January 26, 2025 @ 9:30 am - 12:00 pm Event Series Beit Sefer Beit Sefer Beit Sefer: Premier Jewish Religious School for Children At Beit Sefer, we provide an enriching Jewish education for children of all ages. Our religious school offers a dynamic curriculum that combines traditional Jewish teachings with modern educational practices. From Hebrew language skills to understanding Jewish history, holidays, and values, our experienced educators are dedicated to ...
January 26, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am Unprecedented Israeli Trauma – A Pioneering Critical response Members Register Here Guest Register Here Havat Marpe (Healing Space Rishpon), founded in response to October 7, provides multi-dimensional therapies for mental and emotional healing and renewal, a pioneering response to the unprecedented traumas affecting Israelis that continue. Dr. Ilana Kwartin is the CEO and long-time activist for women’s rights, with degrees in law, psychology, ...
January 26, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Event Series BE NOAR BE NOAR After a year of research and planning, we are excited to launch a new program for students in grades 8-11. This program, which we are calling BE NOAR (Beth Emet Youth), responds to the needs and desires of our community and reflects what we have learned to be the best current practices in education for ...
January 26, 2025 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Event Series Gesher Gesher Gesher (the Hebrew word for bridge) is designed to bridge the growth of our 7th grade students from children in the Jewish community to being adults. Our students spend this year advancing their understanding of Judaism as a religion, community, and culture as they begin the next stage of their Jewish identities. Gesher's goal is ...
January 26, 2025 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Event Series Conversational Hebrew Conversational Hebrew Learn spoken Hebrew in an Ulpan-like setting. We will read news articles and discuss current events, all in Hebrew. The only prerequisite is basic Hebrew reading skills. Members Register Here Guests Register Here DORIT FLATT is the daughter of Holocaust survivors and grew up in Tel-Aviv, Israel. After completing her IDF service in the paratrooper unit, ...
January 26, 2025 @ 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm Event Series Siddur (Prayerbook) Hebrew with Bluma Stoller Siddur (Prayerbook) Hebrew with Bluma Stoller Please register and read more about the classes here Are you seeking to participate more meaningfully at services? This class will continue to develop Hebrew reading fluency while exploring the vocabulary, structure, and themes of Shabbat worship services and the individual prayers. This class meets a requirement for Adult Kabbalat Mitzvah. Bluma Stoller is a ...
January 26, 2025 @ 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm Event Series Talmidim Talmidim A talmidim is a student, a budding scholar, and this is what we encourage our 11th graders to be. Recognizing the advanced level of critical thinking skills that these students use in school and in viewing the world, we offer an opportunity to apply these skills to the analysis of Jewish history and events happening ...
January 26, 2025 @ 12:15 pm - 1:45 pm Event Series Chavayah Chavayah Chavayah, Hebrew for “experience” focuses on youth empowerment and offers a self-directed and engaging approach to Jewish learning for our 9th and 10th grade students. Chavayah equips young adults with the tools they need to continue the development of their Jewish identities through a diverse collection of learning opportunities. Chavayah features two components: Core Curriculum ...
January 27, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Event Series Shiur B’Internet Shiur B’internet We offer an alternative virtual class for those students who cannot attend Beit Sefer on Thursdays, either due to driving distance or a major year-long conflict on Thursday afternoons. In addition to attending classes on Sundays, these students will also participate in an online class on Monday evenings. Registration is limited and permission from the ...
January 27, 2025 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Event Series Current Poltics Current Politics Members Register Here Guests Register Here A continuing lecture-discussion class on contemporary public issues of interest to Jews as citizens. The November 11 session will focus on interpretation of the 2024 election results. David Zarefsky is the Owen L. Coon Professor Emeritus of Communication Studies at Northwestern University, specializing in argumentation and the analysis and ...
January 28, 2025 @ 9:30 am - 10:15 am Event Series Jamberry with Nicole Jaworski (Co-Sponsored by JBaby) Jamberry with Nicole Jaworski (Co-Sponsored by JBaby) Join us for joyful, collaborative music-making with Nicole Jaworski and Jamberry Music! In this class, you and your little one will bond with each other and make new friends while we sing, dance, play, pretend and experiment with instruments. Class is geared to kids 6 months to 2.5 years old and siblings are welcome to ...
