70 Faces Media Offerings

We are excited to share a new Har Shalom partnership with 70 Faces Media.  My Jewish Learning, the internet's leading pluralistic Jewish education resource, to offer Har Shalom congregants special discounted access to their online courses and programs. All courses are recorded, and the materials/recordings included with your registration never expire — so you can go back to them again and again, at your own pace!

See below for a selection of upcoming opportunities - use the code HARSHALOM at checkout for 20% off each of these offerings!

Email any questions about the programs to community@myjewishlearning.com.

Will the Real 10 Commandments Please Stand Up? Fresh Ways to Understand the Biblical Covenant
4 Wednesdays at 7 p.m. ET, starting April 23 
Did you know there are actually different versions of the 10 Commandments? Join experienced rabbi and educator Barbara Symons for a fresh take.

Kugel, Shtisel and the Meaning of Life
Live online, April 28 at 7 p.m. ET
Whether or not you're a fan of the acclaimed TV show "Shtisel," you'll love its equally poignant and funny new prequel, "Kugel." Israeli TV stars Sasson Gabay and Michael Aloni join us for a special live discussion about the series in New York that will be livestreamed. Your purchase comes with the livestream, a recording of the talk and a month of free access to Izzy — the streaming platform for "Kugel" and many other Israeli shows!

Chaim Grade and the Rediscovery of the 'Last Great Yiddish Novel'
Thursday, May 1 at 6 p.m. ET
Chaim Grade, one of the leading Yiddish writers of the 20th century, died in 1982 — but one of his masterpieces was just published. How? Join leading cultural critic Adam Kirsch, legendary editor Altie Karper and Todd Portnowitz — an editor who worked on the project — for a discussion on the making of a new Yiddish classic.

Devotion, Seduction and Danger in the Book of Ruth
4 Tuesdays at 6 p.m. ET, starting May 6
In this new class from master teacher and award-winning novelist Ruby Namdar, you'll learn about the intriguing, and somewhat problematic, ways in which femininity, sexuality and seduction come into play in this classic story — and compare it to other such cases in the Bible.

Earth, Wind and Fire: The Origins of Jewish Environmental Ethics
4 Thursdays at 6 p.m. ET, starting May 22
In this timely online course, scholar Ana Levy-Lyons will explore the stories, commandments and traditions around ecological stewardship in the Torah — from the story of creation to the concept of the shmita year to Judaism's relationship to "wildness."