5785 Adult Education - Form

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.

Please be sure to log in to your TBE account beforehand - this form will auto-populate with your information.

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Yes! I want to register for Temple Beth-El's Adult Education programs. Please register me for:

"American Jewish Fiction is Alive and Well"

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

Chanting the Tanakh

Cantor Richard Rosenfield
Sundays @10am

In person and on zoom

Prayerbook Hebrew

Cantor Richard Rosenfield
Sundays @11:15 am

In person and on zoom

“The Art of Biblical Narrative: Reading the Book of Samuel”

Ross Brann
Wednesdays, September 11, 18, 25, October 9 @ 7pm

Participants should bring to class a Jewish Publication Society Tanakh

“Jewish Books into Movies: Confronting Modernity”

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 27^th @ 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 8^th @ 7:30pm

“The Kosher and Halal Status of New Food Technologies”

Joe Regenstein
Sunday, November 10 @ 7pm

“Jews and Arabs in British Mandate Jerusalem”

Rebecca Lesses
Wednesday, November 6^th @ 7pm in person at TBE and via Zoom

“Jewish History through Literature: A. B. Yehoshua’s Mr. Mani”

Deborah Starr
Thursdays, January 16, 23, 30 February 6, 13, @ 7pm

Participants should bring to class a copy of Mr. Mani (1993 pb)

“The Book of Esther”

Jason Mokhtarian
Thursdays, February 20, 27, Mar 6 @ 7pm

Participants should bring to class a Jewish Publication Society Tanakh

“The Art of Biblical Poetry: The Book of Amos”

Ross Brann
Wednesdays, March 19, 26, April 9, 16 @ 7pm

Participants should bring to class a Jewish Publication Society Tanakh

“Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel and the Rebbe of Kotsk”

Jonathan Boyarin
Mondays, April 21, 28; May 5 @ 7pm

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