Jan 27-28: Scholar-in-residence weekend with JTS Fellow, Professor Nancy Sinkoff: The Jewish Community and American Political Life Nancy Sinkoff is a JTS Fellow and associate professor of Jewish Studies and History and director of the Center for European Studies at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. She is the Elizabeth and J. Richardson Dilworth fellow in Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study, 2016-2017. She is completing an intellectual biography entitled "From Left to Right: Lucy S. Dawidowicz, the New York Intellectuals, and the Politics of Jewish History." Her fields of interest include East European Jewish intellectual history, the Enlightenment, gender, and Jewish politics. Friday Jan 27, approx 7:45pm (following 7pm services): "Thou Shalt Vote Liberal": Is THIS the 11th Commandment for American Jews? The stereotype is that American Jews vote for liberal candidates. To what extent has this been true? How do historians explain American Jewish voting patterns? Free and open to the public. Followed by shabbat dinner, 8:30pm, $18/members, $25/non-members (RSVP by Jan 24) Sat Jan 28, approx 11:45am (following services): Did American Jews Ever Agree About Israel?​ To what extent has Israel ever been a consensus issue among American Jews? What role have Zionism and Israel played in American Jewish civic life? Free and open to the public, followed by kiddush/refreshments Sat Jan 28, approx 1:15pm: Benjamin Franklin in the Eastern European Yeshiva? How did the writings of one of the American founding fathers influence the direction of traditional Judaism? Free and open to the public United Synagogue of Hoboken, 115 Park Avenue, Hoboken NJ 07030 RSVP for all programs at www.hobokensynagogue.org With the support of the Jewish Theological Seminary