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Secular Yeshiva holds Socratic-style seminars

For the second year in row, local Yiddish learning organization Arbeter Ring (Workmen’s Circle) will offer Secular Yeshiva, a bimonthly course with Socratic-style seminars, focused on “history and basic ideas of secular Jewishness,” “critical examination of Tanakh and post-biblical literature,” “Jewish calendar and holidays” and more.

Bust a Jewish Rhyme

Urban poetry slams around the world, like this one at the Workmen\’s Circle, allow different groups and ethnicities to mine their cultural issues.\n\nThe Workmen\’s Circle slam is also a way to bring younger people to this nearly century-old bastion of Jewish culture and social activism, said Assistant Director Jenni Person, who has been at the circle since September, and serves as the event\’s slam master or host.

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