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Learn from a collection of free and new pre-recorded presentations
for your own Tikkun Leil Shavuot at home.
Videos can be viewed before, during and after Shavuot.
Thank you for learning with us!
View all of our Tikkun@Home videos:
(Released on May 13)
https://cutt.ly/5781-Tikkun-at-Home
Thank you to Rommie Sebo of Sebo Video Graphics and Photography
for recording and editing all of the presentations and to
Steven Greenman for providing the musical accompaniment.
Click HERE to see the Tikkun Leil Shavuot Flier
Tikkun@Home Presenters:
(Click the presenter's name to go directly to their pre-recorded YouTube presentation. Links to presenters' source materials can be found below their name.)
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Harriet Rosenberg Mann, Chair, Tikkun Leil Shavuot: Introduction and Acknowledgements
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Rabbi Jonathan Berger, Associate Head of School, Gross Schechter Day School: Must We Sacrifice Pleasure? On Kosher Cheeseburgers
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Murray Berkowitz and Tova & Chad Cohen with Stephanie Berkowitz: Cooking with Murray and Tova-Shavuot Specialties
(Recipes & Ingredients): Tuna, Vegan or Lox Wraps, Beva's Cheesecake, Cupcake Blintzes, and Rolled Quesadillas -
Rabbi Noah Bickart, Assistant Professor of Jewish and Interreligious Studies, John Carroll University: Rabbi Meir and the Danger of Revelation
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Rabbi Steven Denker, Temple Emanu El: Automotive Israel: Then, Now, Tomorrow
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Rabbi Megan Doherty, Director of Hillel & Jewish Campus Life, Oberlin College: Daf Yomi as Spiritual Practice
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Rabbi Josh Foster, B'nai Jeshurun Congregation: Surprising Jewish Communities Around the World
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Sarah Foster, Akron Coordinator, Hillel at Kent State & Special Initiative Coordinator at Cleveland Hillel:
Why Dairy on Shavuot?
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Cheryl Gordon, Jewish Educator, MAT-MSJS: How to Argue Jewishly
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Rabbanit Amalia Haas: Womanhood, Shame & Vulnerability in the Book of Ruth
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Bob Jacob, Cleveland Jewish News: How the CJN Engaged the Community and Grew Audience during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Rabbi Enid Lader, Beth Israel-The West Temple: Empathy for Others in Biblical Commentary
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Rabbi Melinda Mersack, Director of jHUB: Grandparenting Interfaith Grandchildren: A Cross-Generational Conversation
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Hedy Milgrom, Senior Development Officer at Jewish Federation of Cleveland: Challah Bake-a-Long with Savta Hedy
(Click here for challah recipe)
This event was hosted by PJ Library Cleveland, a program of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland. PJ Library provides free Jewish themed books and high quality Jewish experiences for families with young children throughout Cleveland. -
Judge Dan Polster: Freedom and Responsibility: Moses as a Paradigmatic Leader: A Textual Analysis
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Rabbi Scott Roland, Shaarey Tikvah Congregation: Revelation: If We Were All There, Then What Happened?
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Rabbi Hal Rudin-Luria, B'nai Jeshurun Congregation: The David Rules: Lessons from King David & Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion
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Rabbi Michael Ungar, Beth El-The Heights Synagogue: Jewish Truth in the Post-Truth Period
(Click here for presentation materials/ PowerPoint)
Sponsored by:
and the
Estelle and Dr. Milton Rosenbergz"l Tikkun Leil Study Session Fund.
Thank you to our co-sponsors!
Click logos below to view their websites and
for additional Shavuot programs.
Thank you to our friend supporters for their generous donations.
Dr. Dale & Karen Levy
Allen Danzig & Lynn Katz Danzig • Dr. Michael Hoffman • Ivan & Roslyn Platt • Larry & Nina Rosner
Support for the community-wide Tikkun Leil Shavuot Program is greatly appreciated.
Donations should be designated for the Tikkun Leil Shavuot Study Session Fund and made
c/o B'nai Jeshurun Congregation, 27501 Fairmount Blvd., Pepper Pike, OH 44124 or go to bnaijeshurun.org/donate.