Tikkun Leil Shavuot
A Night of Jewish Learning
In Person
THURSDAY, MAY 21, 2026
10:00 PM – 1:00 AM
Squirrel Hill JCC
5738 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15217 (Darlington Entrance)
Join your Pittsburgh community in person for a night of learning with well-known local rabbis and thinkers.
Free and Open to the Community. No Registration Necessary
Cheesecake & Coffee
Dietary Laws Observed
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10:00 to 10:50 PM | Chani Altein The Gift of Being Human: The Power of Here and Now | Laura Berman Relearning Leah | Larry Freedman Proverbs: “Educate Your Child and All Will be Well.” Will it? | Kalix Jacobson From Sinai to Second Avenue: Queerness and Performance in 19th-20th Century NYC | Jonathan Perlman “7” and Other Mysteries | Henoch Rosenfeld The Third Temple: Waiting or Building? | Kara Tav Will We Ever be Ready to Receive the Torah? | Casey Weiss The World Endures Only Because of the Breath of Schoolchildren |
11:00 to 11:50 PM | Seth Adelson Tell Me What You Want: Jewish Yearning Throughout the Ages | Amy Bardack The Spirituality of Work | Shira Berkovits Moshe’s Journey to Leadership | Daniel Fellman Jews in Pennsylvania Politics: Celebrating our Role as we Mark 250 Years of America | Yitzi Genack Sinai Never Stopped: Receiving Torah in a World That Won’t Stand Still | Danielle Kranjec Ruth and Radical Belonging | Yikara Levari Corresponding Commandments: Examining Themes on Both Ends of the Tablet | Danny Schiff The Profound Transformation of the Jewish People |
12:00 to 12:50 AM | Mark Goodman Midnight Midrash: Outlandish Stories of Caesars, Magic and Mosquitos | Moshe Levy King David’s Midnight Song: The Blessing on Torah Study | Eric Lidji The Summer After Sinai and the Seasons of Our Lives | Liron Lipinsky Torah in the Age of Autonomy: Covenant, Contract or Coercion? | Jessica Locketz Radical Rest in a 24/7 Economy | |||
Featured Speakers
Squirrel Hill JCC
5738 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15217 (Darlington Entrance)
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