March 20, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am Fat Torah with Rabbi Minna Bromberg Weight stigma causes discrimination against the largest among us... in education, healthcare, employment, and beyond. It is also damaging to the mental health of people of all sizes. Jewish tradition ...
March 22, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Q and A with Israeli Consul Daniel Aschheim This program will begin with a briefing by Israeli Consul Daniel Aschheim to give us clarity about the positions of the Israeli government. Most of the session will be devoted ...
March 24, 2022 @ 7:15 pm - 8:30 pm POSTPONED: Conversations to Nourish Our Soul with Marci Dickman This program has been postponed till Wednesday, April 20 Explore your spirituality or connection to the Mystery or the Divine in the world. We will use the prayerbook, poetry, and ...
March 25, 2022 @ 9:30 am - 10:35 am A Close Look at Torah with Rabbi Andrea London A Close Look at Torah There are many ways to interpret Torah and its nuances of meaning that are often overlooked. We will continue our learning from last year, reading and interpreting the text of ...
March 25, 2022 @ 11:00 am - 12:15 pm D’tazch, Adash, B’Ahav: A Key to Understanding the Plagues with Sam Fleischacker Do the plagues in the exodus story have any structure, or are they just ten different ways of trying to get the Egyptians to let the Israelites go? The rabbis ...
April 1, 2022 @ 9:30 am - 10:35 am A Close Look at Torah with Rabbi Andrea London A Close Look at Torah There are many ways to interpret Torah and its nuances of meaning that are often overlooked. We will continue our learning from last year, reading and interpreting the text of ...
April 1, 2022 @ 11:00 am - 12:15 pm *Postponed* Sabbatical: A Roadmap to Communal Equity and Eco-Sustainability with Rabbi Aryeh Bernstein This program has been postponed to Fall 2022. This past Rosh HaShanah, the Jewish calendar entered the sh'mita year, the once-every-seven-years biblical sabbatical. While in our contemporary Western context sabbatical ...
April 3, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am Is the Book of Ruth a Feminist Work? with Rabbi Marianne Novak The Book of Ruth is unique in that its narrative has two women talking with one another. Can it be considered a possible feminist book of the Torah or is ...
April 7, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm The Power of Hope: Standing Together in Israel/Palestine In partnership with J Street and the New Israel Fund, we welcome Omdim Beyachad (Standing Together). Alon-Lee Green, founder and National Director of Omdim Beyachad, and Sally Abed, a prominent ...
