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Pop-up Torah Classes In our amazing community, we each have something to share! Join us for these classes where members of our community will share their Torah via the Zoom links below. Do you have some “torah” to teach? Let us know and we’d love to showcase your knowledge with our community as a way to stay connected!
Tuesday, April 7, 2020 4:00 PM Inequalities, Inflamed By Pandemic: the Sociology of COVID-19? with Jessica Holden Sherwood
The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting all of us, but it’s affecting different groups in different ways. This session will touch on the aggravated inequalities of race (Asian Americans as hate-crime targets), gender (balancing work and family is newly urgent), and class (who’s still getting a paycheck, venturing out or staying in). We’ll list disruptions to work and the economy, and also the good news of local mutual aid. Temple member Jessica Holden Sherwood is an Associate Professor of Social Sciences at Johnson & Wales University. She has been studying inequalities of race, class & gender since before her teenage kids (Abigail and Ellie) were born.
Thursday, April 9, 2020 6:00 PM Temple Beth-El Second Seder
We recognize that this is indeed a Passover like none we have experienced before. We will look forward to gathering for our Temple Beth-El Second Night Seder via Zoom. All are welcome to join us as we begin the seder together as a community at 6 pm on April 8th. We might not be able to gather in person, but as we have learned over the last few weeks, the strength of our community spirit is strong and transcends the circumstances. We will look forward to seeing you then and hearing from you throughout the holiday.
Click link below or dial up: +1 646 876 9923 US (New York) Meeting ID: 771 959 481
Monday, April 13, 2020 4:00 PM What will happen to the US Economy? Presenter: Robert Sandy
News stories during the pandemic often claim that there will be a severe recession, perhaps on the scale of the Great Recession of 2008 or the Great Depression of the 1930s. However, these stories offer little or no explanation of how economic down turn caused by the pandemic could differ from other recessions, how long the down turn will last, and what the recovery will look like. This talk will cover the definition of a recession, their causes, why some recessions were short and others long, why some had rapid recoveries while others had anemic recoveries. The key question I will address is how the current pandemic/recession fits into these patterns.
Robert Sandy is a retired economist. He was a professor of economics from 1974 to 2011 at Indiana University, Purdue University Indianapolis and at the University of Aberdeen. He served as the Economics Department chair for 12 years and then served as Indiana University Assistant Vice President for Statewide Academic Relations for 5 years. He has authored textbooks on statistics and on the economics of sports. He has written twenty articles in leading economics journals. His main research area is occupational safety and health. In retirement he continues to work as a consultant on using statistical sampling to detect Medicaid and Medicare fraud.
Click link below or dial up: +1 646 876 9923 US (New York) Meeting ID: 771 959 481
Bring your sangria and appetizer! Join us for a musical pre-Shabbat session featuring Zachary Magnone.
Click link below or dial up: +1 646 876 9923 US (New York) Meeting ID: 771 959 481
Attention All High School Seniors
The Brotherhood of Temple Beth-El is pleased to announce that it will once again be facilitating the award of up to three $1,000 college scholarships to Temple Beth-El members’ children that plan to attend a four-year bachelor degree granting institution in the fall of 2020. Interested applicants may apply for a scholarship on-line by completing and submitting the application form accessible via the link on the Brotherhood of Temple Beth-El web page within the Temple Beth-El website. The on-line application has no mechanism for saving partially completed application forms, so applicants should be prepared to complete the application form and submit it in one sitting.
Meditation and Mindfulness Each evening please join our friends at the Center for Resilience for a moment of peace and a 10 minute mindfulness session at 8:00 PM via Zoom.
Temple Beth-El 70 Orchard Ave Providence, RI 02906 401-331-6070
