Adult Education

Halakha & The Art of Communal Prayer

For more than two thousand years the Jewish world has been trying to understand what makes prayer “work”, not just as an exercise for the individual reaching towards God, but for a group of people doing so in tandem.  In this class we will explore the ways in which Jewish laws relating to prayer serve (counterintuitively) as the basis for community-building, providing a  framework within which worshippers of diverse backgrounds and needs can come together to engage in a meaningful spiritual exercise.

We will be looking at some of the fundamental rules that govern Jewish worship: what is said, by whom, when, and in what context and asking what these statutes tell us about the act of communal prayer in a Jewish context.  We will also discuss the process of promulgating halakha (Jewish law): how are halakhic decisions made? by whom? within what guidelines? How has the interpretation of different statutes evolved over time and across communities?  Illustrations will be drawn from traditional sources as well as contemporary teshuvot (explications of rabbinic thinking and decision-making) adopted by the Conservative Movement.

Rabbi Safman & Rabbi Brody                    

October 20th session is HERE

October 27th session is HERE

November 3rd session is HERE Passcode: uc*M!Q3u

November 10th session is HERE

What Rav Dimi Taught Me

A Study of the Talmud through the eyes of a wandering Jew

Rabbi Suzanne Brody
Thursday at 12 Noon beginning October 7, 2021. (Newcomers welcome).

Chanting the Tanakh

Cantor Richard Rosenfield
Sundays @ 10 AM beginning October 31, 2021.

One Day Classes

Fishy Kosher Questions: Swordfish, Sturgeon.......Tuna?!?

Joe Regenstein
Wednesday, October 6, 2021 @ 7:00 PM

Persia and the Rabbis

With three weeks until Purim, learn about Persia's importance to the Sages.

Jason Mokhtarian
Thursdays - February 24, March 3, and March 10, 2022 at 7 PM.