The "Tish" Schedule

The Tish is a discussion over coffee, tea and biscotti, led by a community member or a guest on a different theme each week. Topics cover a very wide range, including Jewish texts, rituals, history, theology, philosophy, ethics, Jewish life, social justice, Israel and the Middle East, arts and culture, and more!

Saturdays, 9:15 - 10:00 AM, just before Shabbat Services.

Current Year

June, 2008

June 7- Cathy Jarcho & Nancy Belltrandi - "Choosing Judaism"

June 14 - Myra Zuckerbraun - "SAJ's Micro Credit Project - House Building in New Orleans."

June 21 - Gail Schreibman (Bat Mitzvah) - "Modern Film Meets Old Tradition."

June 28 - Adele Nikolsky "The Russian Jewish Community - Back to Jewish Culture."

 

May, 2008

May 3 - Rhoda Green - "Synagogue Sustainability and the Wonders of Creation."

May 10 - Open Discussion - "Zionism Revisited"

May 17 - Howard Stevens - "Rev. Wright, the Prophets of Israel and Rhetorical Decorum."

May 24 - Nancy Beltrandi - "A First Visit to Israel."

May 31 - Shel Schiffman - "Revelation in Rabbinic Midrash."

 

April, 2008

April 5 - Diane Cole - "Re-Constructing a Shul: Preservation of the Eldridge Street Synagogue."

April 12 - Judy Bass - "Kashrut and Social Justice: The New 'Hekhsher Tzedek' Initiative for Kosher Food."

April 19 – SAJ Community - "Our Passover Stories”

April 26 - Betsy Goldberg - "Revisiting the Egypt We Left."

 

March, 2008

March 1 - Joseph Winik (bat mitzvah) and Joseph Winik - "Voluntary vs. Involuntary Charity."

March 8 - Sheila Bassman - Biblical Fathers and Daughters, Part II: David and Tamar."

March 15 - Barbara Colton - "A Reconstructionist Looks at Superstition: 'The Scottish Play' by Shakespeare."

March 22 - Bikkur Cholim Committee - "The New SAJ-DOROT Initiative"

March 29 - Joel Goldstein (bar mitzvah) and family - "What God Demands of Jewish Leaders: Nadav and Abihu."

February, 2008

Feb.2 - Howard and Rina Pianko - "Integrating Families with Special Needs: A Personal Odyssey"

Feb. 9 - Howard Stevens - "Shakespeare and the Jews"

Feb. 16 - Hugh Baron - "Who Wrote Leviticus 10:1-2 and I Kings 14:1-17, 15:28?"

Feb. 23 - Isaac Slone and Family - "Ki Tissa: Keeping it Real"

January, 2008

Jan. 5 - Edith Finnel - "The Jews of Poland."
Jan. 12 - Nancy Ludmerer - "Grace Paley: The Loudest Voice."
Jan. 19 - Adele Nikolsky - "The Jews of Bukhara."
Jan. 26 - Gabrielle Shlasko and Family - "Ten Really Important Rules."

December, 2007

Dec. 1 - Sheila Bassman - "Biblical Father and Daughters, Part I: Achsah."
Dec. 8 - Phil Barnett - "The Christmas-Hanukah Dilemma on Public Display."
Dec. 15 - Karen Greenberg Perkus - "Tikkun Olam: The SAJ and Manhattan Together."
Dec. 22 - Howard Stevens- "The Galilee in Jesus' Time"

November, 2007

Nov. 3 - Rabbi Mark Popovsky - "The Sancitity of Jewish Marriage - and the Laws of Divorce."
Nov. 10 - Jake and Alan Sidransky - "Digging Wells."
Nov. 17 - Hugh Baron - "Jethro, Roger Williams and Separation of Church and State."
Nov. 24 - Lucille Roussin - "Holocaust Era Looted Art: An Update."

October, 2007

Oct. 6 - Hugh Baron - "Handel's Biblical Operas and Oratorios."
Oct. 13 - Howard Stevens - "The Dead Sea Scrolls: Sixty Years of Discovery."
Oct. 20 - Francine Perlman - "My Other Art."
Oct. 27 - Diana Heller - "Burma: A Jewish Issue?"

Prior Years

Check our tish archive page.