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Upcoming Talks
Beyond Temples and Rabbis
Spertus Institute & JPro Chicago, Connect & Learn series — 2026 Norman Asher Memorial Program · Thursday, November 17, 2026 · 12:30–1:30 PM CT · Online via Zoom · Free
How did ordinary Jewish people shape early Judaism beyond the Temple and the rabbinic academies? They left traces of themselves everywhere — in cuneiform tablets, Greek inscriptions, and synagogue mosaics — revealing a diverse, decentralized, diasporic tradition built by many hands.
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Recent Talks
Ancient Jewish Magic
Vashon Havurah, Vashon · Saturday, June 6, 2026 · 7:00 PM
Beyond Rabbis and Temples: Reimagining the Foundations of Judaism
Limmud Seattle · Sunday, April 26, 2026 · 4:30–5:30 PM
Women of the Torah: Biblical Women in History, Memory, and Ritual Life
Phil Cushman Memorial Speaker Series, Vashon Havurah, Vashon · Saturday, January 17, 2026 · 7:00 PM
The Dazzling Angelic Body: Psyche Between Roman Myth, Provincial Art, and the Jewish Imagination
Conference on Imagining the Dazzling Body: Ancient Sense Models and the Materialization of the Sacred · University of Texas, Austin · April 23–24, 2025
God is Enslaved with Them: Exile, Diaspora, and the Jews in Late Antiquity
Melton Center for Jewish Studies, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH · November 12, 2024
Mika Ahuvia, Ph.D. 