Adult Education—2011-12

Tuesday Classes

• Learners Minyan: Tuesday mornings with Rabbi Eleanor Pearlman: 11/1/11, 11/22/11, 12/6/11/ 12/20/11, 1/3/12, 1/17/12, 2/7/12, 2/21/12, 3/6/12, 3/20/12, 4/3/12, 4/17/12, 5/1/12, 5/15/12, 6/5/12, 6/19/12. No registration is necessary. No fee for this class.

Thursday Classes

• Al Regel Ahad – On One Foot: Mark your calendars for Jewish study, conversation and social time for adults with Rabbi Matt,  Rabbi Eleanor, and Lee Brice on the first Thursday of each month, 7:00 p.m.- 8:30 p.m. Each month will be a different topic sponsored by one of our committees.Transportation will be available for congregants. DATES: 11/3/11,12/1/11, 1/5/12, 2/2/12, 3/1/12, 3/29/12, 5/3/12, 6/7/12. NO FEE. See monthly bulletin for topics.
•  Words We Live By: is a study group facilitated by Lee Brice that meets on Thursday mornings from 11:00 am - 12:00pm. No tuition. Book purchase may apply.
• Lunch and Learn: Every Thursday at noon from September-June with Rabbi Matt. Drop-ins welcome. No registration required. No Tuition. Text and light lunch provided. .

Saturday Classes

• Torah Study: Every Saturday morning at 9:00 am with Rabbi Matt.

 

Sunday Classes:

• Adult Confirmation: Adult Bar/Bat Mitzvah is about acquiring the skills for Jewish worship; adult confirmation is about incorporating traditional elements of Judaism with the Reform Jewish perspective and fusing them into a personal b’rit or confirmation statement.   Through the adult confirmation program with Rabbi Matt and Rabbi Eleanor, participants will study topics providing an overview of Jewish thought, life, and practice with an emphasis on understanding why tradition asks us to act in the way that it does, and the Reform Jewish perspective on the tradition. The program will meet for 90 minutes 18 times over 18 months on Sunday mornings, with a text and syllabus, and a journal assignment for each class. Participants will be guided by the Rabbis to develop a personal br’it, or confirmation statement.  Confirmation will be celebrated at a Festival of Torah in the spring of 2012 with a Friday night Shabbat service and a Shabbat or Sunday afternoon of “She’urim”, teachings, lead by the confirmands. Torah reading and liturgical reading in Hebrew are optional.  Dates  tba (Scholarships available) 
• Hebrew Prayer Fluency: For those who know the letters and vowels, and want the support of a class to practice a different Shabbat prayer each session:  Kiddush, Ma’ariv Aravim/ Yotseir Or, V’Ahavta, Avot v’Emahot/ G’vurot, Aleinu, and Kaddish.  Computer CD and practice book provided for at home practice to develop fluency. Sunday 10:00am-11:30am Dates:   12/19/10, 1/30/11, 3/21/11, 5/15/11. Monday 7:00pm-8:30pm Dates:  TBA.  (Scholarships available)

To register, please send in full payment contact Kathy in the office at  374-8173 or email her at klaws@cgoh.org.

*Limited scholarship funds are available for financial hardship.

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Do you wish you had a Bar or Bat Mitzvah when you were 13? You can have one as an adult, by studying with Rabbi Cutler and our Adult B’nai Mitzvah staff. Learn to read Hebrew, chant Torah and Haftarah, and learn all of the Shabbat prayers in a friendly and fun group setting. New Class TBA.

Adults are encouraged to study individually with the Rabbi to explore their own spirituality and broaden their knowledge of Judaism.

The Lulu Field Memorial Fund supports a weekend scholar-in-residence each Spring. The scholar speaks at Shabbat services on Friday evening, and again on Sunday morning after a great breakfast sponsored by the Temple Brotherhood.

These special courses are designed for adults who have never learned to read Hebrew or who have forgotten the reading skills they learned as children in Hebrew School.