Participating in the Global Day is as easy as 1, 2, 3... In Your Community Community centers, federations, synagogues, and individuals will host events on November 7th. Search for an event in your community. Don't see an event in your neighborhood? Pledge to participate, and we'll keep you in the know as new community events are added. Even better: host a Global Day event! Get together in your home or at the local coffee shop, anywhere people can gather to think, talk, and learn together. Click here to volunteer to host a get-together. With Friends and Family Maybe big community events aren't your thing, and you'd like to keep things closer to home. No problem! Click here to volunteer to host a Global Day get-together. Get together in your home or at the local coffee shop, … Continue Reading
New Online Effort Launched to Reignite Global Jewish Learning
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To celebrate the culmination of Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz's audacious 45-year quest to translate the Talmud and unlock its wisdom for modern Jews, today the Aleph Society launched a new online campaign to spark a love for Jewish learning. The effort is part of the Global Day of Jewish Learning project supported by more than two dozen national and international groups representing every movement within Judaism. The website, TheGlobalDay.com, will engage everyone from the most secular "cultural" Jews to the most religiously observant Jews in a provocative global dialogue about Judaism's take on “big questions” like good and evil, heaven and hell, sex and relationships, and more. In addition to uniting Jews over the coming months to wrestle with important moral questions online, communities around … Continue Reading
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