Adults

Connections to Israel

Forge a deep connection to Israeli life and culture.
Experience the richness of Israel with our Hebrew singing, vibrant Israeli dancing, and captivating Israeli films.

“It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts”–Harry S Truman 

Offerings

Makhela-An Israeli Style Choir
With Zvi Klein, conductor and musical director 
Join the Israeli choir and sing some of your favorite Hebrew songs, old and new, with others. Participants must know how to read and sing in Hebrew. Reading musical notes NOT required. Every other week.
7 Wednesdays, 4/17, 5/8, 5/15, 5/29, 6/5, 6/19, 7:30 pm-10:00 pm,
$130 JCC Member/$150 Public

The Evelyn and Harold Meltzer Judaic Scholar-In-Residence Programs
Rabbi Reuven Kimelman, Scholar-in-Residence

Pesach Seminar (Virtual)
An interactive session on how to run a wine and matzoh-centered interactive Seder. Have your favorite Haggadah available.
Wednesday 4/17, 8pm-9pm, Free and Open to the Community on Zoom

Shavuot Seminar (Virtual)
What made Ruth and Esther the heroines of the Bible?  Are Ruth and Esther more alike or unalike?
How did the two become moral models? How did they rise from obscurity to become the heroines of Israel? 
Do they owe their success to Mordecai and Boaz?  
Wednesday, June 5 (Yom Yerushalayim), 8 pm-9 pm Free and Open to the Community on Zoom