Fraytik tsu Nakht Shabbes for Cultural Jews featuring Yotam Ronen

Our November 15 Fraytik tsu Nakht Shabbes for Cultural Jews is open to all, beginning with our community's Secular Humanist Shabbes observance (songs and readings) followed by a potluck dinner and an engaging speaker to stimulate our learning and discussion.

Admission: a contribution to the pot luck OR pay $18.00 per person (children are free).

Please register before Thursday, November 14 to help us make sure there's enough food for everyone.

This month's topic: When We Educate: Jewish Radicals and the Modern School Movement

Anarchists, socialists, and political radicals do many things to further their goals. Historically, they have engaged in protests, direct action, and publishing, among other things. But did you know that they also founded schools? In this lecture, we will visit one of the most well-known experiments in anarchist education—the Modern School Movement. We will meet its founders, its students, and its teachers, and see how Eastern European Jewish immigrants tried to use education to create a better, more just, and more free world.

Our speaker: Yotam Ronen is a PhD candidate at the University of British Columbia researching the history of anarchist education.

Activities for children will be available during the speaker and discussion!

Event photo: The Modern School in New York with teacher William Durant and his pupils.