This Week’s Studio Just days after Yom Kippur, we move into the 7-day holiday of Sukkot. During Sukkot, we build, eat, and dwell in booths. We celebrate the mid-month full moon, revel in the abundance of the season’s harvest, and remind ourselves to take care of our precious earth. In our studio this Sunday, we
Germantown Jewish Centre is pleased to announce the 2019 Lunch & Learn, “Law, Narrative, and Jewish Ethics”, with Rabbi Adam Zeff. Online registrations are now open at https://germantownjewishcentre.org/center-city-lunch-learn/. Although the study of law sometimes focuses on legal codes, the narrative context of law can be equally important to understanding its meaning. This class will examine
Koleinu Beit Midrash at Germantown Jewish Centre is excited to introduce a new, annual collection of studio gatherings. “The Studio Series” is a monthly gathering for spiritual seekers to explore themes of the Jewish year cycle, ancient teachings, and contemporary texts through creative process. We sing, share poetry, dig into Jewish ideas, and use materials
In our November Heshvan studio, we’ll explore the spaciousness made possible by a month without chaggim (holidays). In our text study and our use of materials in creative process, we’ll ask ourselves: What are the blocks to spaciousness in our lives? Which barriers are immovable and which ones do we have the capacity to rearrange?
Monday mornings from 8:15-9:15 AM in Rabbi Richman's office. Our weekly gathering follows the Jewish Studio Process, integrating spiritual practice, learning, and creative process. Creating alongside one another, we use materials (everything from tissue paper and oil pastels to acrylic paint and found objects) to explore questions and insights from a given text. We honor
Studio Kislev: In the final days of fall and first moments of winter, natural sunlight diminishes and we spend more and more of our daytime hours in the dark. The shifting light invites us to ask: How do we live our lives in a world that sometimes feels dark (physically and metaphorically)? Using Jewish folklore
Studio Tevet: In Tevet (which falls during January), our Torah reading cycle will carry us into the book of Shemot (Exodus), which details our ancestors’ journey out of bondage. In our studio, we will trace our collective narrative of liberation and probe what the next phase of this ongoing journey to freedom entails and requires
Join Rabbi Fredi Cooper for “My First Look at Jewish Text!” We will survey Tanakh and Chumash, explore the cycle of our reading, and gain an understanding of the context that these texts emerge from. All study will be in English. Fees are on a sliding scale ($50-$75.) REGISTER HERE
Monday mornings from 8:15-9:15 AM in Rabbi Richman's office. Our weekly gathering follows the Jewish Studio Process, integrating spiritual practice, learning, and creative process. Creating alongside one another, we use materials (everything from tissue paper and oil pastels to acrylic paint and found objects) to explore questions and insights from a given text. We honor
