Event Series Choosing Judaism: Fall 2024

Choosing Judaism: Fall 2024

Temple Emanu-El Ackerman Conference Room

Choosing Judaism is an eight session class for those pursuing conversion. The students will explore their own personal reasons for converting, learn more about integrating Judaism in their lives, conversion rituals, and Israel, among other topics.

Teen Talk: Parent Workshop on Antisemitism

Temple Emanu-El Linz Hall

Parents and grandparents are invited to a panel discussion and Q&A discussing ways to talk with your teens about Antisemitism and Israel. Since October 7, the rise of antisemitism has been noticeable and troubling, including its impact on adolescents. The discussion will highlight ways to engage in this conversation with your teen at home, about...

Defiant Requiem: A Film Screening

Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Muesum

This 45-minute documentary highlights the story of Rafael Schächter, a brilliant and courageous young Czech conductor who was arrested and sent to Terezín in 1941. He taught Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem to 150 prisoners, who then performed it 16 times for Terezín prisoners as an unspoken work of defiance against the Nazis. The film includes testimony...