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,
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,
Tuesdays, February 2, 9 & 16 7:00-8:30 PM on Zoom Rabbi Nathan Martin This class will explore how Jewish texts relate to God and the natural world, and will also give participants an opportunity to reflect on their own eco-theology. Nathan Martin is a GJC member and serves as the Associate Rabbi of Congregation Beth
Tuesdays, February 23, March 2 & March 9 7:00-8:30 PM on Zoom Dr. Tamar Kamionkowski In this course students will study three passages from Tanakh that offer radically visions of the beginning of days. A brief shiur (lesson) will open and end each session to frame the questions for the week and to provide some
Tuesdays, April 6, 13 & 20 7:00-9:00 PM on Zoom Laynie Soloman, SVARA SVARA Faculty Member Laynie Soloman will teach a 3-session online bet midrash where will we will dig into SVARA's traditionally radical approach to Talmud learning, all in a queer, radically inclusive learning space. All you need is the ability to sound out
Tuesdays, April 27, May 4 & May 11 7:00-8:30 PM on Zoom Dr. Gwynn Kessler We do not passively read texts but actively meet them with our whole selves: our bodies, our emotions, our intellects and our unique perspectives. In this class we read selected rabbinic texts guided by feminist, queer, and anti-racist questions such
Join Rabbi Rebecca Richman in person, outdoors in GJC's Sukkah for a Rosh ha-Shanah Day 1 beit midrash text study. Masks are required! In the Haftarah reading on the First Day of Rosh Hashanah, we learn the story of Hannah. Distraught by her barrenness, she turns to God in prayer. Hannah, considered one of Torah’s
Join Rabbi Rebecca Richman in person, outdoors in GJC's Sukkah for a Rosh ha-Shanah Day 2 beit midrash text study. Masks are required! Join Rabbi Richman for a text study inspired by and building on her sermon about safrut, sacred scribal arts. What are some of the halakhot (laws) that guide ongoing scribal practice, what
Join Rabbi Rebecca Richman in person, outdoors in GJC's Sukkah for a Yom Kippur beit midrash text study. Masks are required! Yom Kippur is often cast as a solemn day. Although the liturgy and spiritual work of the day are undoubtedly serious, there is also an idea in Jewish tradition that Yom Kippur is a
Ancient Prayers - New Songs Ancient Jewish prayer-songs and poetry - such as the Psalms - are often rollercoaster-like expressions of the human soul that vary as widely in their thematic consistency as they do in their musical meters. This class will explore how we can draw out coherent ideas from the Psalms and other
