Biblical Hebrew III

1:00 - 2:00 PM on Wednesdays (January 6 - February 24, 2021) In this course, we will continue with the Second Book: Aleph isn’t enough to complete this second book in the series. We are now building vocabulary, expanding knowledge of roots, conjugation of verbs and beginning translations. Tuition and book fees are $80/GJC members

Healing Ourselves: A Group for People with Medical Challenges

Facilitated by Rabbi Fredi Cooper, EdD and Irene McHenry, PhD Support group for GJC congregants who have health conditions that make them feel especially vulnerable during this current time. PLEASE NOTE: Links to register for support groups are not posted here. Rather, daily and weekly schedules with links are emailed to our member listserv. If

Grief Support Group

Facilitated by Neil Beresin, M.Ed., Grief Counselor and Interfaith Chaplain Our group offers support and connection for community members who have experienced loss. You are welcome to be with us, no matter where you are in your process of mourning and grieving. Some may come with recent loss, and others may come having lost someone

Transformative Education for Boys of Color

Ron Walker has over 45 years of experience serving as a teacher, principal, staff developer, and consultant in various educational communities.  Currently, Ron serves as the Executive Director and is a founding member of the Coalition of Schools Educating Boys of Color. The mission of COSEBOC, founded in 2007, is to connect, inspire, support, and

Havdalah: A Time to Be Together

As the daylight dwindles and the weather cools, let us turn inward to the warmth of our community. Each week until mid-March we will mark havdalah as a community. Havdalah is a short ritual that marks the end of Shabbat, our day of rest. Through blessing, song, and story, we will dwell together in the

Providing a Safe Haven: America’s Only WWII Refugee Camp

Join Women of GJC as GJC member Rhonda Mandel presents the riveting story of 982 Jewish refugees who lived in barracks behind barbed-wire fences in Oswego, NY, from August 1944 to February 1945. They were not living in freedom, but they were also not living in a prison. For more information or if you have

Book Conversation with Rabbi Arthur Waskow

Sunday, January 10, 2021 7:30 - 9:00 PM on Zoom (Link sent in congregational emails) Join Rabbi Richman and Rabbi Arthur Waskow for a book conversation about Rabbi Waskow's newest book: Dancing in God's Earthquake: The Coming Transformation of Religion. The book is a distillation and harvest of Rabbi Waskow’s 65-year overlapping career(s) as historian,

Confirmation Class

Debrief & Introduction to Islam If you or your teen needs access to the Confirmation online class, please email Education Director Abby Weinberg at educator@germantownjewishcentre.org.

Confirmation Class

Unit 3 - Islam: Life & the Afterlife If you or your teen needs access to the Confirmation online class, please email Education Director Abby Weinberg at educator@germantownjewishcentre.org.

Learning and Creating Spiritual Practices for a Tough Time (Open Beit Midrash)

Tuesdays, January 12, 19 & 26 7:00-8:30 PM on Zoom Rabbi Nancy Fuchs Kreimer In this class, we will form a supportive group of "encouragers" (as Reb Simcha Zissel of Ziv called them) to help each of us craft our own spiritual practice appropriate to the times we face, to each of our soul's curriculum,

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