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ONLINE RESOURCES FOR STAYING CONNECTED

Shalom Hartman Institute: Renown and respected Shalom Hartman Institute offers classes, podcasts and video recordings that feature Yossi Klein Halevi, Yehuda Kurtzer and more bringing ideas and insight to you.

Videos from recent conferences and semiars on a variety of topics with renown speakers

Global Partnership2GETHER Virtual Book Club discussing "The History of Love" by Nicole Krauss on May 3rd. Register at rsvp@shalomspringfield.org

The National Museum of American Jewish History has many online exhibits, tours and lectures that can be accessed from their website

NYC's Temple Emanuel is offering free on-line classes via Zoom and presentations with speakers ranging from Chef Leah Koenig, author Abigail Pogrebin, Rabbi David Wolpe and more

A growing collection of in-depth interviews with people of all ages and backgrounds, whose stories about the legacy and changing nature of Yiddish language and culture offer a rich and complex chronicle of Jewish identity

Our Western GAlilee Partnership Consortium

June 22th | Netanya - Cincinnati Meet Young Israeli Entrepreneurs Nathanael Reicher and Adis Mekonen from Netanya speak about their new initiatives and their entrepreneurial journey. 3:00 pm CDT

June 24th | Nahariya - Northern New Jersey "An American Jew and an Israeli Walk into a Bar" "Similarities and Differences in Israeli and American Jewish Humor" Lecturer: Yori Hirschfeld 3:00 pm CDT

Female cantors from around the world singing.

P2G Connect Live.

June 14th | Hadera-Eiron - Southeast US Consortium & Prague (Czech Republic) Israel's Image in the World and the Rise of Antisemitism: A joint webinar discussing antisemitism during the pandemic. 12:30 CDT

June 22th | Western Galilee - Central Area Consortium "Here We Are": A Series of Virtual Tours in our US Communities First Tour: "Buffalo, NY – The Nickel City" led by: Rob Goldberg 11:00 am CDT

June 29th | Western Galilee - Central Area Consortium P2G Film Club Dayton Film Fest hosts our P2G Film Club for a conversation with the director of the Hungarian film "Those Who Remained". To watch the movie, click on the link 11:00 am CDT

UPCOMING EVENTS

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JCRC Webinar No. 1

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14

Fed. Chaverim

Jul

15

JCRC Webinar No. 2

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