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Scholar-in-Residence: A Weekend of Learning with Shira Telushkin

Upcoming Sessions

1. Friday, November 21, 2025 1 Kislev 5786

5:45 PM - 9:00 PM

2. Saturday, November 22, 2025 2 Kislev 5786

9:30 AM - 5:30 PM

Judaism in the 21st Century: A Weekend of Learning with Shira Telushkin
 

Friday Night

  • 5:45 p.m.: Shabbat Dinner*
  • 7:00 p.m.: Shabbat services with Rabbi Greenspan and Cantor Apt
  • 8:00 p.m.: Gourmet Dessert Oneg sponsored by the Adult Education Committee
  • 8:15 p.m.: Should Moral Differences Ever End a Friendship? A Jewish Perspective

Saturday

  • 9:30 a.m.: Shabbat services with Rabbi Greenspan and Cantor Apt. D'var Torah by Shira Telushkin
  • 12:00 p.m.: Kiddush Luncheon followed by a session with Shira Telishukin
  • 4:30 p.m. Seduah Shlishit* - A light meal followed by learning and discussion 

*Cost for meals

  • Shabbat Dinner will be $30 adults age 12 and up; $18 ages 5-11; and free ages 4 and under.
  • Seduah Shlishit will be $10 pp.

Shira Telushkin is a journalist and scholar who has been reporting on American Jewish life for over a decade. For three years she produced Unorthodox, the podcast of Tablet magazine, and she has written advice columns for both Tablet and the Forward. Shira is a professor at the City University of New York, where she teaches religion reporting, and her work has been published in The New York Times, the Washington Post, the Atlantic, and many other publications. She holds a BA in Religious Studies from Yale University, and an MDIV from the Harvard Divinity School. Her first book, How to Forsake the World: What Those Who Leave Society Can Teach Those Who Stay, will be published by HarperCollins next year.  

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