IACTx Learning Series

UPCOMING CLASSES

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Jewish Sensibilities: Embracing Imperfection
MIT IACT coordinator Shoshana Gibbor leads this session about how to take the next step through the lens of Lech Lecha - take yourself and go. The Jewish approach promote living life as a journey, not a destination.
Date and Time: Thursday, January 25th, 2018 - 6:30 PM
Location: Campus TBD
RSVP: sgibbor@mit.edu

Who Should Solve the Arab-Israeli Conflict? with Matt Hoffman
How did the conflict begin? Who can solve it? Who should solve it? Delve into these and other fascinating facets of the ongoing Arab-Israeli conflict.
Date and Time: Tuesday, February 6th, 2018 - 6:30 PM
Location: Northeastern Hillel, 70 St Stephen St, Boston
RSVP: matt@israelcampusroundtable.org

Jewish Sensibilities: What Becomes of the Brokenhearted?
MIT IACT coordinator Shoshana Gibbor leads this session about how brokeness can be valuable, giving us the opportunity and empathy to grow and become better people.
Date and Time: Thursday, February 22nd, 2018 - 6:30 PM
Location: Campus TBD
RSVP: sgibbor@mit.edu

Eurovision Song Contest or Arab-Israeli Conflict? with Matt Hoffman
How is it possible that Europe's 50+ year annual singing sensation turned into a battleground - more than once - for one of the world's most intense feuds? Delve into this and other fascinating facets of the ongoing Arab-Israeli conflict.
Date and Time: Tuesday, March 13th, 2018 - 6:30 PM
Location: BU Hillel, 70 St Stephen St, Boston
RSVP: matt@israelcampusroundtable.org

Jewish Sensibilities: Self Worth and Body Image
MIT IACT coordinator Shoshana Gibbor leads this session about using the Jewish notion of being created in God's image to overcome contemporary ideas that locate people's value in their appearance of financial situation.
Date and Time: Thursday, March 15th, 2018 - 6:30 PM
Location: Campus TBD
RSVP: sgibbor@mit.edu

PAST CLASSES

Internal Reflection for External Success with Rachel Schy
"Most people worry about their own bellies and other people's souls, when we all ought to be worried about our own souls and other people's bellies"- Rabbi Yisroel Salanter, founder of the modern Mussar movement. Through the use of journaling, discussion, and mussar practices we will explore ideas in Mussar such as middot (soul characteristics) and ratzon (desires/drives) in order to better ourselves and the world around us.
Date and Time: Wednesday, November 15th, 2017 - 6:30 PM
Location: UMass-Amherst Hillel

Internal Reflection for External Success with Rachel Schy
"Most people worry about their own bellies and other people's souls, when we all ought to be worried about our own souls and other people's bellies"- Rabbi Yisroel Salanter, founder of the modern Mussar movement. Through the use of journaling, discussion, and mussar practices we will explore ideas in Mussar such as middot (soul characteristics) and ratzon (desires/drives) in order to better ourselves and the world around us.
Date and Time: Wednesday, November 1st, 2017 - 6:30 PM
Location: UMass-Amherst Hillel

Israel from the Inside: An American Oleh's Journey
Hear from Jonathan Ginsburg, Campus Associate Director of the Zionist Organization of America, about his own story of moving to Israel and serving in the Israel Defense Forces as a 'lone soldier.' Weaved together to discuss the complexities within Israeli society, and the Arab-Israeli conflict firsthand.
Date and Time: Wednesday, October 25th, 2017 - 7:00 PM
Location: Northeastern University Hillel, 70 St Stephen St, Boston

Internal Reflection for External Success with Rachel Schy
"Most people worry about their own bellies and other people's souls, when we all ought to be worried about our own souls and other people's bellies"- Rabbi Yisroel Salanter, founder of the modern Mussar movement. Through the use of journaling, discussion, and mussar practices we will explore ideas in Mussar such as middot (soul characteristics) and ratzon (desires/drives) in order to better ourselves and the world around us.
Date and Time: Wednesday, October 18th, 2017 - 6:30 PM
Location: UMass-Amherst Hillel

Building the Land and People of Israel: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
Jewish National Fund (JNF) Campaign Executive Gali Gordon will give a comprehensive presentation on modern Zionist efforts to buy and develop the land of Israel. Starting at the 5th Zionist Congress in 1897, when Theodore Herzl founded JNF, through the creation of the modern state, to contemporary times.
Date and Time: Thursday, September 28th, 2017 - 6:30 PM
beginning with light vegetarian dinner at 6:30; class from 6:45 - 7:30
Location: Brandeis University

Building the Land and People of Israel: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
Jewish National Fund (JNF) Campaign Executive Gali Gordon will give a comprehensive presentation on modern Zionist efforts to buy and develop the land of Israel. Starting at the 5th Zionist Congress in 1897, when Theodore Herzl founded JNF, through the creation of the modern state, to contemporary times.
Date and Time: Wednesday, September 27th, 2017 - 6:30 PM
beginning with light vegetarian dinner at 6:30; class from 6:45 - 7:30
Location: BU Hillel

The Israelis: Mizrachim/Ashkenazim with Brandon Pinsker
This four-part series will explore the various groups that make up Israeli society. This class will focus on exploring the various identities of Jews from North Africa and the Middle East (Mizrahim) and Eastern European Jews (Ashkenazim).
Date and Time: Wednesday, September 13th, 2017 - 6:00 PM
Location: Northeastern Hillel, 70 St Stephen St, Boston

Working as a Jewish professional with Karen Podorefsky
Join Karen at the Clark Hillel office to learn about what it is like working in the Jewish professional world, how to enter this line of work, and how it translates to other professions.
Date and Time: Friday, April 28th, 2017 - 11:00 am
Location: Clark Hillel

Jewish Altruism with Alec Burkin, Gift of Life
Is altruism truly real? Can humans honestly give of themselves without expecting or wishing anything in return? Is altruism inherently a Jewish concept? Explore these topics with Alec Burkin, a non-profit Jewish professional whose life was altered by the opportunity to give.
Date and Time: Wednesday, April 26th, 2017 - 6:00 pm
Location: Next Mile Project at One Congress Street, Boston

Jewish Memory on the Streets of Berlin
with Erin Miller and Elan Kawesch
Join us for an information session about the "Together, Restoring Their Names" trips and local campus activities based on Holocaust memory service-learning. After an overview of our recent trips to Poland and Germany, we will discuss our education and awareness plan for the fall semester, including future trips to Europe. We will also ask for your ideas and input.
Date and Time: Thursday, April 13th, 2017 - 6:30 - 8:00 pm
Location: Boston University Hillel House, 4th Floor, 213 Bay State Road, Boston