Tikkun Leil Shavuot

JCC Squirrel Hill

June 4, 2022

10 pm-1 am

A NIGHT OF JEWISH LEARNING
Community-wide Jewish learning with well-known local rabbis and thinkers

SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 10PM–1AM
JCC SQUIRREL HILL
5738 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15217 (Darlington Entrance)
No registration necessary

Vaccinations required (honor system, no check-in)

10:00 – 10:50 PM

DANIEL FELLMAN Finding our Voices: Why Talmud Matters Even More for the Liberal Jew
DANIELLE KRANJEC The Torah of Women’s Lived Experiences: Shavuot in the Memoirs of Pauline Wengeroff
JEFF MYERS Oy, Such an Offer?! What Really Happened at Mount Sinai?
JONATHAN PEARLMAN Mount Sinai is Missing! A Variant Story in Numbers 33
DANIEL WASSERMAN Learning the Entire Torah While Standing On One Foot

11:00 – 11:50 PM

AMY BARDACK Marginal Voices in the Talmud
SHARYN HENRY If “People Love Dead Jews” What Does That Mean for Jewish Life?
HENOCH ROSENFELD All Eyes on the Future: The Secret End to the Chaos Around Us, and How to Get There
DANNY SCHIFF The Most Important Teachings of Jonathan Sacks
DANIEL YOLKUT Masters of Alternate History: How the Sages Explored the “What Ifs” of the Torah

12:00 – 12:50 AM

SETH ADELSON Gender Equality in Jewish Life: A Crash Course on Full Egalitarianism
LEVI LANGER The Ethics of Initiating War
LIRON LIPINSKY Cancelled: The Jewish Evolution of Cancel Culture
JESSICA LOCKETZ The Language of Blessing: A Look at the Words & Formulas Used From Biblical Times to Today
RON SYMONS + NEW CHEVRA KADISHAH MEMBERS When Life Comes to an End: The Unique Ways Jews Prepare Our Dead for Burial

Full inclusion is a core value of Jewish Pittsburgh. The Jewish Federation
welcomes invitees of all abilities, backgrounds, races, religious affiliations,
sexual orientations and gender expressions. Please discuss accessibility
accommodations with Cheryl Johnson, [email protected].

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