The Institute for Living Judaism in Brooklyn

ILJB is a non-denominational center for learning that aims to promote tolerance, moderation, and pluralism in furthering the study and practice of our tradition

We offer quality programs to strengthen and expand Brooklyn's Jewish community

"Thank you for putting together such an amazing array of programs! We're so lucky to have such an important resource in our community". Rabbi Seth Wax,
Congregation Mount Sinai, Brooklyn
"Your vision in putting these programs together is altogether admirable" Rabbi Gordon Tucker
Temple Israel of White Plains


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ILJB Spring Series:

Israel and the War in Gaza: What Went Wrong. What Must Go Right.

Leading Israeli historian and journalist Gershom Gorenberg gives the overview you need. What led to the Gaza-Israel war, why Israel was taken by surprise, how Israeli society showed remarkable strength, and why the war must lead to a new push for peace and a two-state outcome.

Sunday, May 5, 4 PM

at: Kane Street Synagogue, 236 Kane St. Bk.11231. Snacks will be provided. Admission is $10 per person for all attendees or for Zoom link.

Gershom Gorenberg Photo

A panel on Anti-Semitism on Campus

Featuring: Nadya Druckker, Director of Hillel at Brooklyn College,
And Jewish Student-activists from affected colleges:
Aviva Schwartz, Princeton University
Gershon Stein, Georgetown University, and others...

Sunday, May 26, 4PM

at: East Midwood Jewish Center, 1625 Ocean Ave., Bk. 11230. Snacks will be provided. Admission $10 pp for attendees or for Zoom link. To obtain Zoom link, please register at info@iljb.org.

Nadya Druckker, Director of Hillel at Brooklyn College

TO ZOOM, register here, paying for each person by check or PayPal, and you will be contacted with the link for the event.

PLEASE DO NOT SHARE THE ZOOM LINK WITH OTHERS WHO HAVE NOT REGISTERED.

 

PREVIOUS SPEAKERS (partial)

Ilana Abramovitch
Rabbi Maurice Appelbaum
Rabbi Dan Ain
Stuart Ain
Dr. Susan Aranoff
Rabbi Saul Berman
Ethan Bronner
Rabbi Carie Carter
Rabbi Michael Chernick
Rabbi Ayelet Cohen
Ben Cohen
Dr. Stephen P. Cohen, z"l
Rabbi Stephanie Dickstein
Adam Dickter
Prof. Hasia Diner
Nadya Drukker
Rabbi David Ellenson
Rabbi Barat Ellman
Ethan Felson
David Firestone
Rabbi David Forman, z"l
Noam Gilboord
Rabbi Neil Gillman, z"l
JJ Goldberg
Ari Goldman
Gershom Gorenberg
Rabbi Niles Goldstein
Yossi Klein Halevi
Rabbi Garson Herzfeld
Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch
Rabbi David Ingber
Rabbi Alvin Kass
Prof. Steven Katz
Rabbi Micah Kelber
Rabbi Avi Killip
Rabbi Shira Koch-Epstein
Rabbi Benjamin Kreitman, z"l
Rabbi Sara Lev
Rabbi Len Levin
Rabbi Leonard Levy
Rabbi Dov Linzer
Isaac Luria
Rabbi Yaakov Menken
Aaron David Miller
Rabbi Craig Miller
Deborah Dash Moore
Prof. David Myers
Alana Newhouse
Sam Norich
Rabbi Kerry Olitzky
Dr. Barbara Paris
Rabbi Michael Paley
Annie Polland
Rabbi Joseph Potasnik
Prof. Ora Prouser
Rabbi Uri Regev
Gary Rosenblatt
Michael Salberg
Ron Schweiger
Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller
Rabbi Avi Shafran
Rabbi Marjorie Slome
Gerald Sorin
Daniel Soyer
Prof. Joshua Teitelbaum
Rabbi Rachel Timoner
Rabbi Gordon Tucker
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