Joe Rosenstein

Pirkei Avot - Speaking Engagements

Reflections on Pirkei Avot (Ethics of the Fathers):

Not Just What My Rebbe Taught Me

(presented in reverse chronological order)

(all events are via zoom unless otherwise noted)

Online Six Session Courses with the Author


Date/Time:  Every Sunday evening from May 5, 2024 to June 9, 2024  (between Pesach and Shavuot), 5:00 to 7:00pm (EDT)
Host:  Joseph Rosenstein
Topic:  Pirkei Avot:  Ethics of the Fathers
Register at:  joerosenstein.com/pirkei-avot/ 


Date/Time:  Every Monday evening from October 23, 2023 to November 27, 2023, 6:30 to 8:30pm (EDT)
Host:  Joseph Rosenstein
Topic:  Pirkei Avot:  Ethics of the Fathers


Date/Time:  Every Wednesday evening from April 26, 2023 to May 31, 2023, (between Pesach and Shavuot), 7:00 to 9:00pm (EDT)
Host:  Joseph Rosenstein
Topic:  Pirkei Avot:  Ethics of the Fathers


Date/Time:  Every Monday evening from October 24, 2022 to November 28,2022, 8:00 to 10:00pm (EDT)
Host:  Joseph Rosenstein
Topic:  Pirkei Avot:  Ethics of the Fathers


Date/Time:  Every Monday evening from June 27, 2022 to August 1, 2022, 8:00 to 10:00pm (EDT)
Host:  Joseph Rosenstein
Topic:  Pirkei Avot:  Ethics of the Fathers


(presented in reverse chronological order)

(all events are via zoom unless otherwise noted)

Post Virtual Book Tour


Date/Time:  Saturday, December 16, 2023, 3:00pm
Host:  National Havurah Committee Winter Retreat, Camp Ramah, Palmer MA (in person)
Topic: The Ethics in Ethics of the Fathers  


Date/Time:  Friday, December 15, 2023, 7:30pm
Host: National Havurah Committee Winter Retreat, Camp Ramah, Palmer MA (in person)
Topic:  Pirkei Avot:  The Big Picture
 


Date/Time:  Saturday, August 5, 2023, and Sunday, August 6, 2023
Host: National Havurah Committee Summer Institute, Pearlstone Retreat Center, Reisterstown MD (in person)
Topic:  Pirkei Avot:  The Big Picture


Date/Time:  Thursday, August 3, 2023, 6:30pm
Host:  Congregation Eitz Chaim, Biddeford ME
Moderator:  David Strassler 
Topic: Hints of Yom Kippur in Pirkei Avot


Date/Time:  Sunday, April 9, 2023, 10am
Host: Congregation B’nai Tikvah, North Brunswick NJ, in person
Moderator:  Rabbi Robert Wolkoff
Topic:  Reflections on Pirkei Avot


Date/Time:  Sunday, January 22, 2023, Sunday February 5, 2023, and Sunday, February 26, 2023; 10:00am EST
Host: Princeton Jewish Center, in person
Moderator:  Neil Litt
Topic:  A Fresh Look at Pirkei Avot


Date/Time:  Wednesday, January 4, 2023; 7:00pm EST
Host:  Congregation Eitz Chaim, Biddeford ME
Moderator:  David Strassler


Date/Time:  Thursday December 8, 2022 and Thursday December 15, 2022; 7:00pm EST
Host: Jewish Study Center, Washington DC
Moderator: Gerald Garfinkel
Topic:  Rewards and Punishment in Pirkei Avot


Date/Time:  Thursday, October 20, 2022; 7:30pm EDT
Host:  I. L. Peretz Secular Jewish Community, Central New Jersey
Moderator:  Claudia Farber  
Topic:  Ancient/Modern Ethical Principles – Texts


Date/Time: Sunday, October 3, 2022; 7:30pm EDT
Host:  First Narayever Congregation, Toronto ON
Moderator:  Rabbi Edward Elkin
Topic: Hints of Yom Kippur in Pirkei Avot


Date/Time: Tuesday, September 6, 2022; 8:00pm (EDT)
Host:  Highland Park Conservative Temple – Congregation Anshe Emeth, Highland Park NJ
Moderator:  Jerome Langer


Virtual Book Tour


Date/Time: Thursday, August 4, 2022; 8:30am CDT (9:30am EDT)
Host:  Mishkan Chicago, Chicago IL
Moderator:  Rabbi Lizzi Heydemann


Date/Time: Tuesday, August 2, 2022; 7:00pm (EDT)
Host:  Shirat haNefesh, Silver Spring MD
Moderator:  Heidi Coleman


Date/Time: Wednesday, June 14, 2022; 7:00pm (EDT)
Host:  Romemu, New York NY
Moderator:  Rabbi David Ingber


Date/Time:  Thursday, June 2, 2022, 7:30pm (EDT)
Host:  Kehillah Synagogue, Chapel Hill NC
Moderator:  Len Rogoff


Date/Time:  Tuesday, May 31, 2022; 7:30pm (EDT)
Host:  Congregation Agudath Israel, Caldwell NJ
Moderator:  Susan Werk


Date/time: Thursday, May 26, 2022; 7:00pm (EDT)
Host: Congregation Beth Abraham, Buffalo NY
Moderator: Cantor Irwin Gelman


Date/time: Sunday, May 22, 2022; 2:00pm (EDT)
Host: Jewish Study Center, Washington DC
Moderator: Gerald Garfinkel


Date/time: Wednesday, May 18, 2022; 6:30pm PDT (9:30pm EDT)
Host: Temple B’nai Israel, Petaluma CA
Moderator:  Rabbi Ted Feldman


Date/Time:  Tuesday, May 17, 2022; 7pm (EDT)
Host:  Adas Yoshuron Synagogue, Auburn ME
Moderator:  Rabbi Sruli Dresdner

Date/Time:  Sunday, May 15, 2022; 7:00pm (EDT)
Host:  Heska Amuna Synagogue, Knoxville TN
Moderator:  Rabbi Alon Ferency


Date/time:  Tuesday, May 3, 2022; 6:00pm (EDT)
Host:
  Temple Emanuel, Newton MA
Moderator: 
Rabbi Michele Robinson

View a recording of the May 3 event on YouTube – https://youtu.be/mOkm4vsHm1A


Date/Time:  Sunday, April 24, 2022; 7:00pm (EDT)
Host:  National Havurah Committee
Moderator: 
Rabbi Sue Gulack


Date/Time:  Wednesday, April 20, 2022; 7:30pm (EDT)
Host:  Highland Park (NJ) Minyan
Moderator:  Stanley MesserMaMon