Jewish Life & Learning Series

Join us for the Jewish Life & Learning series, a fun and engaging four-part program exploring this year’s theme, America at 250: Freedom, Equality, and the Jewish American Experience. Discover the rich history, stories, and contributions of Jews in America over the past 250 years while exploring the evolving meaning of freedom and equality through Jewish culture, history, and thought.

cost: $18/Person (The $18 registration fee includes unlimited classes!)

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 Schedule:

Wednesday, October 28 — Opening Night

6:45 PM
Rabbi Peter Grumbacher
“Is the Chicken Kosher?” and Other Answers

8:00 PM
Rabbi Yair Robinson
An Officer and a Gentleman: The History of Uriah P. Levy, America’s First Jewish Commodore

8:00 PM
David Brown
Shofar Blowing Workshop: Learn How to Blow the Shofar

Wednesday, November 11

6:45 PM
Ariel Rabinovich and Naomi Diamond
From Tradition to the Mailbox: Jewish Holiday Card Making in America — Conversation and Workshop

6:45 PM
Joel Chodes
Yiddish and America

8:00 PM
Rabbi Abe Rabinovich
Kol Isha: The Voices of Jewish Women in America

Wednesday, November 18

6:45 PM
Rabbi Michael Beals
From Haym Solomon to Mordecai Sheftall: Pivotal Jewish Involvement in the Winning of American Independence — or Everything They Left Out of Your High School U.S. History Class!

6:45 PM
Barry Solan
Jews and Hollywood

8:00 PM
Rabbi Nick Renner
Freedom and Obligation: How Does the American Ideal of Freedom Sit Within Judaism?

8:00 PM
Lorraine Cohen
Jewish Folk Dance Workshop

Wednesday, December 9

Chanukah Event
More details to come.