The Peaceful Grandparent Project with Jane Shapiro February 18, 2025 @ 7:30 pm - 8:45 pm The peaceful Grandparent Project with Jane Shapiro Price of registration is $100 Members Register Here Guests Register Here Are you a grandparent wondering about your evolving role in your family? Do you strive to build a strong relationship with your grandchildren? Want to share Jewish values and instill Jewish pride in them? Looking to communicate more openly with your adult children? Beth ...
Finding Balance, with Marci Dickman February 20, 2025 @ 7:15 pm - 8:30 pm Finding a Balance, With Marci Dickman Speaking from our hearts, finding greater equanimity and balance in turbulent times - not easy to do. We will use poetry, songs and lyrics, Jewish text, and our own experiences to reflect on ourselves and explore our reactions to the world around us. This class is open to all and will follow the pattern of ...
Israeli Author Etgar Keret’s Short Stories: Parents and Children Through an Israeli Looking Glass led by Member Hanna Tzuker-Seltzer February 23, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am Members Register Here Guests Register Here Beth Emet member Dr. Hanna Tzuker-Seltzer will discuss two stories by the Israeli writer Etgar Keret: "Pride and Joy" and "Breaking the Pig." The stories focus on the complex relationships between parents and children in Israel, raising questions, including whether these stories are particularly Israeli or rather universal. Copies ...
The Peaceful Grandparent Project with Jane Shapiro February 25, 2025 @ 7:30 pm - 8:45 pm The peaceful Grandparent Project with Jane Shapiro Price of registration is $100 Members Register Here Guests Register Here Are you a grandparent wondering about your evolving role in your family? Do you strive to build a strong relationship with your grandchildren? Want to share Jewish values and instill Jewish pride in them? Looking to communicate more openly with your adult children? Beth ...
A Close Look at Prophets with Rabbi Andrea London February 28, 2025 @ 9:30 am - 10:30 am A Close Look at Prophets with Rabbi Andrea London There are many ways to interpret our Tanach and its nuances of meaning that are often overlooked. Having completed our Close Look at Torah this past May, we turn to N’viim / Prophets, beginning with Joshua. New learners are always welcome. If you are new, please register below. Additionally if you plan to participate online, ...
Resilience-A Sansei Sense of Legacy March 7, 2025 @ 11:30 am - 2:30 pm Illinois Holocaust Museum 9603 Woods Dr, Skokie Members Register Here Guests Register Here During World War II, approximately 120,000 people of Japanese descent were forcibly moved to and incarcerated in internment camps located in remote areas of the Midwest and western United States. About two-thirds of them were American citizens. Tour a special exhibition at the Holocaust Museum of eight artists who ...
A Close Look at Prophets with Rabbi Andrea London March 14, 2025 @ 9:30 am - 10:30 am A Close Look at Prophets with Rabbi Andrea London There are many ways to interpret our Tanach and its nuances of meaning that are often overlooked. Having completed our Close Look at Torah this past May, we turn to N’viim / Prophets, beginning with Joshua. New learners are always welcome. If you are new, please register below. Additionally if you plan to participate online, ...
Finding Balance, with Marci Dickman March 20, 2025 @ 7:15 pm - 8:30 pm Finding a Balance, With Marci Dickman Speaking from our hearts, finding greater equanimity and balance in turbulent times - not easy to do. We will use poetry, songs and lyrics, Jewish text, and our own experiences to reflect on ourselves and explore our reactions to the world around us. This class is open to all and will follow the pattern of ...
A Close Look at Prophets with Rabbi Andrea London March 21, 2025 @ 9:30 am - 10:30 am A Close Look at Prophets with Rabbi Andrea London There are many ways to interpret our Tanach and its nuances of meaning that are often overlooked. Having completed our Close Look at Torah this past May, we turn to N’viim / Prophets, beginning with Joshua. New learners are always welcome. If you are new, please register below. Additionally if you plan to participate online, ...
Shabbat as a Spiritual Practice, with Rabbi Dr. Rivkah (Roberta) Glick March 21, 2025 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Shabbat as a Spiritual Practice, with Rabbi Dr. Rivkah (Roberta) Glick Members Register Here Guests Register Here It may be difficult to be kind and compassionate in the midst of uncertainty, injustice, racism, poverty, and severe climate crises across the planet. Yet each week we have Shabbat, our time for taking in all the experiences of the week and a time of consolidation and contemplation. Shabbat ...
Understanding Israel Issues March 26, 2025 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Members Register Here Guests Register Here Beyond the headlines and generalities, what are key issues for Israel really about? Our two speakers will provide insights on selected key issues, with time for questions and comments. Zach Selch is the Chair of the Israel Committee. Zach Selch grew up in Beer Sheva and served as ...
A Close Look at Prophets with Rabbi Andrea London March 28, 2025 @ 9:30 am - 10:30 am A Close Look at Prophets with Rabbi Andrea London There are many ways to interpret our Tanach and its nuances of meaning that are often overlooked. Having completed our Close Look at Torah this past May, we turn to N’viim / Prophets, beginning with Joshua. New learners are always welcome. If you are new, please register below. Additionally if you plan to participate online, ...
