Programs
ACJ offers a range of programming from our public education series, to online courses, to in person events.
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Featured Programming
- Education Series
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A Queer Yeshiva in the Cloud: The Future of Jewish Study with Shel Maala
Join Rabbi Andy Kahn, Rabbi Xava De Cordova and Binya Kóatz, co-founders of Shel Maala, the unapologetically queer, anti-zionist, digital-first Yeshiva, for a conversation about the new era of Torah learning online.
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Our Sukkot Ritual Guide
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This year’s Sukkot Ritual Guide invites us to transform the festival’s ancient themes of fragility, hospitality, and renewal into a practice of remembrance and solidarity. Created by Rabbi Andy Kahn and artist Roan Boucher, the guide honors seven ushpizin—spiritual guests—whose lives were taken in the ongoing Palestinian struggle for liberation. Each night offers readings, ritual language, and a concrete action for justice and healing. Download the guide to bring this spirit of compassionate resistance into your own sukkah, home, or community gathering. |
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- Education Series
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From Trauma to Transformation: A Conversation with Rabbi Tirzah Firestone
Join Rabbi Andrue Kahn for a conversation with Rabbi Tirzah Firestone, acclaimed Jungian psychotherapist, teacher of Jewish renewal, and author of Wounds into Wisdom: Healing Intergenerational Jewish Trauma. Drawing on Jewish tradition, psychology, and case studies from across the globe, Rabbi Firestone offers seven principles for transforming inherited pain into resilience and moral clarity. Together, we'll explore how Jewish wisdom can guide us through grief, hope, and collective transformation in this season of reflection.
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Dismantling Antisemitism with Kohenet Shoshana Brown
Join Rabbi Andy Kahn and Kohenet Shoshana Brown for a powerful conversation about how accusations of antisemitism are increasingly weaponized to silence dissent, divide communities, and align Jewish identity with far-right agendas. We'll explore how to dismantle antisemitism through liberatory, non-punitive practices grounded in restorative justice, solidarity, and collective healing.
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Beyond Fear: Combatting Antisemitism with Shane Burley and Ben Lorber
Rabbi Andy Kahn will be joined by Ben Lorber and Shane Burley to discuss their recent book, Safety Through Solidarity. The discussion will highlight approaches of shared responsibility across difference in the fight for justice and safety for all people as as the most effective form of combatting antisemitism.
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People, Faith, Nation: Exploring Judaism’s Many Identities with Professor Rabbi Shaul Magid
Join Rabbi Andy Kahn in conversation with Professor Rabbi Shaul Magid for a deep dive into the possibilities of post-ethnic Judaism in America. Together, they’ll explore how shifting tides in Jewish identity intersect with the growing crisis of Zionism, and what this moment might mean for reimagining Jewish life beyond nationalism.
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All Programming
- Education Series
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Revealing Liberation: The Torah of Solidarity
This Shavuot, as we witness unimaginable suffering in Gaza, join Rabbis for Ceasefire, the American Council for Judaism, and global partners for “Revealing Liberation: The Torah of Solidarity” — a 26-hour virtual Tikkun Leyl Shavuot of learning, music, and connection across continents, building Jewish solidarity with Palestine and illuminating a path toward collective liberation. All are welcome, no prior Torah study experience needed.
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Prophetic Judaism Reclaimed: A Conversation with Professor Atalia Omer
Join Rabbi Andy Kahn in conversation with Professor Atalia Omer. We will discuss how Jews today are reimagining Jewishness through a justice-oriented lens, creating new forms of post-Zionist Judaism rooted in solidarity (particularly with Palestinians), ritual innovation, and community building. The conversation will highlight not only the rupture with inherited assumptions, but also the creative possibilities emerging at the intersection of tradition and ethical accountability.
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- Lecture Series
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A History of Dissent: A Conversation with Professor Marjorie Feld
Delving into Feld's research, this conversation will examine the often-overlooked voices that have shaped American Jewish perspectives on Israel and Zionism from the 19th century to today.
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Liberate Your Passover: How to Make Your Own Haggadah and Seder
Join Joelle Berman and Erica Rosen as they share their experience discovering the joy and power of creating their own liberation focused haggadot and seders for Passover. They'll explain how they came to this project, and how to do it yourself.
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- Event
- Brooklyn, NY
An ACJ Shabbat Service
Our first Shabbat service in Brooklyn, held at the Center for New Jewish Culture.
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Building Your Jewish Community: A Practical Guide to Creating Meaningful Connections
In this 8-week course, Rabbi Andy Kahn and Liana Wertman provide tools and inspiration to build Jewish communities rooted in shared values, meaningful connections, and universalist Jewish principles—whether starting new or strengthening existing groups.
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