Michael Fessler
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This webinar with Dr. Jan Schwarz, “The Remarkable Renaissance of Yiddish in Sweden,” took place on April 23, 2022. Webinar Documents: Chat Log In 1999, Yiddish was declared an official national minority language in Sweden. Yiddish speakers can now conduct government business in their native language. The Swedish government supports Yiddish-language courses in…
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This webinar with Dr. Marcia Falk, “Mah Nishtanta Ha-Haggadah Ha-Zot: an exploration of my new haggadah, Night of Beginnings” took place on March 13, 2022. Webinar Documents: Chat Log
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This webinar, “The Natural and Supernatural, The Human and Divine: A Dialogue about the Golem, Artificial Intelligence and Purim”, featuring Dr. Jeffrey Schein, Dr. Henry Morris, and Rabbi Lawrence Pinsker, took place on February 27, 2022. Webinar Documents: Chat Log
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The Mordecai M. Kaplan Center for Jewish Peoplehood is proud to have underwritten the production costs of Marcia Falk’s new haggadah, Night of Beginnings. In the essay below—excerpted from the Introduction to that haggadah—Falk presents her goals in writing the haggadah and surveys its unique features. The intention of Night of Beginnings is to do…
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This webinar on Sasha Sagan’s book, For Small Creatures Such as We: Rituals for Finding Meaning in our Unlikely World, featuring Dr. Tzemah Yoreh, Rabbi Sandy Sasso, and Sarah Brammer-Shlay, took place on January 30, 2022. Webinar Documents: Chat Log
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This webinar on Reconstructionist liturgy took place on January 9, 2022 Webinar Documents: Speaker Bios and Notes Chat Log
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This webinar on Reconstructionist liturgy took place on December 12, 2021. Webinar Documents: Chat Log Prayerbook Pages Quotations
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On August 4th, 2021, many of us gathered on Zoom for a study session to mark the conclusion of the sheloshim, the first 30 days of mourning, for our friend and colleague, Dan Cedarbaum. Rabbi Shai Held, Catherine Madsen, Rabbi Rachel Sabath Beit-Halachmi and Joey Weisenberg presented rich and beautiful teachings in Dan’s honour. We…