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Tapestry – A Night of Jewish Learning
Saturday, January 6, 2018 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
JOIN US AT TAPESTRY AT THE LAWRENCE FAMILY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER
• Community Havdalah • 24 Presentations (from Abraham to Zionism)
• Delicious Dessert Reception • 3 Enriching Hours!
• $45 Tapestry pre-registration • $40 JCC Member • $18 Teacher
Pre-Registration closes Thursday, January, 4, 2018 at noon.
Registration at the door will be $55 per person.
All classes will be filled on a first-come basis.
Pre-Registration closes Thursday, January, 4, 2018 at noon. Registration at the door will be $55 per person.
All classes will be filled on a first-come basis.
6:15 p.m. – Registration
7:00 p.m. – Community Havdalah
7:35–8:25 p.m. – Session #1 Select one class to attend
8:35–9:25 p.m. – Session #2 Select one class to attend
9:30 p.m. – Dessert Reception and Celebration, Catered by “The Place” (dietary laws observed)
7:35–8:25 p.m. SESSION #1 SELECT ONE CLASS TO ATTEND
Other classes:
1A. Cooking Like an Israeli • Debbie Kornberg (up to 20 people, $10 extra per person to pay for ingredients)
1B. The Wonder Years? Jewish Values for Parenting Teens • Craig Parks
1C. Abraham Joshua Heschel and Radical Amazement • Rabbi Wayne Dosick
1D. Mindfulness and Magic: Jewish Mysticism and Saving the Universe One Day at a Time • Rabbi George Wielechowski
1E. The New American Zionism • Rabbi Phil Graubart
1F. Generation Z and Tomorrow’s Jewish Leaders • Rabbi David Singer
1G. Reclaiming Personal Prayer • Rabbi Ron Shulman
1H. Creation in the Bible: Hurricanes, Climate Change and the Return of Water as a Force of Chaos and Destruction • Rabbi Scott Meltzer
1I. The Inner Lives of Hebrew Letters • Nancy Handwerger
1J. YOGA: From Darkness to Light • Rabbi Alyson Solomon
1K. Our Garden of Eden: Jewish Environmentalism • Jennifer Meltzer
1L. Raul Hilberg’s Triad and Way Beyond • Rabbi Jonathan Stein
8:35–9:25 p.m. SESSION #2 SELECT ONE CLASS TO ATTEND
2A. Gratitude: Waking Up to Life Part 2 • Rabbi Baruch Shalom Ezagui
2B. Super Jews – From the X-Men to the Fantastic Four: How Judaism, Jewish Values and Jewish Texts have Influenced the Comic Book Industry • Rabbi Joshua Dorsch
2C. Cooking Like an Israeli • Debbie Kornberg (up to 20 people, $10 extra per person to pay for ingredients)
2D. Jewish Music and Jewish Values in Popular Music • Craig Parks
2E. The New American Jewish Identity • Rabbi Phil Graubart
2F. Language is Power: Metaphors, Pronouns and Names in 21st Century Judaism • Rabbi Scott Meltzer
2G. Torah’s Perception of a Mensch • Rabbi Jonah Fradkin
2H. Sephardic Philosophy and Its Impact in Today’s Jewish Thought • Rabbi Nisso Palti
2 I. Three Stories of the Brave, the Righteous, and the Audacious – Little Known Events from the Shoah • Lili Feingold
2J. Trans-Parent: A Jewish Understanding of Sexuality in the 21st Century • Rabbi Yael Ridberg
2K. Building Your Epic Spiritual Fitness Plan • Rachel Eden
2L. Maimonides’ Hidden Torah Commentary • Rabbi Michael Samuel