January 2026
Invite Your Community Members “Heart of a Stranger” Book Discussion Wednesday, January 21 | 8:00 p.m. ET register now Join URJ President Rabbi Rick Jacobs in conversation with Rabbi Angela Buchdahl, the first Asian American to be ordained as a rabbi, as she discusses her new book, "Heart of a Stranger"—a stirring account of her journey from feeling like an outsider to becoming a renowned leader.
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Bet Aviv Lunch and Learn
Yalta Breaks Some Barrels: The Talmud’s Most Learned Woman Teaches a Lesson Two of the Talmud’s sharpest minds face off in a battle of personal honor, learnedness and gender dynamics: Ullah, the perennial carrier of knowledge and rumors from land to land, and Yalta, the learned and sharp wife of R. Nachman. Ulla refuses to see in Yalta anything but an object, and she in response tries to reveal her opponent’s toxicity. The outcome of this tense encounter remains open…
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