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Winter Clergy Mini-Course Offerings
The MOMENTS that MADE US: REFORM IN RETROSPECT
with Rabbi Jeffrey Sirkman via Zoom
Mondays @ Noon-1PM
January 4,11, 18(NEW DATE ADDED!)25 Feb 1,8,22
Zoom link here.
For a copy of the handout for Monday January 18th, click here.
Since our American origins 150+ years ago, in the struggle for Reform, what have been the critical turning points—the defining moments that reflect our core questions and continue to guide our movement to this day. How do these formative struggles of our past impact & inform Reform’s future?
Discover WHAT it means to be WHO we are!
To register, click here.
PURSUING JUSTICE: A PILLAR OF REFORM JUDAISM
with Rabbinic Intern Erin Binder Kurland via Zoom
Wednesdays @ 7:30PM
January 6,13, 20, 27, Feb 3, 10
For Zoom link, click here.
For a copy of the handout for Wednesday January 13th class, click here.
The passion for social justice is reflected in the ancient words of our prophets and sages and in the declarations of Reform Judaism's leaders throughout history. This mini-course offers participants an opportunity to explore the Jewish roots of social justice work, and to ask key questions that will help guide and enrich their efforts to repair the world. In addition to asking “What is Jewish about social justice,” we'll explore such questions as: “How do I balance my obligation to the Jewish community with my obligations to others?” and “How can we enact these values in 2021?” The course is grounded in traditional and contemporary Jewish texts, in addition to the sacred voices and experiences that you will bring to our discussions.
To register, click here.
Virtual Lecture Series by AYELET
Our great friends at AYELET Tours, helping us connect to Jews around the world, places and people we might not yet know, we suggest either one of these wonderful learning opportunities.
Prof Steven Berk, Emeritus History teacher at Union, might just be a future Scholar on an LT trip in the years to come!
For more information on Ayelet, click here.
And more coming soon!
Past Projects
Kristallnacht Commemoration
Guest speaker Yonat Assayag, 3rd Generation of the Shoah, shares her grandmother Bobby's experience with the rise of anti-Semitism in her small Czechoslovakian village, and why it's so important to bear witness.
LT Book Talk via Zoom
Authors Paola Mendoza and Abby Sher join us for a discussion regarding their timely new fiction book about a 16-year-old undocumented teen who fights back against a totalitarian regime in a dystopian America.
