Today is May 14, 2025 ()
Today is May 14, 2025 ()
At B’nai Sholom Reform Congregation we believe that Jewish learning is a lifetime project. Throughout the year Adult Education presents a range of programming, including classes, lectures and movies. We also offer weekly Torah Study and an ongoing discussion of Pirkei Avot with Rabbi Weisbrot. Committee volunteers are always welcome.
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.
Structure of a Service
Structure of a Service with Rabbi Weisbrot Wednesdays, May 7 & 21, at 7:30 PM When you walk into the sanctuary for services, your first stop is probably to pick up a siddur (prayerbook), which lays out the order and content of the prayers. Have you ever wondered why they’re laid out that way? Why we recite different prayers on Friday night than we do on Saturday morning? Or what the purpose of the service is overall? Join Rabbi Weisbrot for a two-session course (in-person, hybrid) to dive into the structure of our worship and get a better understanding of the prayer experience through which our siddur guides us
Structure of a Service Registration Form
ZOOM WITH THE AUTHOR SERIES :
DAVID BEZMOZGIS The Betrayers, a New York Times Editors Choice
Tuesday, April 29, at 7:00 PM
David Bezmozgis will join us Tuesday, April 29, at 7 PM via Zoom to discuss his book The Betrayers. This novel gives us one fraught, momentous day in the life of a Soviet Jewish dissident who now finds himself a disgraced Israeli politician. Fleeing with his mistress to the faded Crimean resort of his youth, he shockingly encounters the former friend whose denunciation sent him to the gulag 40 years earlier.
In prose that is elegant, sly, precise and devastating in its awareness of the human heart, Bezmozgis has rendered a story for the ages, an inquest into the nature of fate and consequence, love and forgiveness. “A master class for fledgling writers, and an inspiration for any reader trying to figure out how novels will be saved,” said The New York Times. “A remarkable, ebullient novel,” wrote the Boston Globe. Copies will be available at the synagogue and, of course, can be purchased at your favorite bookstore. This Zoom is open to members of the B’nai Sholom community and friends.
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