Joe Chuman: The Triumphs and Challenges to Human Rights
Ceremonial Hall (4th Floor) 2 W 64th St, New YorkLast Look: WBAI Fundraiser with Malachy McCourt, David Rothenberg, and John McDonagh
Ceremonial Hall (4th Floor) 2 W 64th St, New YorkPractical Ethics: ‘Man Plans, God Laughs: Is There Rhyme or Reason to Reality?’
Adler Study (514) 2 W 64th St., New YorkLunch with the League of Women Voters: E-Vehicles–Can NYC Make Them Safer?
Ceremonial Hall (4th Floor) 2 W 64th St, New YorkAll The Court’s a Stage: The People Versus Lenny Bruce
Ceremonial Hall (4th Floor) 2 W 64th St, New YorkFree Educational Performance and Demonstration: ‘Communi-tree: Dances About Nature’
Adler Hall 2 W 64th St, New York‘Arbor’ World Premiere with Artist in Residence Jody Sperling, Time Lapse Dance, and Matthew Burtner
Adler Hall 2 W 64th St, New York- No events scheduled for November 18, 2023.
Week of Events
Young Ethical Explorers – Communi-Tree Workshop: Baring Our Branches!
Young Ethical Explorers – Communi-Tree Workshop: Baring Our Branches!
Join us for our third Communi-Tree Workshop: Baring our Branches! Strengthening our Roots!! A workshop about nature’s communication systems on earth, and our relationship to the trees as nature’s teachers....
Young Ethical Explorers
Young Ethical Explorers
Details TBA. Newcomers are always welcome! To join, please RSVP to Youth Programs Director Audrey Kindred at youngethicalexplorers@gmail.com. For more information about our youth and family programming, please visit www.ethical.nyc/youth. Young Ethical Explorers is...
Joe Chuman: The Triumphs and Challenges to Human Rights
Joe Chuman: The Triumphs and Challenges to Human Rights
In-person and online! This December 10th marks the 75th anniversary since the proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In conjunction with the occasion, the New York Society has...
Ethics in The News: Israel and Palestine (Hybrid)
Ethics in The News: Israel and Palestine (Hybrid)
In-person and online! Join in the lively give-and-take on compelling issues and current events and bring your own ideas. Member Joe Fashing moderates. Suggested Readings Israel is About to Make...
Last Look: WBAI Fundraiser with Malachy McCourt, David Rothenberg, and John McDonagh
Last Look: WBAI Fundraiser with Malachy McCourt, David Rothenberg, and John McDonagh
Author Malachy McCourt and Broadway Producer and founder of the Fortune Society David Rothenberg will have a fundraiser for WBAI in our Ceremonial Hall on November 12! LAST LOOK, a...
Practical Ethics: ‘Man Plans, God Laughs: Is There Rhyme or Reason to Reality?’
Practical Ethics: ‘Man Plans, God Laughs: Is There Rhyme or Reason to Reality?’
Free in-person and online! In this program we’ll explore the ethics of living by reading a short story that highlights an ethical dilemma. The stories are generally available, and they...
Say Yes to Science with Dr. Carol Portlock (Online)
Say Yes to Science with Dr. Carol Portlock (Online)
Thanks to vaccines and other medical innovation, COVID-19 is now endemic. On 1st and 3rd Mondays at 11am, clinical psychologist Frank Corigliano will continue to address your concerns about managing day-to-day during this trying...
Board of Trustees Meeting
Board of Trustees Meeting
Any Society Member who wishes to attend in-person or online via Zoom can contact Executive Director Robert Liebeskind for access, at rliebskind@nysec.org.
Lunch with the League of Women Voters: E-Vehicles–Can NYC Make Them Safer?
Lunch with the League of Women Voters: E-Vehicles–Can NYC Make Them Safer?
Electric bikes and scooters are an increasingly popular and convenient way to move around New York City, but with their rapid rise in use there is growing concern about their...
Aspects of Aging: If Only I’d Known
Aspects of Aging: If Only I’d Known
Aspects of Aging continues at a new time, led by geriatric care expert and Society President Liz Singer, exploring how to plan for, enjoy, and flourish in one's later years....
All The Court’s a Stage: The People Versus Lenny Bruce
All The Court’s a Stage: The People Versus Lenny Bruce
Don't miss this award-winning Broadway cast, followed by a Q&A with the actors, playwright Susan Charlotte, and legendary attorney Marty Garbus, who helped defend Lenny Bruce at his obscenity trial...
Speaking of Science with Dr. Arnold Markowitz: What’s New in Colon Cancer Screening and Prevention (Online)
Speaking of Science with Dr. Arnold Markowitz: What’s New in Colon Cancer Screening and Prevention (Online)
Join us for Speaking of Science, our monthly series exploring the intersection of science and ethics. This month we're joined by Memorial Sloan Kettering gastroenterologist Dr. Arnold Markowitz, who will...
Pathways to Ethical Culture: Adler’s Philosophy and the New Naturalism of John Dewey
Pathways to Ethical Culture: Adler’s Philosophy and the New Naturalism of John Dewey
Ethical Culture is a humanist community that esteems ethics as its core precept, human worth and dignity as its central value, and community, sustainability and freedom as its principal goals. Where did Ethical Culture come from? What does...
Great Literature Discussion: ‘The Magic Mountain’ by Thomas Mann (Online)
Great Literature Discussion: ‘The Magic Mountain’ by Thomas Mann (Online)
Literary works will be discussed based on what can be found in the text in order to enrich each other’s interpretation of the novel/novella. All are welcome to join and...
Free Educational Performance and Demonstration: ‘Communi-tree: Dances About Nature’
Free Educational Performance and Demonstration: ‘Communi-tree: Dances About Nature’
The New York Society for Ethical Culture and Jody Sperling/Time Lapse Dance present: Communi-tree is an educational dance program offering a creative experience of nature for children grades 4-12. The Time...
Let’s Talk About It: Population Decline
Let’s Talk About It: Population Decline
Free and open to the public! Do you miss our Leader Lunch/Roundtable talks? Good news: we’ve got a replacement! Congenial sessions will again focus on thought-provoking subjects, and as always,...
‘Arbor’ World Premiere with Artist in Residence Jody Sperling, Time Lapse Dance, and Matthew Burtner
‘Arbor’ World Premiere with Artist in Residence Jody Sperling, Time Lapse Dance, and Matthew Burtner
The New York Society for Ethical Culture presents an evening of stunning, nature-inspired works by Eco-Artist-in-Residence Jody Sperling and her Time Lapse Dance ensemble. The program features the world premiere...