Chevrutah
Chevrutahs are learning pods, hosted by community members and are open to anyone. Click on the Chevrutah name to learn more.
All Chevrutot will be held via ZOOM unless otherwise noted. Links will be sent with registering, in the confirmation email.
Torah Byte
Led by Rabbi Misha Shulman
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"A weekly midday Torah study in which we can take a break from our nonsense and look at the weekly Torah portion and related ideas. This year we will be looking at the Haftarah of each parsha to see what the prophets have to say to us. I'd love to learn with you!"
*Join the Simchat Torah Challenge, where UJA are building a community of Jews who are pledging to read the weekly Torah portion.
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Thursdays @ noon
Meditation: An Introduction
Led by Michael Posnick
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Led by Michael Posnick, meditation opens the way to greater awareness, to living in the present with greater clarity and freedom. Seeing things as they are allows us to accept what is and to act according to need. Meditation is a means of self -discovery and wholehearted participation in the divine play of creation.
Useful preparation: Jack Kornfield's Meditation for Beginners.
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Wednesdays @ 8:45-10:00 AM
Rosh Hodesh Chevrutah
Led by Elana Ponet
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Thousands of years ago, our female ancestors gathered in the darkness of the new moon for communion with each other and the earth. Join us each month as we discover together how these new moon gatherings can connect us to each other, ourselves, our ancestors, and the wisdom of the Earth.
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12.21 and 1.19 @ 7:30pm
Adult B Mitzvah
Led by Rabbi Misha Shulman
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We are excited to begin an adult B Mitzvah cohort in the coming weeks for folks who have never had one. This is an opportunity to engage in the tradition and think about your place in it, and finally come up to the Torah in a powerful and joyful ritual. It will include a monthly group study, along with a personal study and exploration.
If you have felt like you may have missed something by not having a B Mitzvah when you were younger, or if you weren't raised Jewish, or if you felt like the B Mitzvah you had back when was not as rich an experience as you would have liked, please consider joining this process.
We hope it will give participants a greater sense of belonging, an appreciation of different aspects of Torah, and enhance their pride and joy to be a part of this tradition and a part of The New Shul. Please reach out to me if you have any questions.
This class is FULL! Stay tuned for more classes to open.
Lessons In Tyranny
Led by Rabbi David Ponet and Natalie Cohen
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Democracies rarely collapse in a single moment; they erode slowly. As Hannah Arendt warned in The Origins of Totalitarianism, mass loneliness, the lure of simple narratives, and the breakdown of a shared reality can create the conditions for tyranny. And as Timothy Snyder argues in On Tyranny, authoritarianism often begins with the small things: accepting lies, normalizing cruelty, practicing “anticipatory obedience.”
Examining Arendt’s thinking on these questions, along with other thoughts leaders, this chevrutah will explore how democracies die—and what steps we can take right now to halt the decline. What acts of vigilance, courage, solidarity and spirit might keep democracy alive? -
12.15, 1.12, 1.26, and 2.9 @ 8 PM
Join us for community, music, meditations and teachings.