J Teen Art Scene Second Annual Teen Art Exhibition Lectures & Learning The Women’s Beit Midrash Instructors: Rabbi Michele Faudem and Hetty Pearl Twelve Mondays Beginning Feb 21 7:30 - 9:00 PM $70 Member / $80 Public Join a group of women for the study of Biblical and Rabbinic texts each Monday night at our Women’s Beit Midrash. In these sessions we will study chapter eleven of Tractate Sanhedrin, where we will explore the concepts of resurrection and the World to Come. A basic knowledge of Hebrew is helpful. The last four weeks of the Women’s Beit Midrash is entitled “Passionate about Prayer” and will be taught by Hetty Pearl, the past director of the UOS Goldberg Montessori School. Mrs. Pearl will explore the meaning, laws, and customs behind selected daily prayers.
Making Your Way Through Midrash Instructor: Rabbi Diana Siegel Six Wednesdays Beginning Feb 23 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM $45 Member / $60 Public When we study Torah we often have questions. The commentaries of our Rabbis help answer these questions and understand different meanings of Torah. These interpretations and commentaries are called Midrash. We will study selected midrashim on the Torah and uncover their wisdom and guidance. No previous knowledge of Hebrew is needed.
Understanding the Vilification and De-Legitimization of Israel Lecture by Dr. Mitchell Bard Executive Director of the AmericanIsraeli Cooperative Enterprise Thursday, March 31 • 8:00 PM FREE The boycott, divestment, sanctions (BDS) movement is focused largely on college campuses, but it is especially nefarious because it is one element of a broader global campaign aimed at the de-legitimization of Zionism and, ultimately, the elimination of Israel. The BDS campaign is also a fight about freedom of speech that seeks to stifle academic exchange and trade with Israel while claiming rights it denies to Israel and its defenders. Join Dr. Bard as he addresses the history of the BDS movement and how the Jewish community should respond. As part of the lecture, Dr. Bard will also discuss his new book The Arab Lobby. This lecture is underwritten by Sheila & Dr. Gordon Sack and offered in partnership between the Jewish Community Center and Congregation Beth Yeshurun.
Life & Death Dilemmas: Medicine & Jewish Ethics
The Jewish Baker
Instructor: Rabbi Yossi Grossman, Dean, Jewish Ethics Institute Four-Part Series, Mondays, Mar 21, 28, Apr 4 and 11 7:30 - 8:30 PM $36 Member / $45 Public (series) $10 Member / $12 Public (session)
Instructor: Naomi Malakoff at United Orthodox Synagogue $26 Member / $35 Public (series) $15 Member / $20 Public (per class)
Join Rabbi Yossi Grossman as he discusses contemporary bioethical dilemmas and many more practical decision making issues that one faces throughout one’s life, through the prism of Jewish ethics and philosophy.
Living
Learn some new recipes and share some laughs, as we explore the art of challah making and the sweet tastes of delicious holiday desserts. March 6 • 2:00 - 3:30 PM Desserts That Will Make Your Mouth Water March 13 • 2:00 - 3:30 PM Hamantaschen and Cookies for Purim and Beyond March 27 • 2:00 - 3:30 PM Challah Making Made Easy and Delicious
Session 1: Sharing Life: Organ Donation and Transplantation Session 2: The Human Blueprint: Genetic Testing for Breast Cancer and Other Diseases Session 3: Split Decision: Conjoined Twins Session 4: Universal Health Care: A Jewish Perspective CME Credit Pending Additional Fee Required
April 4 through May 1 Join us for an opening reception April 10 in the Deutser Art Gallery to showcase Jewish teen artists in the fields of visual art, music and food. All members of the community are invited to attend. Now accepting submissions until March 7. See jcchouston.org for more details. Photo: Margeaux Epner
Language Beginning Hebrew - Level 1 Instructor: Karen Greenspan 10 Wednesdays beginning May 4 (no class June 9) • 7:00 – 8:30 PM $175 Member / $225 Public This introductory course is a program of letter recognition, reading proficiency, building vocabulary, and learning basic phrases using the Hebrew textbook series Aleph Isn’t Tough.
Beginning Hebrew - Level 3 Instructor: Karen Greenspan 10 Mondays beginning May 2 (no class July 4) • 7:00 – 8:30 PM $175 Member / $225 Public In this course we will continue to practice reading skills and build vocabulary with a focus on reading Torah.
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YISRAEL CAMPBELL Sunday April 10 2:00 PM $20 JCC Member $25 Public
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