Adult Education FALL/WINTER 5782 | 2021-2022
LEARNING AND GROWING TOGETHER Lifelong learning is at the core of Beth Emet values. Beth Emet is a diverse community of individuals with different viewpoints, backgrounds, and a broad range of Jewish learning experiences. The Beth Emet Adult Education Program offers exciting possibilities for meeting new people, exchanging ideas, and embracing Jewish history, ritual, and culture. Our classes are taught by experienced teachers and lay leaders from Beth Emet and the larger Jewish community. Offerings range from one-time events to yearlong classes; some have fees and scholarships are available. The Fall | Winter 5782 term features a wide range of classes and special programs. This term will begin remotely, through Zoom, and continue in person as conditions permit. Links will be provided to those registered. Classes are listed and described by starting date. Everyone is welcome to listen, learn, contribute, and share new insights with other members of the Beth Emet community. Helene Rosenberg, Adult Education Committee Chair Barbara Berngard, Reva Denlow, Nancy Fink, Douglas Hoffman, Barbara Linn, Jesse Rosenberg, and Barbara Schoenfield, Committee Members
Beth Emet Adult Education is supported in part by a generous grant from the David D. Polk and Marian Polk Fried Adult Jewish Studies Fund of the Beth Emet Foundation. This grant allows us to offer Beth Emet members all of the Friday morning 10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. classes during the Fall | Winter 5782 term as a package for the reduced fee of $120.
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CLASSES AND EVENTS *Indicates presenters who are Beth Emet clergy, staff, or congregants The Fall | Winter term will begin on Zoom and continue in person as conditions permit. Registration is required for all classes, remote and in person. Weekly classes do not meet during Thanksgiving and winter breaks.
OCTOBER Challenges and Possibilities for Faith Communities in American Public Life A Webinar with Robert D. Putnam, Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University who achieved national recognition in 2000 for his groundbreaking book, Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community, and Shaylyn Romney Garrett, writer and social entrepreneur Wednesday, October 20 | 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. As uncertain and unsettling as these times may be, they are not unprecedented — we have encountered them before and we prevailed. Conversation on the significance of faith communities in American public life during these troubling times will be moderated by our own Rabbi Andrea London and Reverend David J. Wood, Senior Minister at Glencoe Union Church. No fee. This program is sponsored by the Jewish Education: Lifelong Learning Opportunities (JELLO) Fund of the Beth Emet Foundation
Hinei Mah Tov: How Israeli and American Jews Have Viewed Each Other... and how liberal Jewish movements in Israel have made progress, faced opposition, and cooperated. with Rabbi Naamah Kelman and Elan Ezrachi One program | two dates, both live, on Zoom Tuesday, October 26 | 9:30 - 11:00 a.m. or Wednesday, October 27 | 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. Elan and Naamah will reflect on their shared life journeys as an Israeli and an American who met 45 years ago: what Israel and American Jewry were like when they met; how each saw the other then; changes over the decades; their respective roles and activities; and the progress and collaboration of Conservative and Reform Judaism in Israel on issues of mutual concern. Two breakout sessions follow. Naamah will discuss the renaissance and challenges of Jewish life in Israel through her work as a rabbi and the dean of Hebrew Union College. Elan will focus on issues of Jewish peoplehood, IsraelDiaspora relations, and his work teaching Israelis about American Jewry. No fee. This program is sponsored by the Jewish Education: Lifelong Learning Opportunities (JELLO) Fund of the Beth Emet Foundation
