From Over the Rainbow to The Sounds of Silence, what makes a pop song Jewish? We will explore some old favorites as well as some more recent songs and discuss lyrics and themes as well as listen to selections. Led by Nancy Leaderman, this class requires no background and will be a (hopefully!) fun, discussion-based experience. Come... Read More

Weekly on Monday evenings at 8:00 PM on Zoom - starting September 8, please note the course will meet twice in September (8 & 29) and then resume weekly after the High Holy Days on October 20  Word by word, line by line, page by page, we follow the Zohar, the most precious book of Jewish... Read More

Weekly on Tuesday's, Starting October 21 at 10:30 AM on Zoom This year our weekly Tanach class will study the last and possibly strangest book of the Bible, the Book of Daniel. Written in the 2nd century BCE purporting to describe events hundreds of years earlier, the book has long been a source for both... Read More

Thursdays, 6:00-7:15 PM at BZBI - Starting October 30 through December 11, classes will resume in the Spring on January 22 For those who know the alef-bet who want to expand their vocabulary of prayerbook and Biblical Hebrew and learn some grammar. This class is a continuation of last year's Hebrew Reading I but newcomers are... Read More

Thursdays, 7:30-8:45 PM at BZBI (materials provided) - Starting October 30 through December 11, classes will resume in the Spring on January 22 For anyone who wants to learn the alef-bet and some basic prayerbook vocabulary—or those feeling rusty at reading Hebrew aloud. We will use the innovative text-booklet from the National Jewish Outreach Project... Read More