Friday, December 5, 2025
5:30 pm: Kabbalat Shabbat/Ma’ariv Services in the Milstein Sanctuary and livestream.
6:30 pm: Friday night dinner for TIC members (pre-registration is required). Please register here by Sunday, November 30.
7:30 pm: Program: “Report on the Ground” with Haviv Rettig Gur in the Milstein Sanctuary and livestream, followed by dessert. Open to the public. Please register here by Tuesday, December 2.
Babysitting will be available during the dinner and evening program.
Shabbat, December 6, 2025
9:15 am: Shabbat morning services in the Milstein Sanctuary and livestream, followed by kiddush. Haviv Rettig Gur will give the sermon on “Is There Still a Single, Whole Jewish People?” (at approximately 11:00 am). Please register here by Tuesday, December 2.
1:00 pm (after kiddush): “The Great Misinterpretation: How Palestinians Think About Israelis” with Haviv Rettig Gur in the Milstein Sanctuary and livestream. Please register here by Tuesday, December 2.
Open to the public. Babysitting will be available during the discussion.
Haviv Rettig Gur is an Israeli journalist, host of Ask Haviv Anything podcast, Middle East analyst at The Free Press, and senior analyst at The Times of Israel.
He has covered Israeli politics and the country’s foreign and regional policies, as well as its relationship with the Jewish diaspora. He has reported from over 20 countries on the issues of the day. He is fluent in Hebrew and English, lectures in Israel and abroad on Israeli society and history, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and more. He served as director of communications for the Jewish Agency for Israel, Israel’s largest NGO, and was an early advocate and lobbyist for SpaceIL, working to advance science and space education through the construction and launch of an Israeli spacecraft. He teaches about the intersection of journalism, history and politics at prestigious Israeli premilitary academies.
This Shabbaton is made possible by the Rabbi Gordon Tucker Fund for Jewish Learning, Thought and Culture. Please click here if you are interested in contributing to this fund to help support future events.
Details can be found in the TIC weekly email. Questions? Please contact Rebecca Stulberger, Program and Communications Manager.
