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Adult Education

Under the guidance of Rabbi Cohen and Rabbi Locketz, Bet Shalom offers a wide variety of educational opportunities. Listed below are topics and classes that are currently being offered.

Topics and Classes Currently Being Offered/Ongoing        (back to top)
Adult Education Classes Pirke Avot Class 1st Thursdays
Liturgy Lesson Basics of Judaism
Torah Study Adult B'nai Mitzvah Study
Reading/Chanting Torah Ritual Committee
Oneg Baking Social Action Opportunities
Beginning Prayerbook Hebrew Family Shabbat Dinners
Topics and Classes Offered in the Past        (back to top)
 
  Talmud Study Understanding Israeli Politics
  Holocaust Midrash Study
  Hebrew Marathon Book Study Chavurah
  Finding God The Jewish Life Cycle
  Enhancing Our Experience at Services Reform Response to Contemporary Issues
  A Jewish Understanding of the New Testament Going To the Movies With Jewish Eyes
  Jewish Views on the Afterlife Creating Your Spiritual/Ethical Will
  Beyond Basic Judaism Family Shabbat Dinners
  Observing Shabbat Today Presentations by Rabbis Cohen & Locketz
  Klezmer Music: From the Shtetl to a Prairie Home Companion
 
Profiles of Jews in American Public Life
  Sanctuary Shanghai: How Thousands of Jews Escaped the Holocaust
 
Network Judaism: Building Community in the 21st Century Intermediate Adult Prayerbook
  Hebrew
 
Holiday Jewish Cooking
 
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Basics of Judaism
The class is free to members of Bet Shalom and $25 for non-members. To sign up, send your name, address, and phone number to Bet Shalom, together with a check (if you are a non-member) payable to Bet Shalom.

Adult Bar/Bat Mitzvah Study - Two types of classes will be offered this year: Pre-Bar/Bat Mitzvah: Study monthly with Rabbi Locketz toward a Bar/Bat Mitzvah, and Post-Bar/Bat Mitzvah: Continue to study each month with Rabbi Cohen after becoming a Bar/Bat Mitzvah (open to all adult Bar/Bat Mitzvah "graduates"). If you are interested in either class, call Rabbis Cohen or Locketz at Bet Shalom.

Reading/Chanting Torah - Learn to read and chant Torah. Prepare to read Torah from the pulpit at a Shabbat service, by arrangement with Joyce Juster.

Ritual Committee - Everyone is invited to attend Ritual Committee meetings and join in the ongoing study and discussion of our liturgy. For meeting dates, call Hillary Feder.

Social Action Opportunities - Bet Shalom members will be working at Loaves and Fishes. For dates and times, call Gloria Alexander.

Oneg Baking -
The Bet Shalom Cookie Bank Needs You! Join Doreen Greenblat to bake sweets for our Shabbat Onegs. Please call Christy Bateman for additional information.

Family Shabbat Dinners - The whole family is invited to attend 6:00 Kabbalat Shabbat service, and stay for a delicious Shabbat dinner immediately afterward, in the social hall. There is a charge for dinner, and advance reservations are required. Dates TBD.

Presentations by Rabbis Cohen & Locketz - Each of our rabbis will lead an evening of study and discussion (dates to be announced).

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