Do not say 'When I find time I will study',
time is never found, only made. - Pirkei Avot
Jewish, Alive and American (JA&A) February 25, 2009 Life Cycle: Death & Mourning March 11, 2009 Mysticism March 25, 2009 Jewish Texts - Bible April 22, 2009 Holocaust May 13, 2009 Jewish Attitudes Towards Israel May 27, 2009 Days of Awe - Calendar May 29, 2009 JA&A Shabbat - Friday evening - dinner 6 PM more >
Adult B'nai Mitzvah Program
If you want to enrich your Jewish life, are interested in a meaningful experience of Jewish learning, enjoy meeting new friends and want to expand your connection to the Kehillat Israel community...then join the Adult B'nai Mitzvah Class and develop enduring personal connections while experiencing life changing spiritual growth. (Save the Date: The B'nai Mitzvah Service is on Sunday, May 23, 2010 at 4pm).
Registration Fees: KI Members: Single: $350, Couple: $600 (per year)
Please note: Class size is limited and a minimum number of registrants is required for the program to be offered. Scholarships are available. Register by October 15th to ensure your spot! For more information and to register, contact Mariana Grosz at mariana.grosz@kehillatisrael.org or (310) 459-2328, ext. 231.
Class of 2010 ? Wednesdays at 7:30pm (you will be attending most classes with the JA&A group. Please check the JA&A section for that schedule).
Wednesday, October 29, 7:00 PM Orientation for Class of 2010
Fridays, January 16 - February 20, 6:30 PM Beginning Hebrew: Reading Text 5 sessions (before Shabbat Services, then attend services with instructor, Mariana Grosz)
Shabbat, January 10, 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Hebrew Prayer Reading Workshop (includes Kiddush lunch) You'll walk out loving Hebrew!
Year Two of Adult B'nai Mitzvah Class of 2010
In the second year, you will continue to learn Hebrew, Trope (chanting traditional Hebrew melodies), Torah, and delve deeper into prayer and Jewish rituals in preparation for the service when you become Bar or Bat Mitzvah at a special ceremony on Sunday, June 7, 2009 at 4pm.
January 7 - February 25 7:30 - 9:00 PM Trope Training (8 sessions - wednesdays) 7:30 PM (Cantor Frenkel):
Saturday, March 7 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Shabbat Prayer Workshop Friday, March 13 - 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM (before services) Friday, March 27 - 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM (before services) Understanding the Service (Rabbi Lewart)
Final Steps (Wednesdays - 7:30 PM) March 18 Tallit workshop April 22 Naming workshop April 29 How to give your Devar Torah May 6 Torah study (ten commandments) May 13 Torah study May 20 Rehearsal 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM May 27 Rehearsal 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Lebaynu: Advanced Jewish Learning
Every Other Wednesday at 7:30pm beginning November 5
Open up questions about mystical texts, guided meditation, mussar, and Judaism in action. Create a spiritual autobiography. Hold the end of January for an Institute of Jewish Spirituality Lay Retreat, (January 23-25) for ReSouling.
Registration fee: $250
KI Book Group ? American Jewish Experience February 12 The Plot Against America, Philip Roth 1940s commentary March 12 The Lady?s Auxiliary,Tony Mirvis Jews of the South - Memphis Orthodox Jews May 14 Paradise Park, Allegra Goodman Contemporary Jewish experience
Salon Series - Top Notch Speakers Come to KI March 13, 2009Myra Shapiro will tell us about her memoir, Four Sublets: Becoming a Poet in New York, which reminds us that it was but a few decades ago that a woman was not expected to have a singular happiness. April 10, 2009I.C. (?Chuck?) Rapoport promises to give us a ?Show and Tell? that won?t be easily forgotten. Rapoport's photography career is noted for his Life Magazine photo essay on the aftermath of the tragic Aberfan, Wales disaster, and also for his exclusive and rare photographs of Joseph Pilates, the now famous fitness master and creator of the Pilates Method.May 8, 2009Jewish Federation speaker -- to be announced
Class Schedules Please scroll down for dates and times of B'nai Mitzvah, JA&A, Salon Series, Book Group, Forbidden Tales of the Torah, and Lebaynu classes.
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