C.L.A.S.S. Community Luncheon and Speakers on Shabbat 2026/2027
Welcome to C.L.A.S.S.! Community Luncheon and Speakers on Shabbat.
TBS proudly presents C.L.A.S.S., our compelling and popular Shabbat speaker series featuring dynamic voices on Jewish life, history and current events — plus a delicious community luncheon.
Don’t miss these powerful, real-world stories brought to the bima.
9/26/26 – Roger Berkowitz: Founder of Bard College’s Hannah Arendt Center, Roger draws on Arendt’s life and thought to make the case that friendship — not truth alone — is what can hold a fractured political world together, in A World We Share.
12/12/26 – Gal Beckerman: An Atlantic staff writer traces ten qualities of moral courage across history, from Socrates to Soviet refuseniks, to show how ordinary people find the nerve to say no, in How to Be a Dissident.
1/9/27 – Jared Stone: A young Princeton graduate distills four thousand years of Jewish history into an accessible, clear-eyed guide for navigating today’s charged conversations about Israel, in A Brief History of Israel and the Jewish People.
2/6/27 – Judge Roy Altman: A sitting U.S. federal judge puts the world’s most contentious debate on trial, applying courtroom-tested standards of proof to separate fact from propaganda, in Israel on Trial: Examining the History, the Evidence, and the Law.
6/5/27 – Betsy Fischer: The inspiring true story of Gadi Yarkoni, an Eshkol Regional Council mayor who lost his legs and his closest friends defending his community, yet met tragedy with resilience and faith, in Even After Everything.
Stay for the wisdom. Stay for the food. Leave deeply inspired.
Move to the Head of the C.L.A.S.S. – Become a Luncheon Sponsor! Support this unforgettable series and receive exclusive benefits:
- Platinum $360 – Sit with a speaker at the luncheon (based on availability) +1 signed book per family
- Gold $180 – 1 signed book per family
- Silver $100 – Recognition and gratitude for supporting C.L.A.S.S.
In observance of Shabbat, books will be available for purchase before and after each scheduled speaker, with signed bookplates. Details to be announced.
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