Shabbat Morning Meditation with Yiscah Smith

Frankel Hall 257 West 88th Street, New York

Through the modality of cultivating breath awareness, a spiritual resource that helps us remain in the present, we will sit together with Yiscah Smith and explore within ourselves, in quietude, the spiritual meaning and emotional experience of sacred chutzpah.

West Bank Palestinians Post-October 7: Echoes of Japanese Americans Post-Pearl Harbor

Sanctuary 257 West 88th Street, New York

While eyes are on Gaza, join us as Rabbi Arik Ascherman illuminates poignant parallels between the experiences of West Bank Palestinians today and of Japanese Americans post-Pearl Harbor. Rabbi Ascherman led Rabbis for Human rights for 21 years and founded Torat Tzedek.

Sacred Chutzpah: Humbled Self-Confidence with Yiscah Smith

Rabbi Rachel Cowan Chapel 270 West 89th Street, New York

Yiscah Smith returns to BJ, joining us from Jerusalem, to share her Torah with us: Explore the high value that Jewish tradition places on self-confidence and being able to trust in one’s self and one’s judgment.