THE SYNAGOGUE: ITS HISTORY, CUSTOMS AND GROWTH with Dr. Michael Pytlik ZOOM THURSDAYS, NOON – 1:30 PM Oct. 31; Nov. 7, 14, 21; Dec. 5, 12, 19; Jan. 9 The concept of the synagogue as a place of worship started long before the destruction of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans in 70 ...
THE RESISTANCE OF WOMEN DURING THE HOLOCAUST with Dr. Katie Chaka Parks In-Person | Holocaust Memorial Center - Zekelman Family Campus THURSDAYS, 1 – 2:15 PM Nov. 7, 14, 21 The Holocaust was not inevitable. Rather, it was the result of choices made over time by individuals and groups of people to be perpetrators, collaborators ...
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF: FROM THE PALE OF SETTLEMENT TO THE BROADWAY STAGE with Dr. Avi Blitz ZOOM THURSDAYS, 7:30 – 8:45 PM Nov 7, 14, 21; Dec. 5 Explore the world of author Sholem Aleichem, the man whose stories inspired the Broadway musical, Fiddler on the Roof. Begin by reading The Railroad Stories and ...
PARSHA HASHAVUAH (WEEKLY TORAH PORTION) Community Rabbis, Cantors and Educators ZOOM FRIDAYS, 10 – 11 AM · Series 1: Sept. 13, 20, 27; Nov. 1, 8, 15, 22; Dec. 6, 13, 20 · Series 2: Jan 10, 17, 24, 31; Feb. 7, 14, 21, 28; Mar. 7, 14 · Series 3: Mar. 21, 28; Apr. ...
READING THE BOOK OF GENESIS AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TIME with Rabbi Joseph Klein ZOOM FRIDAYS, 11:30 AM – 1 PM Nov. 1, 8, 15, 22; Dec. 6, 13, 20; Jan. 3 The Book of Genesis has for too long been wrongly transmitted as Sunday School stories. And, because we tell these stories to children, ...
For the first time, in a single volume (It Takes Two to Torah: An Orthodox Rabbi and Reform Journalist Discuss and Debate Their Way Through the Five Books of Moses), readers can take a tour of the entire Torah through the medium of one challenging, instructive, irreverent, animated conversation. Rabbi Dov Linzer , an Orthodox ...
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE TALMUD: TURN IT AND TURN IT, FOR EVERTHING IS IN IT with Rabbi Yonatan Dahlen In-Person I Max M. Fisher Federation Building MONDAYS, 9:30 – 11 AM Oct. 28; Nov. 4, 11, 18; Dec. 9, 16 It has been the key to Jewish survival and continuity for nearly two millennia, yet ...
MODERN JEWISH MEDICAL ETHICS with Jill Gutmann ZOOM MONDAYS, 10 – 11:30 AM Monthly : Oct. 28; Nov. 18; Dec. 16; Jan. 27; Feb. 24; Mar. 24; Apr. 28; May 19; June 16 Take a deep dive into the hot medical issues of the day with bioethicist Jill Gutmann. Whether the subject is public ...
BETTER TOGETHER, LOVE AND KINDNESS IN JUDAISM with Rabbi Tzvi Muller In-Person I Max M. Fisher Federation Building MONDAYS, NOON – 1 PM Nov. 4, 11, 18; Dec. 2, 9, 16 The world is desperately in need of more kindness. As Jews, we are often the targets of the most virulent hatred and cruelty. However, ...
THE JEWS AND ISLAM with Professor Howard Lupovitch ZOOM TUESDAYS, 7 – 8:30 PM Nov. 12, 19; Dec. 3, 10, 17 Explore the long, tortuous relationship between Judaism and Islam, and between Jews and Muslims, in all its complexity and variations. Learn about the common “Abrahamic” elements of the two communities; why, for more than ...
WISDOM WEDNESDAYS – THE CONTINUING MORAL VOICE OF RABBI JONATHAN SACKS with Rabbi Michele Faudem ON ZOOM - WEDNESDAYS, 10:30 – 11:45 AM Series 1: Sept. 11, 18, 25; Oct. 9, 30; Nov. 6, 13, 20 Series 2: Dec. 11, 18; Jan. 8, 15, 22, 29; Feb. 5, 12 * Series 3: ...
JEWS IN THE THEATER with Rabbi Aaron Bergman ZOOM WEDNESDAYS, NOON – 1:30 PM Oct. 30; Nov. 6, 13, 20 You may be familiar with the Jewish character Shylock from Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice, or you may know that Jewish people have been involved in Broadway productions from its inception. But did you know ...
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