Glass Fusing
10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. – Abby Radwin
Participants will learn how to make mezuzahs, challah plates and menorahs by fusing glass pieces. No experience necessary. A different project each week. There is a materials fee.
Location: TBD
November: 15, 29
December: 13
Clashing Cultures
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. – Lynne Lieberman
Investigate the Tensions and Conflicts between Judaism, Christianity and Islam, as expressed in the historical record from antiquity to today through art, music and literature.
Temple Torat Emet
January: 23, 30
February: 6, 13
Yiddish: How to read and speak a ‘Bissell’ Yiddish
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. – Rabbi Richard Chapin
The Yiddisher (Der Yiddisher Lerner) by H.E. Goldin (Hebrew Publishing Co. 2003)
Temple Torat Emet
November: 14, 21, 28
December: 5, 12, 19
January: 9, 16, 23, 30
American Jewish Literature
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. – Rabbi Richard Chapin
“The Rise of David Levinsky” Abraham Cahan – November: 14, 21, 28
“Call It Sleep” Henry Roth – December: 5, 12, 19
Temple Torat Emet – Chapel
For Women Only
2:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. – Jan Courte
Torah Study December: 6, 12, 19
Psalms and Pirke Avot January: 9, 16, 23 (time subject to change)
Temple Torat Emet – Chapel
Sephardic and Ashkenazic Liturgy
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. – Robert Altabet
Comparisons of similarities and differences in prayer.
Temple Shaarei Shalom Room 215
February: 13