Events
Tender in the midst of inward panic
Dr. Susannah Heschel in conversation with Rabbi Nate DeGroot, reflecting on selected texts from Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, in honor of his 52nd yahrtzeit and this historical moment.
The long weekend of January 17-20, 2025 is extraordinary.
It includes Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel’s 52nd yahrtzeit on Parashat Shemot, in which “a new king arises over Egypt that did not know Joseph.” It also contains the formal Inauguration of our next President, and the observance and celebration of MLK Day.
A weekend of prophets and pharaohs of epic proportions and import, we hope this webinar will offer attendees a chance to spiritually ground and intellectually orient toward the weekend and years ahead. Through exploration, reflection, and exegesis of Rabbi Heschel’s writings found in “Tender in the midst of inward panic,” the Heschel reader produced this year by The Shalom Center and Dr. Heschel, Susannah and Nate will unpack the texts and open space to consider their implication on this moment and the years ahead. There will be opportunities for dynamic question and answer.
It is not critical that you read the texts ahead of time, though we believe it may lead to a richer and deeper experience.
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The webinar will be recorded and all registrants will receive a link to the recording. We invite that you make this and other such programs possible by contributing at whatever level you can below. Please contact events@theshalomcenter.org if finances are a barrier.
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This is the third of a three session series entitled, “Beyond Sinai: The Spirit Keeps Rising.”
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This is the second of a three session series entitled, “Beyond Sinai: The Spirit Keeps Rising.”
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Four contributing authors from the new collection, The Sacred Earth, will converse about how Judaism compels us into action for climate justice and attendees will get to take concrete action as part of The RAC's Power for Purpose campaign.
~ Shavuot Live 2023 ~ Sinai Anew?!What Should the Ten Utterances Be For Our Era?
This Shavuot, what would the 10 Utterances be if they were spoken today, coming from a Sinai Revelation in our own era, and indeed were for all Humanity and all Life on Earth? – a world utterly different from Planet Earth 3,000 years ago?
~ Shavuot Live 2023 ~ Religion in the Revolution: A Theology of Action with Clergy United Against Cop City
This Shavuot, hear from three clergy — two on the ground in Atlanta — who have been active in the #StopCopCity movement, as they unpack the theological roots and religious convictions of their own participation in the movement to protect Atlanta's Weelaunee Forest.
R’ Abraham Joshua Heschel’s 50th Yahrtzeit
Observe AJ Heschel’s 50th yahrzteit through deep learning.
A New Great Miracle - Lighting the Future with Solar-Energy Co-ops
Great Miracle Kick-Off Call