Shabbat Simcha - Pray, Learn, Sing, and Nosh! People of all ages and levels of experience with Judaism will LOVE Shabbat Simcha!
10:15: Teaching service - Designed to help you learn about different parts of the Shabbat Morning Service. Led by Cantor Sharon Bernstein and Howard Steiermann
10:15 - Drop your child off at Holy Family Day (across the street), if they want to attend the youth service Tots to 3rd grade.
10:15 -Youth service (pre-school to 3rd grade) With Daniel Meyer O'Keeffe and IssacZones, Jessie Austin, Ida Kuluk, Andrea Guerra
11:00am – You’ve got the whole scroll in your hands…. (PreK - 1) with Jessie Austin, Ida Kuluk, Andrea Guerra and Yael Zakan Calling all tots through 1st graders. Come join us as we celebrate our last Shabbat Simcha together by building our very own Torahs!We'll talk, explore, and discover what's inside that very special scroll.
Talking about Midrash- Shinnui- Kendra Lubalin This workshop will explore popular midrash and have the students create midrash of their own.
American Idol Shmashers- Jewish Rock and Rollers- Everyone- IssacZones and Daniel Meyer O' Keefe What do Bob Dylan (Robert Allen Zimmerman), Lou Reed of The Velvet Underground, The Beastie Boys (Adam Yauch, Michael Diamond, Adam Horowitz) Billy Joel, Joey Ramone of the Ramones (Jeffrey Hymen), Gene Simmons of Kiss (Chaim Weitz), Art Garfunkel, and Amy Winehouse have in common? They are all Jewish rock and rollers. Please join our own resident Jewish rock and rollers Daniel and Issac to rock out to the tunes of some shmashing Jewish rock stars.
D'veikut - 6th graders to Adults, Shoshana Levenberg, Ruth Schoenbach and Susan Lubeck This ongoing circle with chanting and meditation will be hosted by different leaders focusing on a range of paths towards accessing the divine.
A Serious Man-Everything is Unpredictable- The semiotics and physics of an unknown world. Rebecca Weiner and Rabbi Dev Noily 6th- Adult In this follow up workshop Rabbi Dev and Rebecca will explore the theme of “ not knowing” in the film. Rebecca will explore the key plot lines that highlight “ We just don’t know” and show how the film addresses the existential components of post- Holocaust Jewry. Rabbi Dev will address how the math highlighted in the film mirrors these spiritual musings. Come prepared to think and laugh. Please try to watch the film before the workshop!
A WiderBridge-Building connections with the LGBT Community in Israel- Arthur Slepian Learn about this new and exciting organization designed to provide more ways for LGBT people (and allies) to engage with Israel and to support the LGBT community in Israel. In this workshop you will learn about the growing LGBT population in Israel and how we can bridge the gaps to give them support. You will also get up to date information from Arthur’s fact finding mission in Israel about how the community is growing and changing including the experiences of LGBT Israeli youth and the LGBT Israeli Orthodox.
It is not my revolution unless it has a purple Siddur 4th- Rabbi Angel and Andrew Ramer - Adults Everything you have wanted to know about our Siddur Sha’ar Zahav but have not yet been able to ask! Come learn and discuss the fabulous text, our new Siddur. Learn about how the siddur was developed, what makes it unique and any other questions you have about our wonderful siddur.
