The Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies at the GTU

Please join us for our 2020-2021 webinar series on Jews and Race, co-sponsored by the Berkeley Center for Jewish Studies, the Berkeley Center for the Study of Religion, and the The Berkeley Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies. Upcoming speakers include Paul Nahme of Brown University on Nov. 12th, and Marva Shalev Marom of Stanford University on Dec. 3rd. For more info including registration links, please visit our events page: https://www.gtu.edu/events/group/cjs

There is still time to sign up for our Madrasa-Midrasha webinar "Assembly Without Assembly: Sacred Gatherings in the Time of Covid" today at 4pm. Click the link below to register now, and we hope to see you there!

Join us tomorrow, Oct. 13th at 4pm for a Madrasa-Midrasha webinar "Assembly Without Assembly: Sacred Gatherings in the Time of Covid." The event will feature Dr. Ahmed Khater and Rabbi Yonatan Cohen, and will be moderated by CJS Director Deena Aranoff and CIS Director Munir Jiwa. Please click the link below for more details and registration info:

"When we approach the work of justice--which is the work of #BlackLivesMatter, which is the work of #MeToo, which is the work of so many movements that have grown and proliferated over these last several years--what we have to see when we're looking out at crowds and people and leaders is, What is the call for justice that is coming out of peoples' bodies out of an experience that they're having of being targeted in this world that has robbed them of humanity and dignity?" Li...sten to more of Yavilah McCoy's powerful talk from our 2020-2021 Jews and Race series, and watch the full video here: https://youtu.be/lz8ZlSXrYwk Upcoming events in our Jews and Race series: - Nov. 12: Paul Nahme - Dec. 3: Marva Shalev Marom

What is the relationship between Jewishness and whiteness? What particular challenges have Jews of color faced, and how do their experiences shed light on formations of Jewish identity? How might contemporary insights from critical race theory and African American Studies clarify aspects of the Jewish past? These are just a few of the questions that our 2020-2021 series "Jews and Race" will explore. See the first installment of the series below with special guest Yavilah McCo...y, CEO of Dimensions Educational Consulting. Upcoming Jews and Race events: - Nov. 12th with Paul Nahme - Dec. 3rd with Marva Shalev Marom Go to gtu.edu/events/group/cjs for more info.

If you haven't registered yet for the event "Sukkot Here and Now," you can do so at the link below! The online conversation between Adam Berman and Deena Aranoff will begin in just a few hours - at 11am PDT. We hope to see you there!

Please join us tomorrow, Tuesday Oct. 6th, for this online conversation on Sukkot between Adam Berman, Founding Director of Urban Adamah, and CJS Director Deena Aranoff. The program is presented by the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, and sponsored by Taube Philanthropies, the Rodan Family Foundation, and the Libitzky Family Foundation.

A reminder that today at 4pm PST is the first event in our Fall online series on Jews and Race, with special guest Yavilah McCoy. Click the link to register for the Zoom webinar, and we hope to see you there!

Join us this Thursday, September 24th at 4pm for the first webinar in our Fall series "Jews and Race" with special guest Yavilah McCoy of Dimensions. Yavilah's talk is titled "Jews and Race: Identity, Community, and History." Register in the link below:

Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time. - Ruth Bader Ginsburg We mourn the loss of United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg w...ho devoted her life to advocating for social justice and transformation. Coinciding with Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, at this time in particular, her legacy serves as a reminder that there is always opportunity to take another step forward toward the change you wish to see in the world. See more

This semester, the Center for Jewish Studies at the Graduate Theological Union will be hosting a series of online events on "Jews and Race" in collaboration with the Berkeley Center for Jewish Studies, the Berkeley Center for the Study of Religion, and the Berkeley Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies. The first event is on Thursday, September 24th at 4pm and will feature Yavilah McCoy, CEO of Dimensions Educational Consulting. Webinar registration info can be found on the event page in the link below. We hope to see you there!

Madrasa-Midrasha, a GTU program cosponsored by the Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies and the Center for Islamic Studies, seeks to advance study, dialo...gue, and understanding on Jewish and Islamic texts and contexts within academia and the larger public sphere. The program offers workshops, lectures, panels, and courses that explore the richness, diversity, differences, and commonalities of Jewish and Islamic traditions. Learn more here: https://madrasa-midrasha.gtu.edu/