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Adult Education: Ext. 315

The Adult Education Committee works to provide continued Jewish learning opportunities, both formal and informal, for all levels of adult learners. We plan and implement fall and spring classes, special mini-series programs and one-time events, as well as the fall and spring Scholar’s Weekends. The committee also recommends adult education directions for the synagogue. Membership is open to all interested congregants. Please call us for more information.

Special Classes:

Sun, March 14, 10 am - noon, Alan B. Levenson Memorial Lecture and Brunch,

Subject: The Government's Responsibility in Managing Financial System Chaos: Lessons from 9/11 and Today

Speaker: Harvey Pitt; Chief Executive Officer of Kalorama Partners, LLC, 26^th Chairman of the SEC

Registration is required by March 9^th.

Details & Registration here

Thu, March 18, 7 pm, Interfaith Bible Study at Har Shalom, Theme for this year's class is The Book of Deuteronomy - its Drama, its Time, and its Message.

April 8, 9, 10, & 11, Spring Scholar's Weekend: In Memory of Robert Abel and Emanuel Haynes,

Subject: Dig It: Archaeology, History, and the Bible

Speaker: Dr. Doron Ben-Ami

Details and Registration here

Ongoing Classes:

Sundays

9 am, Learner's Minyan, led by Hazzan Henrique Ozur Bass. For parents and their children to come together to learn about the prayers and symbols that connect us spiritually to the community and the Divine.

Mondays

8 pm, Talmud According to Steinsaltz

Wednesdays

8 pm, Israeli Dance

Thursdays

10:30 am, Mishnah Class, Learning Massechet Rosh Hashanah , the class ends with a siyum (conclusion) at minyan on the day of Erev Pesah (Mon, Mar 29), which allows one to forego the fast of the firstborns. No registration is required.

Shabbat - Saturdays

Jewish Meditation with Rabbi Weinstein: Feb 27, Mar 27, Apr 24, May 29, 10-11 am

Do you ever sit at services and struggle to focus on the prayers that are being chanted? When you pray, do you sometimes wonder why it is so difficult to feel connected to a greater power? If you answered yes to either of these questions, then you are not alone. These are issues with which Jews have grappled for generations.

In order to deal with such challenges, great Jewish thinkers from Moses & Maimonides to Rabbi Nachman, of Bratslov, all endorsed Jewish meditation. Jewish meditation is an ancient practice that helps us open our hearts to the Divine, and enables us to focus on, and connect more deeply with, our prayers. Jewish meditation also provides us with the tools to feel more focused, balanced, and relaxed during the times we are not at synagogue or in services.

Together, we will learn Jewish chants and visualization techniques. We will also learn how our breathing and posture can help focus and relax us, to have a more powerful experience while praying. We will meet in the Allegra Sofair Chapel, and finish in time to return for the sermon in the Burke Sanctuary. All ages are welcome. Please wear comfortable clothes.
12:45 pm, Torah Discussion Group led by Fred Steinberg in the Gordon Sanctuary. No Hebrew required. Open to all.