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Join former Jerusalem Post Editor-in-Chief Yaakov Katz, now a senior fellow at the Jewish People Policy Institute, for a live conversation with David Zalik the day after Israel's 2026 elections. Katz will unpack the forces shaping Israel's security landscape, Iran's regional ambitions, and evolving U.S. policy — followed by audience Q&A and light refreshments.

As Israel heads toward pivotal elections in October 2026, join Rabbi Yitz Tendler (Congregation Beth Jacob) and Rabbi Natan Trief (Temple Sinai) for a three-part series exploring how Israeli democracy works, who's shaping its future, and what comes next.

When the headlines get loud, how do you tell evidence from propaganda? Join federal judge Roy Altman, author of Israel on Trial, and moderator Keath Blatt for a conversation that will give you a sharper eye for antisemitic rhetoric and the confidence to respond with facts. Breakfast will be served.

How do we raise children who can bend without breaking, and who carry a sense of meaning and faith with them, whether they're still at home or grown and out on their own? Join Helen Zalik for the second session of Circles: The Art and Practice of Living Wondrously, a three-part series of study and interactive discussion drawing on Dr. Ronit Ziv-Kreger's collection of the same name, offering wisdom and practical tools for meeting life's relationships with intention. Light dessert and refreshments will be served. Open to women only.

Why is Jewish life so often told through persecution and the Holocaust, and what changes when Jews are seen as a living, diverse, culturally vibrant people? Join acclaimed author Dara Horn (People Love Dead Jews) for a morning on how Holocaust education and assumptions about Jewish identity shape how others see us, and a new way to carry your own Jewish story. Breakfast will be served.

Rabbi Ayal Robkin looks at how the Rabbis read the serpent in Eden: a worldview built on paranoia, scarcity and self-preservation. He sets it against Judaism’s answer, a world built on hesed, or loving-kindness. Doors open at 7:00 PM. Light dessert served.