Adult Education Classes
Dive into jewish learning at any level
2024-2025 Classes in person and on Zoom
B'Nai Torah Info Session
Nov. 20, 6:30 pm on zoom with Rabbi Oren, register here.
B’NAI TORAH: A UNIQUE AND MOVING EXPERIENCE
Did you miss out on celebrating becoming Bar/Bat mitzvah as a child? Have you recently converted to Judaism and are looking for your next learning opportunity? Are you interested in learning Judaism’s basic tenants and skills to participate in services?
Engage in a wide variety of Jewish topics, from liturgy to history to theology and beyond, and learn how to read Hebrew. Our experience concludes on Shavuot with a B’nai Mitzvah ceremony.
**This class will happen if there are at least five community members interested.**
Mussar learning with rabbi oren
What is Mussar? An ancient Jewish way of learning and living to help us grow into our very best selves. Mussar teachs that the soul is the primary essence of who we are and we do not necessarily experience our inner lives in this way. Instead, we develop a belief that our selves, our egos, form our primary identity. In following the path of Mussar to build our inner lives, we will learn to come to appreciate the difference between self and soul, and especially to develop an understanding of the ideal relationship we can foster between these two dimensions.
What Happens Next? THE BIBLE AFTER THE FIVE BOOKS
2nd Thursdays, 5:30-7:00 pm, December to May, at Rams Head Pub, 2282 NW Hoyt Street
Dates: 12/12/24 (2 Samuel 1-10), 1/9/25 (2 Samuel 11-24), 2/13/25 (1 Kings 1-11), *WEDNESDAY: 3/12/25 (1 Kings 12-22), 4/10/25 (2 Kings 1-12), 5/8/25 (2 Kings 13-25). Register Here.
Each year our Torah cycle leaves us standing poised with the ancient Israelites as they prepare to go down into the Promised Land. This reading group will explore the next part of the story, from our entry to the land to the Babylonian captivity.
Intro to Israel: Understanding the Land, People, and Culture
4th Thursdays of the month, 5 Sessions, 6:30 pm – 8 pm on Zoom, Jan-June
Dates: 1/23/25 – The Land, 2/27 – What is Zionism?, 3/27 – Formation of Modern State, 5/22 – War & Changing Geography, 6/26 – Peace. Register Here.
The number 1 reason adult Jews say that keeps them from being more Jewishly active is that they simply don’t know enough. That is certainly true when it comes to Israel.
Israel’s history, culture and people have always been and will continue to be distinctly nuanced and complex. This course will present historical events and statistics pertaining to Israel and facilitate each learner’s critical analysis of a wide range of subject matter, perspectives, and experiences. Topics include the founding of the State of Israel, a timeline of Jewish history in the region, the various versions of Zionism, and the path to becoming an independent country.
This course is for those who want to really get the building blocks to better understand how to sift through the many talking points thrown at us today.
Torah Study with Rabbi Oren
Weekly on Thursdays from 12:15pm – 1:30pm
Join Rabbi Oren and others to study together on Thursdays both in person and on zoom. Hope to see you in person, or join on zoom.