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Our Adult Education programming provides members of our community with assorted opportunities to enrich their lives through Jewish learning.
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Florence Melton Adult Mini-School--NEW 1st Year Class at Temple Sinai!
Thursdays, starting September 24, 9:45 AM – 12 Noon
30 weekly sessions throughout the year
Purposes of Jewish Living - Essential Jewish concepts and ideas as they unfold in the bible and other sacred texts.
Rhythms of Jewish Living - Central ideas which mold the traditional patterns of life cycles, holidays and practices which define and shape a Jewish life.
Each morning includes both classes with a 15-minute break in between.
Florida "snow birds" can "pick up" classes in certain Florida locations. One class taught by Rabbi Ron Symons, the other to be announced.
Temple Sinai Members: $350 for 30 classes (partially subsidized by Temple Sinai); Non-members: $525
To register, contact Amy Karp at akarp@aljpittsburgh.org or 412.521.1101
Talmud Class
Our Talmud Class meets once every two weeks. Please refer to our calendar for exact dates. We invite you to join us on a regular basis or as a drop-in for intriguing conversations based on Talmudic texts that offer ample room for individual participation and discussion. Questions? Call Rabbi Symons 412-421-7039, rabbisymons@templesinaipgh.org.
Adult B'nai Mitzvah Class
This class gives adults the opportunity to learn about and to the convey their mastery of worship and Torah traditions. We will meet Wednesday evenings at 7:00 PM from January through the Adult B’nai Mitzvah Service on June 18.
The class will cover:
- The Friday Evening Service, its themes and structure
- The Torah portion and Haftarah
- D’var Torah-students will prepare a brief commentary on the portion
Cost: $125. Scholarships are available.
Please call the Temple office at 412-421-9715
This course may be taken for interest and information by those not desiring to participate in the Adult B’nai Mitzvah ceremony. A minimum registration of FIVE students is required for this course.
Registration required: office@templesinaipgh.org.
Saturday Beit Midrash
Strangers No More! Jewish Perspectives on Immigration Reform
June 12, 11:15 AM– 12:30 PM
How are our Jewish values related to the ways we treat strangers and how can they influence our opinions on the current political debate in Arizona and around the country?
Probing question: Which commandment is repeated more than any other in the Torah? (We will see which one and how many… )
Please feel free to bring a brown paper bag lunch.
Book Discussion Group
September 15, 1:15 PM
Our next book is The Lazarus Project by Aleksander Hemon.
"MacArthur genius Hemon in his third book (after Nowhere Man) intelligently unpacks 100 years' worth of immigrant disillusion, displacement and desperation. As fears of the anarchist movement roil 1908 Chicago, the chief of police guns down Lazarus Averbuch, an eastern European immigrant Jew who showed up at the chief's doorstep to deliver a note. Almost a century later, Bosnian-American writer Vladimir Brik secures a coveted grant and begins working on a book about Lazarus; his research takes him and fellow Bosnian Rora, a fast-talking photographer whose photos appear throughout the novel, on a twisted tour of eastern Europe (there are brothel-hotels, bouts of violence, gallons of coffee and many fabulist stories from Rora) that ends up being more a journey into their own pasts than a fact-finding mission. Sharing equal narrative duty is the story of Olga Averbuch, Lazarus's sister, who, hounded by the police and the press (the Tribune reporter is especially vile), is faced with another shock: the disappearance of her brother's body from his potter's grave. (His name, after all, was Lazarus.) Hemon's workmanlike prose underscores his piercing wit, and between the murders that bookend the novel, there's pathos and outrage enough to chip away at even the hardest of hearts."
Starred Review from Publishers Weekly, May 2008.
Significant Jewish Books from the URJ
Ongoing Activities
Parasha of the Week
Join us on Wednesdays at noon in the Rogaliner Lounge as we learn about and discuss the parasha (Torah portion) of the week. This is an ongoing class each week throughout the year. Bring your lunch (optional) and come to study.
Downtown Lunch Group
Saturday Morning Torah Study and Informal Shabbat Service
