Class Schedule/Recordings

Week 1 - Who Is a Jew? What Is Judaism?

Week 1 Packet

Week 2 - Jewish Time: Introducing the Calendar and the Tishrei Holidays

Week 2 Packet

Week 3 - Torah, Tanach, and Jewish Beginnings

Week 3 Packet

Week 4 - The Jewish Story: Greatest Hits from the Tanach

Week 4 Packet

Week 5 - The Jewish Story: Transition to Rabbinic Leadership and Rabbinic Lore

Week 5 Packet

Week 6 - Jewish Learning: An Exploration of Jewish Stories, Law, Debate, and the Decision-Making Process in the Talmud and Beyond

Week 6 Packet

Week 7 - The Jewish Story: The Jewish Experience of Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust

Week 8 - The Jewish Story: The Medieval and Modern Periods and the Emergence of the Synagogue Movements

Week 8 Packet

Week 9 - Jewish Living: Sanctifying the Cycles and Milestones of Our Lives

Week 9 Packet

Week 10 - Chanukah Workshop & December Dilemma

Week 10 Packet

Week 11 - The Jewish Story: Zionism, the Land, and the State of Israel

Week 12 - Jewish Believing: Jewish Concepts of God

Week 12 Packet

Week 13 - Jewish Living: Everyday Spirituality and Creating a Jewish Home

Week 13 Packet

Week 14 - Jewish Believing: Judaism and Christianity

Week 15 - Jewish Time: The Spring Holidays - Tu B’Shevat, Purim, Pesach, Shavuot, and Newer Spring Holidays

Week 15 Packet

Week 16 - Jewish Living: Applications of Jewish Law, Customs, and Values

Week 17 - Friendships, Relationships, Love, and Sex in Jewish Tradition

Week 18 - Jewish Prayer: Communal Worship and Observance

Week 18 Packet

Week 19 - Jewish Time: Shabbat, a Sanctuary in Time

Week 19 Packet

Week 20 - Jewish Living: Jewish Ethics and Current Issues of Social Justice

Week 20 Packet

Week 21 -Jewish Living: Jewish Communities Around the World

Week 21 Packet

Week 22 - Jewish Living: Jewish Music Past and Present

Week 22 Packet

Week 23 - Jewish Time: Passover Workshop

Week 23 Packet

No class on Tuesdays April 4, 11, and 18. Class resumes on Tuesday, April 25.

Week 24 - Jewish Living: Jewish Views of Life, Death, and Mourning

Week 24 Packet

Week 25 - Jewish Prayer: An Experience of Worship and Communal Spiritual Practice

Week 25 Packet

Week 26 - Final Class: We devote this time to answering all of your questions

Week 26 Packet

CONVERSION SEMINAR 2023 PACKET

Week 27 - Conversion Seminar A: Texts & Background

Week 27 - Gerut at Temple Israel Pamphlet

Week 28 - Conversion Seminar B: Dynamics of Conversion

Week 29 - Conversion Seminar C: Panel Discussion

Week 30 - Conversion Seminar D: Liturgy & Ritual

 

For those going through conversion, here are sound files for the blessings.

Blessings for the immersion in the Mikveh: Click here to download file.

Blessings recited at the Conversion Ceremony: Click here to download file.