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
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
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
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
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,
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.
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.
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,
In this six-session class, taught by Maria Pulzetti and Rabbi Adam Zeff, we will look at how Jewish law and American law affect working-class people and people living in poverty. And in the American context, we will also look at racial inequities in poverty. Topics will include hunger, health, income, incarceration, and housing. Sessions run
Second Thursday of the month, 10:00-11:00 AM Facilitated by Rabbi Fredi Cooper Support for parents with children living abroad. Fredi Cooper is a retired rabbi, teacher, therapist, mother, wife and friend and mentor. Her passion both inside and outside of the Jewish world is cooking. PLEASE NOTE: Links to register for support groups are not
