Standing Together: Prayer, Presence, and the Power of Community
Standing Together: Prayer, Presence, and the Power of Community
A JTS High Holiday Webinar Series
Mondays, September 8, 15, 29
1:00–2:00 p.m. ET
Online
The High Holidays invite us into a season of profound reflection—not only on who we are as individuals, but on how we show up for one another and the world. This three-part webinar series explores the emotional and spiritual heart of this sacred time, focusing on the themes of vulnerability, responsibility, and connection.
Together, we’ll consider what it means to pray with presence, to engage meaningfully with others—even across difference—and to see these days not just as a personal journey, but as a call to collective transformation.
Whether you are returning to familiar rituals or seeking a new way in, this series offers space to reflect, connect, and prepare with intention.
Session Topics and Faculty
September 8
Beyond the Sermon: What High Holiday Prayers Offer and Demand
With Rabbi Jan Uhrbach, Director of the Block / Kolker Center for Spiritual Arts, JTS
September 16
Jews, Non-Jews, and the Purpose of the High Holidays
With Dr. David Kraemer, Joseph J. and Dora Abbell Librarian and Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, JTS
September 29
No Shade for Jonah: Engaging the Other in Challenging Times
With Chancellor Shuly Rubin Schwartz, Chancellor and Irving Lehrman Research Professor of American Jewish History, JTS
If you have previously registered for another session in this series, your registration admits you to all sessions in the series, and you may attend as many as you’d like.
The Zoom link for all sessions in the What’s Next? New Ways of Engaging Jewish Sources series will be in the confirmation email that you receive after you register.
