Judaism of the Heart: An Introduction to Hasidic Thought
Dates: Tuesdays — November 10, December 1, January 19, February 9, March 2, April 6, May 4 Time: 7:00 – 8:15 pm Mode: In-Person (with Zoom possible, if needed) Faculty: Rabbi Nathan Kamesar Fee: $18 for Society Hill Synagogue Members • $108 for the General Public What would it mean not only to practice Judaism, […]
Nuts & Bolts: A (Re)Introduction to Judaism
Dates: Tuesdays — October 6, October 20, November 17, December 15, January 26, February 16, March 9, April 13, May 18 Time: 7:00 – 8:15 pm Mode: In-Person (with Zoom possible when necessary) Faculty: Rabbi Nathan Kamesar Fee: $18 for Society Hill Synagogue Members • $108 for the General Public Nuts & Bolts is both […]
The Journey to Peace
Dates: Wednesdays — November 11, November 18, December 2, December 9 Time: 7:00 – 8:30 pm Mode: In-Person Faculty: Rabbi Avi Winokur Fee: $18 for Society Hill Synagogue Members | $108 for General Public To view the Israeli-Palestinian conflict primarily in political terms is to lose sight of the human beings whose lives are shattered […]
The Justice We Pursue
by Rabbi Nathan Kamesar Dear Friends, This has been a hard week. Last week, the Jewish museum, a block from our synagogue, was vandalized with antisemitic graffiti that included an age-old antisemitic slur against Jews. One day later, at a synagogue in New York much like ours, a man disrupted Friday night services, physically assaulting two people. We […]
Eating, and Living, with Purpose
by Rabbi Nathan Kamesar Dear Friends, During this past week’s Torah discussion at our Shabbat morning services, we discussed the week’s parashah (portion), which, as we approach the Yamim Nora’im, the Days of Awe — Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur — is part of the fifth of the five books of Torah, D’varim, Deuteronomy. Both the Hebrew and English names of […]