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September 2019
Spiritual Journaling & Poetry Workshop
The rabbis teach “Prayer without kavanah (intention) is like a body without a soul.” Prepare your spirit for the High Holiday season and enrich its rituals with personal meaning through this intention-setting writing workshop. Over two sessions, writing instructor Janet Ruth Falon — author of In the Spirit of the Holidays and The Jewish Journaling Book — will help you examine your own connection to the holidays and open your heart. No writing experience or expertise is necessary! Sign up…
Find out more »Ice Cream Meet & Greet with Rabbi Max Nissen
Bring your family to Sister Cities Park and and get to know our new Director of Youth & Family Education, Rabbi Max Nissen! Ice cream from the Sister Cities Cafe is sponsored by the Youth & Family PTA. Rabbi Max comes to us from Congregation Beth El in Bethesda, Maryland, where he has been the Assistant Education Director since 2017. He was ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York, where he also received his M.A. in Jewish Education, and…
Find out more »Yesod Friday Night Dinner
Join other Center City Jews in creating Friday night community at the first Yesod Friday Night Dinner! Dinner will start after our 7:30 PM Kabbalat Shabbat. For many, sharing Friday night dinner in community forms the foundation of their Jewish lives. Shabbat allows us to go out into the world knowing that each week we return to our steadfast yesod (foundation). Yesod aims to bring adults together in a warm, inclusive, and authentic community-building Shabbat experience. Everyone is welcome. Our…
Find out more »Exploring Talmud with Rabbi Stone
This year-long course with Rabbi Ira Stone will provide an introduction to the length and breadth of this unique and important literature at the heart of post-temple Judaism. It will include a deep dive into the opening chapter of the first tractate, berachot. This course requires registration. Tuition includes a full year of classes, beginning after Labor Day and concluding before Shavuot. Sign up with the form below: EmbedManager.embed({ key: "https://fs28.formsite.com/res/showFormEmbed?EParam=m_OmK8apOTAHWqMpAjfv1oswdkdWh1NuFzpUCZwnDno&183847374", width: "100%", mobileResponsive: true });
Find out more »BZBI Wide Book Club
Join the BZBI-wide Book Club as they read Tales of Love & Darkness by Amos Oz. Contact the Temple Office for a location.
Find out more »The Book of Genesis with Rabbi Stone
Join Rabbi Ira Stone in exploring the Chumash. This year-long course will continue our close reading of the Torah, focusing on the book of Bereshit (Genesis). This course requires registration. Tuition includes a full year of classes, beginning after Labor Day and concluding before Shavuot. Sign up with the form below: EmbedManager.embed({ key: "https://fs28.formsite.com/res/showFormEmbed?EParam=m_OmK8apOTAHWqMpAjfv1seLrX2OJLdKFzpUCZwnDno&99115582", width: "100%", mobileResponsive: true });
Find out more »Spiritual Journaling & Poetry Workshop
The rabbis teach “Prayer without kavanah (intention) is like a body without a soul.” Prepare your spirit for the High Holiday season and enrich its rituals with personal meaning through this intention-setting writing workshop. Over two sessions, writing instructor Janet Ruth Falon — author of In the Spirit of the Holidays and The Jewish Journaling Book — will help you examine your own connection to the holidays and open your heart. No writing experience or expertise is necessary! Sign up…
Find out more »Exploring Talmud with Rabbi Stone
This year-long course with Rabbi Ira Stone will provide an introduction to the length and breadth of this unique and important literature at the heart of post-temple Judaism. It will include a deep dive into the opening chapter of the first tractate, berachot. This course requires registration. Tuition includes a full year of classes, beginning after Labor Day and concluding before Shavuot. Sign up with the form below: EmbedManager.embed({ key: "https://fs28.formsite.com/res/showFormEmbed?EParam=m_OmK8apOTAHWqMpAjfv1oswdkdWh1NuFzpUCZwnDno&183847374", width: "100%", mobileResponsive: true });
Find out more »Early Childhood Kabbalat Shabbat Dinner
Bring in the Light of Shabbat! We are looking forward to having all of our children and families come together to welcome Shabbat and celebrate the joy and possibilities of a New Year. Join us for a delicious catered dinner and a wonderful opportunity to socialize with friends, meet new families, schmooze with teachers, connect with our clergy and bring in the light of Shabbat. Dinner is $10 per family. Register below. הִנֵּה מַה טּוֹב וּמַה נָעִים שֶבֶת אַחִים גַם…
Find out more »Exploring Talmud with Rabbi Stone
This year-long course with Rabbi Ira Stone will provide an introduction to the length and breadth of this unique and important literature at the heart of post-temple Judaism. It will include a deep dive into the opening chapter of the first tractate, berachot. This course requires registration. Tuition includes a full year of classes, beginning after Labor Day and concluding before Shavuot. Sign up with the form below: EmbedManager.embed({ key: "https://fs28.formsite.com/res/showFormEmbed?EParam=m_OmK8apOTAHWqMpAjfv1oswdkdWh1NuFzpUCZwnDno&183847374", width: "100%", mobileResponsive: true });
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