IJS Winter Course Lineup

Limitless (Ki Tissa 5786)

Mar 5, 2026

I can remember a period of my life when the melancholy of a waning Shabbat afternoon really hit me hard. This was in my early twenties. I was single, just back from a year studying in yeshiva in Israel, and most often spending Shabbat with friends on the Upper West Side (in a desire to end my singlehood and find a partner). As the sun would sink into the western sky and the shadows of those...

Book Talk with Rabbi Angela Buchdahl

Mar 5, 2026

We are grateful to Rabbi Angela Buchdahl for speaking to us about her new book, Heart of a Stranger. Please enjoy the conversation recording below.Rabbi Angela Buchdahl is a pioneering Reform rabbi and cantor and one of the most influential Jewish leaders in America today. She became the first Asian American to be ordained as both a cantor and a rabbi in North America when she was invested as a...

Role Playing (Tetzaveh 5786)

Feb 26, 2026

Three of my happiest moments as a parent have come at our local men's clothing store, as I have taken each of my sons to find a suit for his bar mitzvah. For starters, the trip strikes a deep chord of familiarity, as I remember shopping for a suit or a sport coat with my own father at the long since closed Ann Arbor Clothing. That's a warm memory. For another, it has generally marked a...

IJS Winter Course Lineup

Limitless (Ki Tissa 5786)

Book Talk with Rabbi Angela Buchdahl

Role Playing (Tetzaveh 5786)

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