Sunday, November 12, 2023

• Featured November 12, 2023 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM

  Featured Young Ethical Explorers – Communi-Tree Workshop: Baring Our Branches!


Featured Sun November 2023 | 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM

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....

• Featured November 12, 2023 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

  Featured Young Ethical Explorers


Featured Sun November 2023 | 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

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...

• Featured November 12, 2023 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

  Featured Joe Chuman: The Triumphs and Challenges to Human Rights


Featured Sun November 2023 | 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

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...

• Featured November 12, 2023 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

  Featured Ethics in The News: Israel and Palestine (Hybrid)


Featured Sun November 2023 | 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

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...

• Featured November 12, 2023 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

  Featured Last Look: WBAI Fundraiser with Malachy McCourt, David Rothenberg, and John McDonagh


Featured Sun November 2023 | 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

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...

Monday, November 13, 2023

• Featured November 13, 2023 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

  Featured Practical Ethics: ‘Man Plans, God Laughs: Is There Rhyme or Reason to Reality?’


Featured Mon November 2023 | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

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...

• Featured November 13, 2023 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

  Featured Say Yes to Science with Dr. Carol Portlock (Online)


Featured Mon November 2023 | 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

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...

• Featured November 13, 2023 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM

  Featured Board of Trustees Meeting


Featured Mon November 2023 | 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM

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.

Tuesday, November 14, 2023

• Featured November 14, 2023 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

  Featured Lunch with the League of Women Voters: E-Vehicles–Can NYC Make Them Safer?


Featured Tue November 2023 | 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

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...

• Featured November 14, 2023 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

  Featured Aspects of Aging: If Only I’d Known


Featured Tue November 2023 | 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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....

Wednesday, November 15, 2023

• Featured November 15, 2023 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

  Featured All The Court’s a Stage: The People Versus Lenny Bruce


Featured Wed November 2023 | 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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...

• Featured November 15, 2023 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

  Featured Great Literature Discussion: ‘The Magic Mountain’ by Thomas Mann (Online)


Featured Wed November 2023 | 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

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...

• Featured November 15, 2023 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

  Featured Pathways to Ethical Culture: Adler’s Philosophy and the New Naturalism of John Dewey


Featured Wed November 2023 | 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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...

• Featured November 15, 2023 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

  Featured Speaking of Science with Dr. Arnold Markowitz: What’s New in Colon Cancer Screening and Prevention (Online)


Featured Wed November 2023 | 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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...

Thursday, November 16, 2023

• Featured November 16, 2023 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM

  Featured Free Educational Performance and Demonstration: ‘Communi-tree: Dances About Nature’


Featured Thu November 2023 | 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM

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...

• Featured November 16, 2023 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM

  Featured Let’s Talk About It: Population Decline


Featured Thu November 2023 | 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM

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,...

Friday, November 17, 2023

• Featured November 17, 2023 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

  Featured ‘Arbor’ World Premiere with Artist in Residence Jody Sperling, Time Lapse Dance, and Matthew Burtner


Featured Fri November 2023 | 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

‘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...

Saturday, November 18, 2023

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