rabbis-and-beer","url":"https://events.humanitix.com/it-pains-on-the-one-hand-and-soothes-on-the-other-the-rabbis-and-beer","image":"https://images.humanitix.com/i/8640f76a-292c-4d10-9b5e-acdcb16bd2f5.png@original","location":"Lehrhaus"},{"id":"6a456dd62dbd25dacd862d66","name":"Hiddur Mitzvah: Queering Aesthetics in Jewish Practice","description":"Hiddur Mitzvah, the commandment to beautify Jewish practice, is central to Jewish material culture and expression. It is the reason we make kiddush (bless wine) in a chalice not a solo cup, and make hamotzei (bless bread) with a beautiful covering not a shmatah (rag)! Together we will explore: When and why do we choose to beautify? What does Jewish tradition have to teach us about the political and spiritual implications of beautification? What is at stake in Jewish aesthetic, ethics, and…","startDate":"2026-07-29T22:00:00.000Z","timezone":"America/New_York","slug":"hiddur-mitzvah-queering-aesthetics-in-jewish-practice","url":"https://events.humanitix.com/hiddur-mitzvah-queering-aesthetics-in-jewish-practice","image":"https://images.humanitix.com/i/9ec246f7-a471-48ec-b237-4131d3e3e48d.png@original","location":"Lehrhaus"},{"id":"69fb6b98399deddfa18c091f","name":"Bashert!: Yiddish Songs of Weddings and Engagements","description":"In honor of Tu B’av - an ancient day of love, matchmaking and joy - we will learn a selection of Yiddish songs about weddings and engagements. Each song carries it’s own story and emotional landscape - humorous, celebratory, dramatic - and provides a glimpse into how singers and songwriters recorded and expressed these momentous life cycle events. 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And running through them - sometimes explicit, sometimes hidden - was her Yiddishe neshama, her Jewish soul. This session is our tribute to Jane Yolen. Together…","startDate":"2026-07-26T23:00:00.000Z","timezone":"America/New_York","slug":"hidden-threads-a-tribute-to-jane-yolen","url":"https://events.humanitix.com/hidden-threads-a-tribute-to-jane-yolen","image":"https://images.humanitix.com/i/3d489ef8-7147-46ec-83f2-d1770760701f.png@original","location":"Lehrhaus"},{"id":"6a39852ec268495ad04bdaff","name":"Biblical Beyonce: Tractate Lemonade","description":"Beyonce is a Gadol (icon). She has been a force in so many lives, awakening people to think beyond what they can imagine. In honor of Beyonce's Lemonade turning 10 years old, this class will use the lyrics and visuals from the album to explore grief in a Jewish context. It will be an accessible space for folks who are Jewish, a Beyonce fan, Black and Jewish, those that love midrash, and all that’s in between. . . . Adena Walker is a Boston Native and Senior Northeast Community Manager for Mem…","startDate":"2026-07-26T21:00:00.000Z","timezone":"America/New_York","slug":"copy-of-biblical-beyonce-tractate-lemonade","url":"https://events.humanitix.com/copy-of-biblical-beyonce-tractate-lemonade","image":"https://images.humanitix.com/i/50a0b083-b8fb-4742-a89b-35e842ad283d.png@original","location":"Lehrhaus"},{"id":"6a5aa2870ab2b0b7baaf26ed","name":"Lehrhaus Weekly Morning Meditation","description":"Opening the day with mindfulness can change everything, helping us live our lives with more clarity, kindness, and ease. Join us Friday mornings as we open our doors early and practice together. Each session starts off with a teaching rooted in the Jewish calendar and ends with a chant. The rest is simply guided, silent meditation. No prior meditation experience necessary; everyone is welcome. Please plan on arriving between 8:20 AM and 8:30 AM so that we can start promptly at 8:30 AM. 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Texts will be provided in English and Hebrew - all learners welcome! . . . Rabbi Alex Goldfarb is the Hadar…","startDate":"2026-07-22T22:00:00.000Z","timezone":"America/New_York","slug":"tisha-b-av-5786-in-our-sorrow-in-our-joy","url":"https://events.humanitix.com/tisha-b-av-5786-in-our-sorrow-in-our-joy","image":"https://images.humanitix.com/i/1bc0b0b8-1b96-42cb-a9a7-6c1294d6d2b5.png@original","location":"Lehrhaus"},{"id":"6a5a615e0ab2b0b7baabc45e","name":"You are What You Eat: Food as an Expression of Jewish Identity","description":"The food we make and eat is an expression of who we are. Throughout history, unique dietary practices have protected Jewish communities against assimilation. Together we will explore many different ways one can “eat Jewishly”. From values-based diets to uplifting cultural diversity to the art of hosting, there are many pathways to eating Jewishly. All are welcome to join in this conversation regardless of one’s kashrut observance. . . . 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In celebration of Pride Month, there will be a live performance of my comedic 15-minute opera \"Mah Jongg for Three,\" a story about how a mah jongg group helps a Modern Orthodox woman come to terms with her son's sexuality. 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A major German archive still receives 20,000 \"tracing inquiries\" each year from relatives of death camp victims. David Gumpert initiated one such inquiry, seeking information about his grandmother, Clara Joseph, who perished in a Polish death camp. 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Rabbi Laura Bellows is…","startDate":"2026-04-23T00:00:00.000Z","timezone":"America/New_York","slug":"midrash-and-imagination-an-earth-day-exploration","url":"https://events.humanitix.com/midrash-and-imagination-an-earth-day-exploration","image":"https://images.humanitix.com/i/781e6525-6b74-4507-a5e2-9d41b74ebfa3.png@original","location":"Lehrhaus"},{"id":"69c68ea51ddc0635a1f2f927","name":"Resistance Then and Now: Jewish Resistance in the Holocaust and Beyond","description":"This class draws on Professor Reinharz’s Hiding in Holland: A Resistance Memoir to explore forms of unarmed resistance during the Holocaust, focusing on the experiences of her father. We will place these stories in conversation with other examples of Jewish resistance across time, engaging a range of texts to trace how resistance has been imagined and enacted “then and now.” Together, we will consider what Jewish resistance might look like today—and what it asks of us personally. 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Filmmaker Marlene Booth will be present for Q and A after the film. . . . Marlene Booth is an award-winning filmmaker whose major works include \"Yidl in the Middle,\" \"The Forward: From…","startDate":"2026-04-19T23:00:00.000Z","timezone":"America/New_York","slug":"yidl-in-the-middle-growing-up-jewish-in-iowa-a-documentary","url":"https://events.humanitix.com/yidl-in-the-middle-growing-up-jewish-in-iowa-a-documentary","image":"https://images.humanitix.com/i/57717cae-116c-4a4e-8bf8-301453f20d6d.png@original","location":"Lehrhaus"},{"id":"69c567fee44abf9cc5443457","name":"Lehrhaus Weekly Morning Meditation","description":"Opening the day with mindfulness can change everything, helping us live our lives with more clarity, kindness, and ease. Join us Friday mornings as we open our doors early and practice together. Each session starts off with a teaching rooted in the Jewish calendar and ends with a chant. The rest is simply guided, silent meditation. 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Rabbi Jackson Mercer is the…","startDate":"2026-04-15T00:00:00.000Z","timezone":"America/New_York","slug":"the-art-of-nostalgia-the-curious-jewish-history-of-baseball-cards","url":"https://events.humanitix.com/the-art-of-nostalgia-the-curious-jewish-history-of-baseball-cards","image":"https://images.humanitix.com/i/3a4b102a-1d13-4066-9a2a-0ed467b6b4b7.png@original","location":"Lehrhaus"},{"id":"69c2992d916ee2f76f901fac","name":"Anti-Kook, Post-Kook, and Hyper-Kook: Three Mystical Responses to Religious Zionism","description":"In this talk, Dr. Fruman will propose a reading of three distinct responses to the thought of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook and to the theological foundations of Religious Zionism, as they emerge in the work of three contemporary thinkers: Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz, Rabbi Shimon Gershon Rosenberg (Shagar), and Rabbi Menachem Froman. All three draw, in different ways, on Hasidic and kabbalistic sources. 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Hundreds of survivors like my great-uncle have attested that even in circumstances where every breath wasted precious energy, singing was…","startDate":"2026-04-13T22:00:00.000Z","timezone":"America/New_York","slug":"a-lid-vet-farblaybn-a-song-will-remain-music-of-the-camps","url":"https://events.humanitix.com/a-lid-vet-farblaybn-a-song-will-remain-music-of-the-camps","image":"https://images.humanitix.com/i/kxf1KBGAQae3A3fRpsvN@original","location":"Lehrhaus"},{"id":"6977910b91de788fae7d32a7","name":"Moonshadows: Jewish Texts, Rituals and Lunar Lore","description":"The moon is more than an object in Judaism – it’s a character. In our ancient stories, the moon dares to confront its Creator when it perceives injustice. Through the generations, it becomes a beacon of renewal and redemption, an inspiration for prayer and song, and – in modern Jewish imagination – a new home among the stars. 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Dani Carrus is a lifelong game enthusiast who has been playing and teaching Mah Jongg for many years.…","startDate":"2026-03-31T00:00:00.000Z","timezone":"America/New_York","slug":"introduction-to-american-mah-jongg-part-1","url":"https://events.humanitix.com/introduction-to-american-mah-jongg-part-1","image":"https://images.humanitix.com/i/NyeQXKKwSfSz5mz6SozL@original","location":"Lehrhaus"},{"id":"699720b43ca6510649ea9e1b","name":"Trauma and Resilience in the Pesach Seder","description":"While Biblical Hebrew didn’t have words for “trauma” or “resilience,” our tradition, and the Passover seder in particular, contain deep and precise wisdom on the subject. We’ll explore the Passover story, the seder, and a teaching of the Sfat Emet through the scientific lenses of trauma and resilience and see what they can teach us about Passover, and what Passover can teach us about collective trauma and collective resilience. . . . 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Rabbi Elie Lehmann , Director of Hadar Boston…","startDate":"2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z","timezone":"America/New_York","slug":"building-unity-or-oppression-the-unexpected-link-between-babel-and-exodus","url":"https://events.humanitix.com/building-unity-or-oppression-the-unexpected-link-between-babel-and-exodus","image":"https://images.humanitix.com/i/8d946506-1723-461c-bfce-28d0eada33aa.png@original","location":"Lehrhaus"},{"id":"6995d59b17f6934ceaf5e12f","name":"A Pickle Problem: The Deli Revival and American Jewish Religion","description":"In recent years, there has been a nostalgic revival of interest in the Jewish deli menu. As Dr. Rachel B. Gross explores in her book, Beyond the Synagogue: Jewish Nostalgia as Religious Practice , chefs and restaurateurs have deliberately made American Jewish food fit for the twenty-first century, emphasizing sustainability, local produce, and a longing for Eastern European family and communal histories. 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In this session, we will explore how our tradition navigates these verses and explore how the Torah can be seen as a moral source if these commands are included within. . . . Samson Goldberg has…","startDate":"2026-03-01T22:00:00.000Z","timezone":"America/New_York","slug":"you-shall-annihilate-them-a-decree-for-them-or-a-warning-for-us","url":"https://events.humanitix.com/you-shall-annihilate-them-a-decree-for-them-or-a-warning-for-us","image":"https://images.humanitix.com/i/83VBQONfQDuPuQEhT4ZG@original","location":"Lehrhaus"},{"id":"697a9bf306cfcf971da2ad83","name":"Lehrhaus Weekly Morning Meditation","description":"Opening the day with mindfulness can change everything, helping us live our lives with more clarity, kindness, and ease. Join us Friday mornings as we open our doors early and practice together. Each session starts off with a teaching rooted in the Jewish calendar and ends with a chant. The rest is simply guided, silent meditation. 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This, too, comes to its peak when we are distracted.” And yet, throughout much of his body of work, Rabbi Sacks does quite a bit of thinking about the Messiah, the role of messianic hope in \"a world still disfigured by evil,\" and how Jewish conceptions of time shape our agency in shaping the…","startDate":"2025-11-11T01:00:00.000Z","timezone":"America/New_York","slug":"not-yet-rabbi-sacks-on-hope-time-and-the-messianic-future","url":"https://events.humanitix.com/not-yet-rabbi-sacks-on-hope-time-and-the-messianic-future","image":"https://images.humanitix.com/i/fu50psrqSWuEt2RyTvl7@original","location":"Lehrhaus"},{"id":"69027df15e4056a1744e28f0","name":"The Beatles Meet Israeli Music: The stories behind \"Let it Be\" and \"Lu Yehi\"","description":"The Beatles' 1970 ballad \"Let it Be\" is their best-selling single, with over 6 million copies purchased. Naomi Shemer's \"Lu Yehi,\" was one of 1973's most important and beloved Israeli songs . 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