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5785 Adult Education

Ongoing study of Jewish tradition, history, literature, and thought is a critical component of Jewish life, and a central, dynamic element of Jewish experience. Under the inspired leadership of Rabbi Emeritus Scott Glass and now Rabbi Caleb Brommer, our community has developed multiple opportunities and venues for us to engage Jewish texts and ideas. Adult Education classes are open to all members of the TBE community free of charge. Contributions to the Adult Education Fund support this program and are deeply appreciated. 

Registration is mandatory in order to set up the Social Hall and produce the necessary number of handouts for courses. Please note that some education opportunities are ongoing, and others are one-day events.  You may email us at: adulted@tbeithaca at any time for more information.
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In the late 1970s, Irving Howe predicted that American-Jewish fiction would disappear after the deaths of Bellow, Roth, and Malamud. Happily, he has been proven wrong many times over. Four subjects we keep writing about--and why they never get old.

Joan Leegant
Sunday, September 8, 2024 @ 7 pm in the Social Hall and via Zoom

 

Cantor Richard Rosenfield
Sundays @10am

In person and on zoom

Cantor Richard Rosenfield
Sundays @11:15 am

In person and on zoom
Ross Brann
Wednesdays, September 11, 18, 25, October 9 @ 7pm

Participants should bring to class a Jewish Publication Society Tanakh
Rebecca Lesses
Wednesday, November 6th @ 7pm in person at TBE and via Zoom
Joe Regenstein
Sunday, November 10 @ 7pm
Elliot Shapiro
 
Short story: Samson Raphaelson. “The Day of Atonement” (pub. 1922)
Movie: The Jazz Singer (dir. Alan Crosland 1927)
Thursday, November 21st @ 7:30pm

Novella: Abraham Cahan. Yekl: A Tale of the New York Ghetto (pub. 1896)
Movie: Hester Street (dir. Joan Micklin Silver 1975)
Thursday March 27th @ 7:30pm

Short story: Isaac Bashevis Singer. “Yentl the Yeshiva Boy.” (pub. 1963: in Yiddish, then in English)
Movie: Yentl (dir. Barbra Streisand 1983)
Thursday, May 8th @ 7:30pm

Join Susan Arnsten-Russell to cultivate creativity in a Jewish context using  The Jewish Studio Project’s methodology, the Jewish Studio Process (JSP). Art is not just for artists and Jewish texts are not just for scholars.  JSP programs combine practices from the field of art therapy with a reimagined approach to traditional Jewish learning to help activate the creative potential that lives inside each and every one of us.  The methodology includes textual inquiry/biet midrash, havruta learning pairs, intention setting, art making and witness/reflective writing.  For more information, please email Susan at: sarnsten@gmail.com
Deborah Starr
Thursdays, January 16, 23, 30 February 6, 13, @ 7pm

Participants should bring to class a copy of Mr. Mani (1993 pb)
Jason Mokhtarian
Thursdays, February 20, 27, Mar 6 @ 7pm

Participants should bring to class a Jewish Publication Society Tanakh
 
In the midst of the Hamas attacks and subsequent war in Gaza, Hand in Hand continues its important work building Jewish-Arab partnership and shared society in Israel. With over 2,000 Jewish and Arab students in its network of integrated and bilingual schools across Israel, Hand in Hand is a model of what Israel can and should look like.
 
Come meet Hand in Hand co-founder Lee Gordon and learn how over the next ten years, Hand in Hand aims to create a network of up to 10-15 integrated bilingual schools, supported and enhanced by active communities, involving thousands of Israeli citizens.  For more background on Hand in Hand, visit: www.handinhandk12.org

Lee Gordon
Sunday, March 9 2025 @ 7pm
Ross Brann
Wednesdays, March 19, 26, April 9, 16 @ 7pm

Participants should bring to class a Jewish Publication Society Tanakh
Jonathan Boyarin
Mondays, April 21, 28; May 5 @ 7pm
Temple members may donate today or mail a check to the office.  Your donation and financial support of Temple Beth-El is greatly appreciated!
Sat, December 21 2024 20 Kislev 5785