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We invite you to experience Judaism on a new level. You can take a year-long course or a single class, come to a three-session series or attend a once-a-month discussion group. Classes, lectures, concerts, and tours are all opportunities to deepen your connection to Judaism. We offer classes at all levels of learning. You are welcome to participate in any course or event whatevver your prior Jewish educational background. Our clergy, teachers, and guest speakers are dedicated to helping you develop and strengthen your relationship to Judaism.
Read about and register for our classes below!
Beginning Conversational Hebrew - LEVEL 2
Instructor: Orly Farhi-Haley
Tuesdays 6:30- 7:30 pm
November 21, November 28, December 5, December 12, December 19 ,
(no class December 26 and January 2), January 9, January 16, January 23, January 30
In Person.
Some previous knowledge of Hebrew is required as this is Level 2 of Beginners Hebrew.
Our Israeli method of teaching is for all Hebrew language skills: speaking, comprehension, reading, and writing.
Cost: $75 Members, $100 Non-Members
Ready to register? Sign up here.
So What Happens Next?: Jewish Philosophers on Life After Death,
A Guide to Jewish Eschatology
Mondays, Jan 8, 15, 22 and Feb 5 at 7:00 pm on Zoom
Instructor: Professor Daniel Rynhold
The idea of the afterlife looms large in many religious traditions. But what does Judaism actually have to say about what happens next, whether personally or more generally in "history"? In this course we will look at a selection of medieval and modern ideas on these issues that range from the supernatural to the natural, taking in the views of such thinkers as Saadia Gaon, Maimonides, and Spinoza
Professor Daniel Rynhold is Dean at the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies at Yeshiva University in New York City where he has worked since August 2007. He became the Shoshana Shier Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Toronto's Centre for Jewish Studies in 2019.
Ready to register? Sign up here.
COMING IN FEBRUARY!
Songs of the Soul: Jewish Religious Poetry from Medieval Spain
Mondays, February 26, March 4, 11, 18 at 7:00 pm on Zoom
Instructor: Professor Elisha Russ-Fishbane
Elisha Russ-Fishbane, Associate Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University, is a historian of Jewish culture in the medieval Islamic world and a scholar of medieval Jewish thought, law, and literature. His critically awarded published works include a study of Abraham Maimonides and Aging in Medieval Jewish Culture. He is currently working on a study of how Islam, both as religious rival and political power, was portrayed in medieval Jewish literature, as well as how Muslims were depicted in the daily documents of the Cairo Genizah.
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Harmoni-AH! – The Brotherhood Synagogue Congregational Choir
with Cantor Isaac Yager and Meredeth Kelly
Tuesdays, 6:00-7:30pm in Person
Jewish music offers a rich selection of choral music that can greatly enhance our spiritual experience. After strengthening our group sound through listening and vocal exercises, the choir will begin to tap into some of this music in a manner that is accessible for participants with advanced or no musical background. The choir will also have opportunities to perform this music for the community throughout the year, performance dates TBD. Our congregational choir is open to everyone at all levels of experience.
Please email Cantor Yager directly if you are interested in newly participating. You can also sign up here.
Lunch & Learn with Cantor Isaac Yager
Thursdays ongoing, 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm in Person and on Zoom
Join us for lunch on Thursdays as we discuss, learn, and engage in Jewish textual study, specifically the Parashat Hashavuah (weekly Torah reading). Following in the footsteps of the generations that preceded us, we will continue the long legacy of commenting and intellectually dissecting Jewish texts from the Torah, the book of Prophets, and other holy texts. Questions will be encouraged and debate is inevitable. This will be an inclusive, non judgmental learning environment where everyone's voice will have equal value. No prior text study is required. All are welcome to attend and participate.
Conversion Class with Cantor Isaac Yager
Wednesdays ongoing, 6:30 - 7:30 pm in Person
“For wherever you go, I will go; wherever you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God.”
Book of Ruth, Chapter 1
In the spirit in which Ruth was welcomed into the Jewish community, Brotherhood Synagogue offers conversion classes to those interested in joining the Jewish faith. Classes run from October through June and meet on Wednesdays from 6:30-7:30 in person at the synagogue. Our first class date will be TBD. Admission to the class is accepted on a rolling basis based on the individual, all experience levels with Judaism are welcome to inquire. Conversion classes are provided at no cost, though participants are requested to make a donation to Brotherhood Synagogue in an amount of their choosing at the end of the conversion process. Please contact Cantor Yager or Rabbi Alder if you are interested in the program.