Stamford – Dr. Rivka Press Schwartz, associate principal of general studies at SAR High School in New York, will be featured speaker at the Scholar-in-Residence Series, to be held on four Wednesdays (also April 25, May 2, 9 and 23) at 8 p.m.; the theme of the series is “Living an Orthodox Life in the Modern World;” First topic: “Towards a Modern Orthodox Ethic of Sacrifice,” a discussion of how, even as we embrace all of the opportunities that are open to us today as contemporary Orthodox Jews, we need to better prepare ourselves and our children for the unavoidable moments in which we have to make choices that declare our values; Congregation Agudath Sholom. FREE