Join us for services, a delicious Shabbat dinner, and a discussion with Yakir Englander!

Discussion topic:
Building Community Resilience – Ancient Readings on Modern Challenges
How can individuals and communities cultivate resilience in times of crisis? The story of Hannah, the mother of Samuel, exemplifies a woman who, despite her struggles, chooses to take charge of her life against all odds. This session will focus on Hannah’s journey, examining Talmudic interpretations of her biblical story and exploring how the sages of the Talmud used her narrative to establish principles for communal resilience after the destruction of the Temple.

About Yakir:
Dr. Yakir Englander is a former Shalom Hartman Institute research fellow and the regional director of Kids4Peace International . Yakir was a visiting Scholar at Harvard Divinity School (2015) and a Fulbright scholar at Northwestern University in Chicago (2012-2014). 

Englander is a specialist in modern Jewish philosophy, with a focus on gender issues. His PhD, from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem (2012), was adopted for a book “The Perception of the Male Body in Lithuanian Ultra-Orthodox Society During the Last Sixty Years” (Magnes Press – The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Forthcoming).