Rak LimudaduLt Education

2019-2020

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2019-20/5780 Overview:September 10 ...Talmud Lessons Every Jew Should Learn 14 ...Shabbat Morning Yoga 17 ...Rockdale Bookclub: Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor

by Yossi Klein HaLevi 21 ...Selichot: Preparing for the Days of Awe 22 ...Israel; A Multi-Vocal Approach

October 19 ...Shabbat Morning Yoga 23 ...Meaningful Disagreements ~ Learning In Our Differences

November 12 ...Talmud Lessons Every Jew Should Learn 16 ...Shabbat Morning Yoga 20 ...Meaningful Disagreements ~ Learning In Our Differences 24 ...Israel; A Multi-Vocal Approach

December 4 ...Meaningful Disagreements~ Learning In Our Differences 8 ...Israel; A Multi-Vocal Approach 10 ...Talmud Lessons Every Jew Should Learn 14 ...Shabbat Morning Yoga

January 8 ...Meaningful Disagreements ~ Learning In Our Differences 11 ...Shabbat Morning Yoga (tentative) 12 ...Israel; A Multi-Vocal Approach 14 ...Talmud Lessons Every Jew Should Learn

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February 8 ...Shabbat Morning Yoga 11 ...Talmud Lessons Every Jew Should Learn 12 ...Torah with a Twist: Bible Stories and the Values they

Teach Us. 26 ...Torah with a Twist: Bible Stories and the Values they

Teach Us.

March 4 ...Torah with a Twist: Bible Stories and the Values they

Teach Us. 14 ...Shabbat Morning Yoga 17 ...Talmud Lessons Every Jew Should Learn 18 ...Torah with a Twist: Bible Stories and the Values they

Teach Us.

April 7 ...Talmud Lessons Every Jew Should Learn 18 ...Shabbat Morning Yoga 19 ...Israel; A Multi-Vocal Approach

May 12 ...Talmud Lessons Every Jew Should Learn 16 ...Shabbat Morning Yoga 28 ...Tikkun Leyl Shavuot

June 9 ...Talmud Lessons Every Jew Should Learn 13 ...Shabbat Morning Yoga

2019-20/5780 Overview:

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High Holy Day Learning OpportunitiesSelichot: Preparing for the Days of Awe

Saturday, September 21, 2019

During the High Holy Day season, we reflect on our relationships, choices, beliefs, and practices, considering where to make repairs, adjustments, and atonement. Using the guidance and insight of Rabbi Debra Robbins’ new book Opening Your Heart with Psalm 27: A Spiritual Practice for the Jewish New Year, as well as a profound musical selection, we will join in a journey of learning and reflection.

9:00pm Refreshments

9:30pm Candlelight Selichot Serviceand changing our Torah covers

8:00pmOpening Our Hearts for the New Year

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High Holy Day Learning OpportunitiesYom Kippur Afternoon

An Examination of Our Souls - Our Relationship with Israel and

Our CommunityWednesday, October 9

1:00 - 2:30pmJackie Congedo

Director, Jewish Community Relations Council Rabbi Sissy Coran

Senior Rabbi

Join in Heshbon HaNefesh, an examination of our souls, in regard to our relationship with Israel. Jackie Congedo will speak about her work in our community in traversing the intersectionality with regard to supporting Israel and being in relationship with other communities. She will outline the patterns of American Jewish Zionism and the ways in which our relationship with Israel impacts on dialogue and difference. Rabbi Coran will frame the conversation through our textual tradition as well as bring us into conversation with each other about where Israel lies in our souls and our lives.

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Shabbat Morning Yoga

Saturday mornings at 9:30amSept. 14, Oct. 19, Nov. 16, Dec. 14, Jan. 11 (tentative),Feb. 8, Mar. 14, Apr. 18, May 16, Jun. 13

Lori Reidel

Once a month, join for an opportunity to experience Shabbat rest and refreshment through the practice of yoga. Lori Reidel, member and yoga instructor, will teach us to understand the Sabbath through this lens. Attendees are welcome to stay for services in their yoga attire. Bring your own mat or use the ones provided. Generously supported by the In the Beginning Fund of Women of Rockdale.

Talmud Lessons Every Jew Should Learn(Beginners and Beyond: You need not commit to every month!)

Lunch and LearnThe Second Tuesday of Each Month at Noon:Sept. 10, Nov. 12, Dec. 10, Jan. 14, Feb. 11, Mar. 17*, Apr. 7*, May 12, Jun. 9*not the second Tuesday, no Talmud class in October

Rabbi Sissy CoranAt temple or via the computer on Zoom Meetings

Join in a lively discussion that can include Jewish laws of lost and found to personalities of the ancient rabbis. We are working through a selection of Talmudic texts selected by Brandeis University as being central to Jewish life and tradition.

Do you want to join the class from your home or office? If you have a computer with a camera, or a smartphone, please join our lunch and learn via Zoom Meetings. Let Rabbi Coran know you will be joining in, and she will send you the email invite! RSVP to scoran@rockdaletemple.org.

Join in One of Our

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Adult Education Series:Israel; A Multi-Vocal Approach

Sunday mornings at 11:00am (Religious School Parent Shmooze with coffee and treats at 10am – all are welcome)Sept. 22, Nov. 24, Dec. 8, Jan. 12, Apr. 19

Rabbinic Intern Michael Weiss, curriculum developed by Resetting the Table

Learn, discuss and delve into the history and reality of the Modern State of Israel. We will have a chance to face the challenge of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, appreciating its complexity by hearing many different voices.

Meaningful Disagreements ~ Learning In Our Differences Wednesday evenings at 7:00pmOct. 23, Nov. 20, Dec. 4, Jan. 8

Rabbi Sissy Coran

One fact people across political divides today may still agree upon is that civil discourse between the political divides is turning less and less civil. Indeed, the sheer lack of desire to try to understand those with opposing political opinions (or political identities) and disagree constructively over critical questions is posing an existential threat to democracies around the world. In response, Pardes (a non-denominational yeshiva) has created this new initiative: Mahloket Matters: How to Disagree Constructively– The Beit Midrash Way. The roots of the beit midrash (Traditional House of Jewish Learning) culture may be found in the ancient rabbinic legend that tells how Moses received a Torah full of ambiguities that needed to be interpreted in contradictory ways known as the 49 vs 49. This methodology of studying text can be used to increase the desire and ability to understand and engage more constructively with conflicting political opinions today, thereby improving civil discourse.

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Join in One of OurTorah with a Twist: Bible Stories

and the Values They Teach Us.Wednesday evenings 7:00 - 8:30pmFeb. 12 and 26, Mar. 4 and 18

Rabbi Jonathan Hecht, PhDDean, Cincinnati campus, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion

In Judaism, the stories of the Bible are a source of inspiration, yet many of us know them merely as quaint children’s stories. These stories can hardly inspire us until we know how much depth and meaning each of them possess. In this class, we will explore the stories of the Book of Genesis and plumb their depths together. You will never see these stories the same way again… Guaranteed!

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Adult Education SeriesRockdale Book Club

Usually Tuesdays, 7:00pm - 9:00pmOther dates and books to be determined by the group

Facilitated by Rockdale Librarian, Karen Zanger

This growing group of men and women chooses and reads a Jewish fiction or non-fiction book (alternating) about every six weeks. Join us for discussion around the very large and friendly table up in the Rockdale library. This group is for folks who like having a little structure and company around reading interesting Jewish books. It’s also for getting to know other Rockdale book lovers lots better!

The fall kickoff book is Yossi Klein HaLevi’s Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor, the paperback 2nd edition with Palestinian responses. Conversations about this “community read” will happen at Rockdale as well as all around the city leading up to the author’s appearance October 29. Rockdale Book Club will gather to discuss it on date.

We choose our next book at each successive meet-up instead of far in advance, so that we’re free to entertain whims and new books. If enough copies of a book, we choose to read together are not available from libraries, and if covering purchase cost would be difficult for a group member, the purchase can be reimbursed through a generous “In the Beginning” grant from the Women of Rockdale. Contact person for the Book Club is Karen Zanger. Write to her at solsearch@aol.com or call her at 513-919-1271.

For a free copy of Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor, please visit: https://jewishcincinnati.org/we-need-to-talk

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Tikkun Leyl Shavuot

Thursday evening, May 28Late night study and discussion as we celebrate receiving the Torah at Mt. Sinai.

Union for Reform Judaism BiennialDec. 11 - 15, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois

Join thousands of Jews from across North America and around the world to learn, pray, share ideas, dance and sing, hear from inspiring speakers and the leaders of our Movement; reunite with old friends, create new connections, and make decisions about the policies of the Reform Movement.

For more information, please visit: https://urj.org/urj-biennial

A Year Full of Opportunities

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A Year Full of OpportunitiesShabbat Morning Yoga

Saturday mornings at 9:30amSept. 14, Oct. 19, Nov. 16, Dec. 14, Jan. 11 (tentative), Feb. 8,Mar. 14, Apr. 18, May 16, Jun. 13Once a month, join for an opportunity to experience Shabbat rest and refreshment through the practice of yoga. Lori Reidel, member and yoga instructor, will teach us to understand the Sabbath through this lens. Attendees are welcome to stay for services in their yoga attire. Bring your own mat or use the ones provided. Generously supported by the In the Beginning Fund of Women of Rockdale.

Sichat Torah - Torah DiscussionsSaturday Mornings at 9:30am

Join in a lively Torah discussion on Shabbat morning. Learn, laugh, and be transformed by the community and the weekly portion.

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Global Day of Jewish Learning: Words Matter

Mayerson Jewish Community Center

Sunday, Nov. 17 at 1:00 - 4:30pm

From ancient arguments to modern meanings, from raising our voices to remaining silent, the words have power.

Words can create. Words can harm or heal. Words can explain, or they can obscure. Even our silences speak volumes. Cincinnati’s Global Day of Jewish learning will feature leading thinkers, scholars and rabbis. Together, with input from participants, we will spend the afternoon exploring Jewish wisdom and the way our words influence our thoughts and our world. Global Day of Jewish Learning is a designated day on the calendar where Jewish communities across the globe study a shared theme from a variety of perspectives rooted in Jewish texts.

Learning Opportunities in the Community

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Learning Opportunities in the Community

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