Downtown Lunch and Learn | Dissecting Anti-Semitism: Its Types, Origins, and Enduring Myths

KMK Law One East Fourth St (4th & Vine), 14th Floor, Cincinnati

Presented by: Rabbi Lewis Kamrass With the rise of anti-Semitism, Rabbi Kamrass will lead us to examine the different types of prejudice and hatred against Jews throughout history, how the different types were manifested, the source of their power in different circumstances and eras, as well as what is old and yet new in the [...]

Downtown Lunch and Learn | The Many Faces of Eve

KMK Law One East Fourth St (4th & Vine), 14th Floor, Cincinnati

Presented by: Courtney Anthony Eve is the first woman, mother of all the living, and partaker in fruit from the Tree of Knowledge. We may think we know her story, but a close look at Genesis suggests there is more to Eve than meets the eye. In this class, we will examine the Torah passages [...]

Downtown Lunch and Learn | Is That the Whole Story? Uncovering Midrashic Texts and Rabbinic Tales

KMK Law One East Fourth St (4th & Vine), 14th Floor, Cincinnati

Who was really at fault for Eve eating the forbidden fruit? How might an oven teach us about our relationship to God? Why is the Hebrew in the Torah written like that? Join us as we delve into the fascinating world of rabbinic midrash, reading age old tales from our tradition, and finding pieces of [...]

Downtown Lunch and Learn | S.Y. Agnon: the first modern Hebrew writer

KMK Law One East Fourth St (4th & Vine), 14th Floor, Cincinnati

S.Y. Agnon is perhaps somewhere between Shakespeare and Faulkner when it comes to the literature of The State of Israel. Join Matt Check to hear about the extraordinary life of this Nobel prize winner and one the most important writers in modern Jewish history.