Scholar in Residence Weekend with Dr. Masua Sagiv

Name: Scholar in Residence Weekend with Dr. Masua Sagiv
Start: 2026-01-09T18:30:00-05:00
End: 2026-01-10T13:30:00-05:00
Location: Congregation Beth El, Bethesda, Maryland

Schedule

Fri, 09 Jan, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Sat, 10 Jan, 2026 at 01:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Congregation Beth El, Bethesda, Maryland | Bethesda, MD

We are pleased to welcome Dr. Masua Sagiv as our Scholar in Residence January 9-10.
Dr. Masua Sagiv is a Senior Faculty member of the Shalom Hartman Institute based in the San Francisco Bay Area and the Koret Visiting Assistant Professor of Jewish and Israel Studies at the Helen Diller Institute, U.C. Berkeley. Sagiv’s scholarly work focuses on the development of contemporary Judaism in Israel, as a culture, religion, nationality, and as part of Israel’s identity as a Jewish and democratic state. Her research explores the role of law, state actors, and civil society organizations in promoting social change across diverse issues: shared society, religion and gender, religion and state, and Jewish peoplehood.
Join us on Friday, January 9 for the kick off of our Scholar in Residence Weekend with Dr. Masua Sagiv of the Shalom Hartman Institute. We will welcome Shabbat together at 6:30 pm, followed by a congregational Shabbat Dinner at 7:30 pm. After dinner, we will hear from Scholar in Residence Masua Sagiv, who will speak on “Divisions and Compromise in Israeli Society: What Will Happen in the Elections?” Go to https://www.bethelmc.org/events/scholar-0109/ to register for dinner.
Stay after services and kiddush on Saturday, January 10, at 12:30 pm for a Shabbat Discussion with our Scholar in Residence guest speaker, Dr. Masua Sagiv. She will speak on “Is Everything Going to Change? Israel After the Ceasefire.” Go to https://www.bethelmc.org/events/shabbat-discussion-0110/ to RSVP.