Dear UTJ Members and Supporters: Please accept our warmest wishes for a happy and healthy 5786. UTJ website has many inspiring resources for the high holiday and the entire year. For instance, the UTJ Viewpoints High Holiday section has many articles and videos about the high holidays. 5785 was an important year for UTJ, featuring Continue Reading »
Dear UTJ Members and Supporters: We are at a very exciting moment in UTJ’s history as we work to solidify our recent growth by implementing a new system of UTJ leadership and governance. As such, we are pleased to invite you to Join UTJ for 5786 and to participate in our Membership meeting on Sunday, Continue Reading »
UTJ announces an upcoming webinar co-sponsored with the Sephardic Jewish Brotherhood of America: Reflections on Tisha B’Av with Hakham Isaac Sassoon on Wednesday, July 23 at 12:00PM Eastern / 700 PM Israel time. You can also purchase Divrei Halav from Amazon here. Please note that UTJ is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, Continue Reading »
UTJ announces an upcoming webinar: Upcoming Webinar – A Legacy of the Heart Commemorating the yahrzeit of HaRav David Weiss Halivni zt’l on Sunday, June 29 at 11:00AM Eastern / 6:00 PM Israel time. This event is also an introduction to Divrei Halev, by Rabbi Ronald Price featuring thoughts on the weekly parashah inspired by Rabbi Continue Reading »
Dear Friends of UTJ, For the past several years, the UTJ has been hard at work to reinvigorate itself as a volunteer driven organization. We are pleased to say that our efforts have led to some significant successes. We revamped our website, adding the UTJ Viewpoints section which offers articles and videos on a wide Continue Reading »
UTJ announces an upcoming webinar: Bite Your Tongue: Rabbinic Perspectives on When Not to Criticize, a parsha study with Rabbi Noah Gradofsky on Thursday, May 8 at 8:00 PM. Click here to register.
Dear Friends of UTJ, UTJ wishes everyone a happy, healthy, and Kosher Passover. We are happy to share with you that as always Rabbi Jeffrey Rappoport, editor of The Kosher Nexus has been hard at work providing updated Passover guidance for this year. New or updated this year are: The Kosher For Passover Kosher Nexus Newsletter Continue Reading »
UTJ announces an upcoming siddur classes with Rabbi Professor Reuven Kimelman co-sponsored by the co-sponsored by the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades. Via Zoom, Sundays March 9 and April 6 at 11:00 AM Eastern (Israel: 5:00 PM on March 9, 6:00 PM on April 6): Click here for further information and to register.
UTJ announces an upcoming webinar “Upcoming Webinar: Sacred Duty: Providing Spiritual Care in the 21st Century” with Rabbi Andy Schultz, Chaplain Margo Heda, and Rabbi Ben Vineburg. Sunday, March 2, 2025 at 10:30 AM Eastern (5:30 PM Israel): Click here for further information and to register.
UTJ announces an upcoming webinar with Rabbi Professor Reuven Kimelman co-sponsored by the co-sponsored by the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades. Sunday, October6, 2024 at 11:00 AM Eastern (6:00 PM Israel): Are We Worthy or Do We Need God’s Mercy? Two Perspectives on Human Worthiness in the Grace-Based Yom Kippur Ne’ilah and the Covenant-Based Minimal Shema Continue Reading »