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 Courses with the Author
Date/Time: Every Wednesday evening from April 23, 2025 to May 28, 2025 (six 90-minute sessions) (starting the Wednesday after Pesach), 5:30 to 7:00pm (EDT)
Host: Joseph Rosenstein
Topic: Pirkei Avot: The Big Picture
Register at: joerosenstein.com/pirkei-avot/
Date/Time: Every Sunday evening from October 27, 2024 to December 22, 2024 (nine 75-minute sessions) (starting the Sunday after Simchat Torah), 5:00 to 6:15pm (EDT & EST)
Host: Joseph Rosenstein
Topic: Pirkei Avot: The Big Picture
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: 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