2025-2026 Schedule

SUNDAY 

Helen Shub
11:00 – noon
Another Book Club –  We Write the Review   Zoom Only October 26 , 2025
The Enemy Beside Me  by Naomi Ragen
Some Winners – others we do not recommend
Books to be announced at least one month prior to review.
Dec. 7, 2025 and Jan. 14, March 1, April 12, May 24 and July 12, 2026
Zoom code available upon registration

 

MONDAY

Rabbi Richard Chapin
Starting October 27, 2025
12:45 – 2:00 p.m.
Temple Torat Emet
JEWISH BOOK CLUB
October 27, 2025 – Sons and Daughters  by Chaim Grade translated from the Yiddish by Rose Waldman – this book will be discussed over a 3 to 4 week period.
Additional titles to be agreed on as the season continues.

Learning Hebrew – Alef
Wilma Turk
3:30- 4:30 p.m.
Temple Torat Emet
November 3, 2025-
Learning  to Read Hebrew – for fun and prayer. (Book purchase required)

TUESDAY

Robert Altabet and Dianne Mortensen
February 1 – April 28, 2026
Noon
In person at Temple Torat Emet and on Zoom
“Viva Ladino” Ladino Language Study Group                     Knowledge of Spanish helpful. 
RSVP: administrador@sephardifederationpbc.org  
Contact Dianne Mortensen to receive email notifications and schedule updates. (561) 430-7122.

Rabbi Debra Smith
January 6,13,20,27, 2026
1 p.m. – 2 p.m.
To Till and to Tend: Becoming the Earth’s Stewards
The roots of the relationship between Judaism and the environment go very deep. We will explore Judaism’s thoughts and teachings on caring for nature and the environment. We will examine Judaism’s yearly cycle and the connection to the land and discuss these ancient concepts in light of today’s contemporary society, and the issues of climate change that we face daily.

Tuesday’s at Two  (2 p.m.) Refreshments to be served each week. 

November 3, 2025   Welcome to 5786 ADJLC
FIRST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH –

  • November 3, 2025 – Discussion of comparison of  11/9-10/ 1938, 9/11/2001 and 11/7/20 on the American Jewish Community  –  Temple Torat Emet  Discussion led by Rabbi Eli Kavon
  • December 2,2024  Beyond Latkes and Dreidels             Living Jewish in a Gentile World
  • January 6, 2026 –  Conflicts Within the Jewish World Who is a Jew – discussions within the ‘community’.
  • February 3, 2026  –             Living a Jewish Life on The College Campus – Dr. Oliver Klapper

2nd Tuesday of the Month – December 9, 2025, January 13, February 10, March 10, 2026

Dr. Terri Susan Fine
“We Hold These (Jewish) Truths” The Key Promises of the U.S. Declaration of Independence at 250: Connections to the Jewish Experience

  • December 9, 2025  EQUALITY  (“all men are created equal”) Focus on the U.S. government addressing, through law and practice, Jewish efforts to live in the United States in response to pogroms and the Holocaust.
  • January 13, 2026  UNALIENABLE RIGHTS (life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”) The U. S. supreme Court response to religious discrimination claims by Jews in employment and education settings.  We also speak of the past and current Jewish members of the U.S. Supreme Court.
  • February 10, 2026: SECURE THESE RIGHTS (“consent of the governed”) Discussion to center on Jews in electoral politics, including how Jews in Congress have used their power to address concerns facing American Jewry.
  • March 10, 2026: RIGHT TO REVOLUTION  (“it is the Right of the People … to institute a new Government”) The session will compare the promises of the U.S. Declaration of Independence with the Israel Declaration of Establishment (Independence) as well as the events leading up to that momentous declaration.

3rd Tuesday of the Month – Cantor Javier Smolarz – 2PM
Temple Torat Emet – Chapel

  • Music in Jewish Life    All sessions will include some Sing Along
  • November 10, 2025  – Zimreah – How music flows through Jewish homes through prayers and parties
  • December 16, 2025 – Holiday music – Celebrating Chanukah with Lights and Lyrics
  • January 20, 2026 – Popular tunes for Ancient Prayers
  • February 17, 2026 – Instrumental music in Traditional Services
  • March 17, 2026 – Sing Along with Me.

WEDNESDAY

WALKING TOGETHER TO LEARN FROM THE MISHNEH
Rabbi Michael Klein
Wednesday 10 A.M. to noon
November 5, 2025 – February 11, 2026

Location: changes with the date – inclement weather, Temple Torah Emet.

This 9 week course will take place at local parks where we combine walking in the beauty of nature and discussion of Jewish values and ethics using the themes from the 24 volumes and 9 Divisions of the .Misneh. Materials for study will be available in advance of the class.  

Part 1- November 5,12,19, 2025  – Northtree Park, Boynton Beach

Jewish Values –Overview of the Mishneh, Ethics of Commerce and Business from Mishneh Bava Metzia/Bava Kama

Part 2  – December 3,17, 2025– Green Cay Park, Delray Beach

Jewish Values- Themes from Mishneh Berachot /Kiddushin –  Jewish Origins – Marriage and Divorce

Part 3 –  January 7,21, 25, 2026– Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach

Jewish Values – Themes from Mishneh Avot/Nedarim

Part 4 – February 4,11, 2026 –  Boynton Intracoastal Park

Jewish Values: Themes from Mishneh Zeraim/Avodah Zara – re Agriculture and Idolatry

HEBREW – READING AND PRAYER

Temple Torat Emet   

Janet Skulnick  

Learning Hebrew – Bet

1:30 – 2:30 p.m.

Continuing Learning to Read Hebrew –

2:30 – 3:30 p.m. 

My Jewish Learning –Study of the meaning of prayer and the parsha of the week as it relates to women. 

ISRAELI BOOK CLUB

Coordinators: Elaine Hoffman, Dr. Avram Horowitz and Natalie Levin

3rd Wednesday of the month –

November thru March – 3:30-4:30 p.m.

Temple Torat Emet – Choir Section of the Sanctuary

         November 19, 2025  Facilitator Tova Adesnik

Spies of No Country: Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel     Matti Friedman     

December 17, 2025    Facilitator Elaine Hoffman

Happy New Years  by Maya Arad, translated by Jessica Cohen  

           January 21, 2026  Facilitator Rabbi Alan Cohen

Zionism an  Emotional State    by Derek Penslar 

           February 18, 2026  Facilitator  Dr. Avram Horowitz

 Songs For the Broken Hearted  by Ayelet Tsabari

March 18, 2026 Facilitator Rabbi Howard Hoffman  

Hostages  by Eli Sharabi (a released hostage)  translated by Eylon Levy   

THURSDAY

Rabbi Michael Simon

Temple Beth Kodesh Zoom Site

10:00 – 11:00 a.m.

PARSHA OF THE WEEK

Starting October 30, 2025

 

Rabbi Daniel Krinsky

Temple Bnai Jacob – 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.

Weekly Parsha

Ongoing

 

 

Rabbi Eli Kavon

Temple Beth Tikvah   1:00 – 2 :00 p.m.

Shat Ha’Shavuah – weekly portion

Exploring Themes in the Torah from a Religious and Historical Perspective

Alan and Andrea Schoen

Temple Torat Emet   1:00 – 3:00 p.m.

February 5,12,19,26, 2026

CANASTA

This is a course for beginners as well as anyone who wants a refresher of this very popular card game. Additional materials fee.    Class limited to 14 students.

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JEWISH POPULAR CULTURE IN THE MIDDLE AGES: Religious/Non-Religious
Dr. Stanley Isser
 2:30 – 3:30
Temple Torat Emet
Feb.26, Mar 5,12,19,26, 2026

  • February 26  – Popular romance and adventure stories: before the biblical canon was closed using biblical heroes and situations – Susanna, Tobit, Alexandrian tales about Patriarchs and Moses.
  • March 5 – Romantic character development—of Joseph: Joseph and Asenat; episode from medieval Sefer Hayashar.
  • March 12 – Narrative chronicles, historical and fanciful: compare Marco Polo, Ahimaaz ben Paltiel; Rhineland crusader attack; Eldad the Danite; travels of Benjamin of Tudela, Petachia of Ratisbon.
  • March 19 – The Golden Age of Spain: secular poetry and picaresque anthologies ..
  • March 26 – Living in two worlds (religious/secular, Sephardic/Ashkenazic): Ethical wills, Letter of Maimonides, Leon of Modena (includes defense of gambling and music in synagogue), King Artus (Hebrew translation of Arthurian story)