GHC is partnering with the Rabbinical Assembly, giving us the opportunity to learn with great scholars. Classes are online and free. There are 4 sessions in this series. All classes meet on Wednesdays. You can join any and all classes. Please register for the classes. 

Registration Link: https://www.rabbinicalassembly.org/civicrm/event/register?id=1545&reset=1
and enter Coupon Code: Greenburgh5783

Series 1: Elul: A Journey Toward Repentance 

Wednesdays (Aug. 31st - Sep. 21st)

Aug. 31st (12 PM ET) - Questioning the Unquestionable God: A Heart to Heart Mono/Dialogue with God
Rabbi Dr. Reb Mimi Feigelson, Senior Lecturer in Rabbinics and Mashpiah Ruchanit, The Schechter Rabbinical Seminary
Sep. 7th (12 PM ET) - Was Adam the First Ba’al Teshuvah (repentant sinner)? From the Apocrypha to the Midrash 
Dr. Gila Vachman, Lecturer in Midrash, The Schechter Institute
Sep. 14th (12 PM ET) - "From Atonement to Repentance: The Message of Jonah," taught by Professor David Frankel, Associate Professor of Bible, The Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies (view his biography here). TIME CHANGED FROM 8 PM TO NOON. LECTURE TOPIC CHANGED TOO.

ZOOM LINK FOR 9/14:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81622846178?pwd=RkZERW96WUFEdC9pVWJ6NHdkdnI2QT09

Sep. 21st (8 PM ET) - Sin and Repentance in Judaism and Christianity: It All Depends on How You Understand Human Beings in the First Place 
Rabbi Elliot Dorff, Sol & Anne Dorff Distinguished Professor in Philosophy, Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies

Series 2: What's Your Burning Question?

Wednesdays, 8 PM ET / 5 PM PT (Oct. 26th - Nov. 16th)

Oct. 26th - Why Study Talmud?
Rabbi Eliezer Diamond, Rabbi Judah Nadich Associate Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, The Jewish Theological Seminary 
Nov. 2nd - Why Shouldn't We Give Up On Synagogue Schools?
Dr. Shira Epstein, Dean of the William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education, The Jewish Theological Seminary
Nov. 9th - Where Did All the Women Go? Reflections on Studying the Gendered Past
Dr. Sarit Kattan Gribetz, JTS Fellow & Assistant Professor of Classical Judaism at Fordham University
Nov. 16th - "Why Do We Find Prayer So Hard?" 
Dr. Benjamin D. Sommer, Professor of Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Series 3: Great Thinkers Who Have Influenced Conservative Judaism

Wednesdays, 8 PM ET / 5 PM PT (Nov. 30th - Dec. 21st)

Nov. 30th - Heschel on Prophecy: Spirituality and Activism
Rabbi Gordon Tucker, Vice Chancellor for Religious Life & Engagement, The Jewish Theological Seminary
Dec. 7th - Understanding God and Ourselves through the Stories of Our Tradition (Neil Gillman)
Rabbi Elliot Dorff, Sol & Anne Dorff Distinguished Professor in Philosophy, Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies
Dec. 14th - Gender, Theology, Halakhah: the Works of Rachel Adler
Rabbi Gail Labovitz, Professor of Rabbinic Literature, Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies
Dec. 21st - What’s Next for Conservative Judaism: What Has Changed, What Will Change, and What Should Change?
Dr. Arnold M. Eisen, Chancellor Emeritus & Professor of Jewish Thought, The Jewish Theological Seminary
 

Series 4: The Exodus in the Jewish Tradition: Philosophy, Bible, Midrash and Art

Wednesdays, 12 PM ET / 9 AM PT / 7 PM Israel Time (Jan. 11th - Feb. 1st)

Jan. 11th - The Exodus and the Struggle for Civil Rights in the Thought of Prof. A. J. Heschel (in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day and the 50th Yahrzeit of Prof. Heschel)
Professor Ari Ackerman, President and Associate Professor of Jewish Thought, The Schechter Institute
Jan. 18th - Two Conceptions of the Miracle at the Sea
Rabbi Prof. David Frankel, Associate Professor of Bible, The Schechter Institute
Jan. 25th - The Ten Plagues and the Exodus in Jewish Art
Rabbi Prof. David Golinkin, President, The Schechter Institutes, Inc. 
Feb. 1st - “By the merit of righteous women were our ancestors redeemed from Egypt”: a midrashic view of the Exodus
Dr. Tamar Kadari, Senior Lecturer in Midrash, The Schechter Institute
 

Series 5: How the Conservative Movement’s Law Committee Impacts our Lives Today

Wednesdays, 8 PM ET / 5 PM PT (Feb. 8th - March 1st)

Feb. 8th - TITLE TBD
Rabbi Guy Austrian, Author of the Teshuvah "Calling Non-Binary People to Torah Honors"
Feb. 15th - TITLE TBD
Rabbi Joel Rembaum, Author of the Teshuvah "Regarding the Inclusion of the Names of the Matriarchs in the First Blessing of the Amidah"
Feb. 22nd - TITLE TBD
Rabbi Susan Grossman, Author of the Teshuvah "Choosing Parenthood: ART, Adoption, and the Single Parent"
March 1st - Halakha, Criminal Justice and Capital Punishment
Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky, Author of the Teshuvah "Participating in the American Death Penalty" 
Series 6: Living our Values: Social Justice and Social Action

Wednesdays, 8 PM ET / 5 PM PT (March 8th - March 29th)

March 8th - Are They Idolators? Making Room for Other Religions
Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson, Abner & Roslyn Goldstine Dean’s Chair, Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies
March 15th - TITLE TBD
Dr. Yael Landman, Assistant Professor of Bible, The Jewish Theological Seminary
March 22nd - What They Say is Just - Changing Law and the People who Live It - An Examination of the Story of the Daughters of Zelophechad and What It Teaches about Changing Legal Interpretation
Rabbi Cheryl Peretz, Associate Dean, Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies
March 29th - Love Your Neighbor As Yourself
Dr. Sarah Wolf, Assistant Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, The Jewish Theological Seminary
Series 7: Counting the Days & Making Every Day Count

Wednesdays, 12 PM ET / 9 AM PT / 7 PM Israel Time (April 19th - May 10th)

April 19th - Yom Hashoah
Rabbi Dikla Druckman Sherzer, Spiritual Leader of the Masorti Congregation, Kehillat Magen Avraham in Omer, Israel
April 26th - Yom Haatzmaut
Rabbi Nava Meiersdorf, Rabbi at the Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center
May 3rd - Lag BaOmer: Mystical Reflections on the Omer
Dr. Eitan Fishbane, Professor of Jewish Thought, The Jewish Theological Seminary
May 10th - Multi-Sensory Experience of receiving Torah
Rabbi Cheryl Peretz, Associate Dean, Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies