Join communities across the globe and scholars from a wide array of Jewish institutions and agencies to explore the theme of Beauty and Ugliness: From the Aesthetic to the Ethical through the context of a Jewish lens. Expanding upon the theme of Under One Roof, Global Day will include thought-provoking discussions and workshops, as well as activities such as yoga and meditation. Keynote speaker Dr. Michal Raucher, University of Cincinnati Judaic Studies, will examine the various ways in which the ideas of beauty and ugliness are understood and evolve in our lives and throughout societies.

2017 Global Day of Jewish Learning Schedule will include:

10:00 – 11:00 AM

• JCC Yoga Class
• Carnal Aesthetics: Sex, Beauty and Ethics in Talmudic Narratives with Rabbi Rachel Sabath Beit-Halachmi,  Ph.D, HUC-JIR

11 am-12 pm:

• JCC Meditation Class
• Beautiful Garbage and Yucky Treasures: Trends of Beauty and Ethics in Jewish Art with Abby Schwartz, director of the Cincinnati Skirball Museum, HUC-JIR and Rabbi Ofer Sabath Beit-Halachmi, Pines School of Graduate Studies HUC-JIR,

11am – 1pm

• Community Art Project with Diane Woloshin, Rockwern Academy
• Beauty & Wellness Fair featuring massage and physical therapists, expert nutritionist, and more with Mayerson JCC and Cedar Village

12:30pm – Keynote Address

• Ugliness and Beauty from the Aesthetic to the Ethical by Michal Raucher, Ph.D., University of Cincinnati Judaic Studies

2:00 – 3:00pm – Breakout Session One 

• Moral Beauty and Immoral Ugliness with Rabbi Jan Katzew, Ph.D., HUC-JIR
• Bringing our Ugliness and our Beauty to the Full Experience of Parenting with Rabbi Karen Thomashow and Dr. Michelle Ernst, Wise Temple
• Does G-d Create Ugly with Rabbi Yisroel Mangel, Chabad Jewish Center
• Beautiful Brokenness: Finding the Heart in the Ache with Rabbi Daniel Bogard, Adath Israel 

3:05- 4:00pm – Breakout Session Two

• A Boor with Permission of the Law: How the Intention of Living a Beautiful Jewish life Can Take an Ugly Turn with Arna Poupko Fisher, Wexner Faculty, and University of Cincinnati
• The Beauty of Constructive Conversation with Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp, Temple Sholom & Justin Kirschner, JCRC
• Rain in Its Season:  Blessing and Curse with Rabbi Sissy Coran, Rockdale Temple and Sara Dauber, Shomrei Olam
• Darkness into light – Creating Visual Midrash with Rabbi Judy Spicehandler, Northern Hills Congregation and Valley Temple

4:10pm – Closing Remarks and Dessert Reception 

Arna Poupko Fisher, Wexner Faculty, and University of Cincinnati