Featured News
Prof. Dan Ben-David will discuss misconceptions about education in Israel
Jan 3, 2019 | Center for Jewish Learning, JFed Press Releases, JFed STL News, Sh'ma: Listen! Speaker Series
Forum will look at pluralism movement in Israel
Oct 24, 2018 | Center for Jewish Learning, JFed Press Releases, JFed STL News, Sh'ma: Listen! Speaker Series
Center for Jewish Learning Announces New Classes in History, Arts & Culture, Yiddish
Sep 13, 2018 | Center for Jewish Learning, JFed Press Releases, JFed STL News
Featured Events
The Arab Minority in the Jewish State with Nasreen Hadad Haj-Yahya
Event Date & Time: February 25, 2019 at 7:00 pm
Arab citizens make up more than 20% of Israel’s population, yet are underrepresented in most advanced societal and economic spheres. Join us for a “behind the headlines” discussion with Nasreen Hadad Haj-Yahya, Director of the Jewish-Arab Relations Program at the Israel Democracy Institute.
The Tragedy of Heruta, the Madonna who Became a Whore with Gila Fine
Event Date & Time: February 27, 2019 at 11:30 am
Why are women divided into saintly and seductive? How does a married couple go for years without intimacy? And why must the wife dress up as a prostitute to show her husband who she really is? Join us for a discussion of the domestic drama of R. Hiyya and his wife.
Prospects for Healing within the American Jewish Community Around Issues Related to Israel
Event Date & Time: March 5, 2019 at 7:00 pm
J.J. Goldberg, Editor at Large, was The Forward’s Editor in Chief from 2000 to 2007. He previously served as a syndicated columnist, U.S. Bureau Chief of The Jerusalem Report, Managing Editor and New York Bureau Chief of The Forward, Managing Editor of New York Jewish Week, Editor of the magazine Jewish Frontier, and metro reporter for the Los Angeles Hebrew-language newsweekly HaMevaker.