ADULT EDUCATION

B'nai Zion
Adult Education

Jewish Learning for our
congregational community


We hope you enjoy these courses offered during 5772.


May your study be a source of life, wisdom, healing and kindness.

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Beginnings of Judaism

Monday evenings, 7-8:30pm, beginning November 7th
“…a spirited and provocative exploration of how the Jewish faith struggled to continually redefine itself during the first thousand years … tenaciously clinging to existence through circumstances that might well have torn it asunder.” (24 sessions)
Video lecture followed by discussion.
This course is free of charge.

Rabbi’s Reading Circle
Tuesday evenings, 5:30-6:00pm, Continuing throughout the year, with Rabbi Cantor
Join us as we discuss a chapter-a-week from the insightful book, “Gateway to Judaism” by Rabbi Mordechai Becher.
This course is free of charge, but please purchase your own copy of the book.

Synagogue Skills 101 with Rabbi Cantor
Tuesday evenings, 6:30-8pm, November 1st through mid-May
Three privileges of being a Jewish adult (“bar/bat mitzvah”) are leading services, chanting scripture, and teaching Torah.
Classes in leading the weekday and Sabbath prayer services with understanding, Torah reading, and how to compose and deliver a D’var Torah. At the conclusion of the course, participants will be eligible to celebrate an “Adult Bar/Bat Mitzvah.”
Reading Hebrew is a prerequisite for this course

This course is only open to members of B’nai Zion and is free of charge. However if you choose to be part of the Adult Bar/Bat Mitzvah, there will be a financial obligation

Walking with Life

Wednesday evenings, 6:30pm, beginning November 2nd
An exploration of the “liminal moments” of the Jewish life cycle through the study and discussion of traditional texts and modern essays. (12 sessions)
$10 for members; $20 for non-members

Have questions?
Contact Jason Cathcart,
Director of Congregational Learning:
bzedyouth@gmail.com or 894-8900 x103


"When you study Torah, God speaks to you, when you pray, you speak to God" - Abraham Joshua Heschel

 

 

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