Goin’ To the Chuppah
Goin’ to the Chuppah is open to any couple who plans to create a Jewish home. Jewish, interfaith, LGBTQ – all are welcome! Goin’ to the Chuppah is a registered...
Goin’ to the Chuppah is open to any couple who plans to create a Jewish home. Jewish, interfaith, LGBTQ – all are welcome! Goin’ to the Chuppah is a registered...
Create a postcard with Zeev, an Israeli cartoonist and humorist who is well known as “Shoshke,” his performance art character who is a symbol of free speech and artistic freedom....
Bring your questions, your observations and your curiosity to this no-filters, wide-ranging conversation about Israel. Come early beginning at 6:30 p.m. for a first look at the Lavi Lipshitz exhibit and light refreshments.
Lavi was a 20-year-old staff sergeant in the IDF who captured life on the front lines. He was killed on Oct. 31 by a Hamas missile in the northern Gaza Strip. His father, Nitzan, has made his photographs available for the world to witness. Make time to explore the photos and join us for an...
Join the thriving online Psalms community for weekly teachings from the ancient text of Psalms. This session will be taught by Rabbi Debra Robbins using the monthly teachings from her book “New Each Day: A Spiritual Practice for Reading Psalms.” The class includes reflection, writing and conversation. No registration is required but be prepared to...
Spend Shabbat with scholar-in-residence Rabbi Joshua Garroway as he gives this year's Rabbi Levi A. Olan Lecture, Paradigm Shifts: Why Judaism Changes. The Rabbi Levi A. Olan Lectureship, endowed by the Hochman Fund, engages the congregation and community in a dialogue about leading intellectual ideas, moral views and theological beliefs.
The question of "who is a Jew?" can be complicated in today's world with many people even describing themselves with terms like Jew*ish*, half-Jewish or Jewish-adjacent. However, the fuzzy boundaries around today's Jewish identity are hardly a new phenomenon. Ancient Jews dealt with nearly the same issues and concerns. This week’s Chever Torah class will...
Anticipating a messiah has been a feature of Judaism for centuries while worshipping a messiah has become the central feature of Christianity. But where did this idea of a messiah come from? Enjoy a lunch with Rabbi Josh Garroway and expand your knowledge and understanding of the messiah and how Jewish conceptions of it have...