Today is July 27, 2024 ()
Today is July 27, 2024 ()
At B’nai Sholom Reform Congregation we believe that Jewish learning is a lifetime project.
Please join us at any one of our course offerings this year. Membership is not required, and many of the classes have a nominal charge, suggested donation, or are free!
Contact us to sign up or with any questions!
Join our study group at 10 am Saturdays for a continuation of our 20-year tradition of sacred text study. We closely examine the weekly Parashat with the first Shabbat of the month devoted to the Prophets and the Writings. On Saturdays where there is a Shabbat Service at B’nai Sholom, we meet at 9:30 am.
All are welcome to participate and learn, reading sections aloud (if you desire) and discussing the context of the history of the Bible, including the sociology, archaeology, and politics of the land. No prior registration or experience is necessary! Sessions generally last 90 minutes with the Prophets and Writings often taking 2 hours.
These sessions are open to all on a drop-in, occasional, or regular basis. BYOB – Bring your own Bible (Having a variety of translations/interpretations increase the scope of our discussions.) Contact the office to receive the ZOOM link.
Rabbi Weisbrot will be leading a discussion of Pirkei Avot, or Ethics of our Fathers, one of the best known and most cited of Jewish texts. The next session will be on Thursday May 16 7:30 PM via ZOOM.
ZOOM WITH AUTHOR
Jessamym Hope
Date to be announced
B’nai Sholom will be virtually hosting author Jessamym Hope as she discusses her novel Safekeeping. This debut work is largely set in a secluded kibbutz in 1994, with a disparate cast of characters. Hope’s novel, written from multiple perspectives, makes the reader feel a part of the tightknit and at times stifling community. In skillfully executed dramatic irony, Hope leaves the readers in a position of understanding far more about the residents than they do about each other. The Boston Globe called it “luminous , irreverent and ambitious” while The Toronto Globe and Mail characterized it as “a page turner that satisfies all the cravings of escapist reading while meeting the real world head on.”
Hope’s short stories have been widely published and have received two Pushcart Prize honorable mentions, , and have been anthologized in Best Canadian Essays, and The New Spice Box: Contemporary Jewish Writing. She grew up in Montreal, has long lived in New York City, and is spending the year in Tel Aviv.
More information will follow but multiple copies of her books are available in both the Synagogue library and that of the local library system.
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