Sunday, August 10, 2008 

Tisha b'Av Exchange 5768
A day of dialogue and study

 

 

Noon       

Living (and Dreaming) in Exile:
Tisha b'Av and Tibet

 


Jay Michaelson
Founder, Unlit Candle for Tibet and Tibet Oral History Projects, and Founding Editor of Zeek: A Jewish Journal of Thought & Culture

 


Tashi Phuntsok
Tibetan activist living in the United States

 


Mickey Spiegel
Senior Researcher, Human Rights Watch/Asia

 


Rabbi Stephanie Ruskay, moderator
Education Director, Avodah: The Jewish Service Corps

1:30 PM    

 

I'll Give You Something to Cry About!
A Text Study Experience

 


Rabbi Yael Shmilovitz
Program Director, Skirball Center for Adult Jewish Learning

 

 

2:30 PM    

Shmirat HaLashon:
Personal Speech and Public Discourse

 


Seth Aronson
Psychologist; Fellow, Faculty and Training and Supervising Analyst at the William Alanson White Institute; Faculty, Yeshivat Chovevei Torah

 


Gary Rosenblatt
Editor and Publisher, The Jewish Week

 


Rabbi Abby Sosland
Judaic Studies faculty, Solomon Schechter High School,White Plains, NY

 


Daniel Septimus, moderator
Editor-in-Chief, MyJewishLearning.com 

 

 

 

Please enter at One East 65th Street
(between Fifth and Madison Avenues)

 

 

 

There is no charge for this event.

 

 

 

This program is co-sponsored by:
Zeek: A Jewish Journal of Thought & Culture

 


*Please note that this program will begin at noon, NOT at 11am, as was listed in the Skirball Center Spring Course Guide.

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