Join Rabbi Gordon as we engage with our ancient text, discover new lessons, and make meaning from our traditional stories. You are welcome to join us, one class at a time, or for the whole series. All meetings will be virtual. Questions? Connect with Lisa Kaplan at (https://mailto:lkaplan@temple- israel.org?subject=RE%3A%20Tuesdays%20%26%20Torah). _Supported by the Sylvia Goodman Memorial […]
All middle and high school students are invited to join Ofir, our Shinshin, and learn about how to make traditional Israeli dishes. There is no cost for this program, but registration is required. Organized by: Congregation Shaarey Zedek View event on Jlive: https://jlive.app/events/9589
Eighty-six years after mobs destroyed synagogues, shattered shop windows and assaulted Jews in a spasm of hatred known as Kristallnacht, Jews in Europe fled for their lives again, this time in Amsterdam. A “Jew hunt,” _New York Times_ columnist **Bret Stephens** called the attacks surrounding a soccer match between Israeli and Dutch teams, pointing out […]
**THE JEWS AND ISLAM with Professor Howard Lupovitch** ZOOM **TUESDAYS, 7 – 8:30 PM** Nov. 12, 19; Dec. 3, 10, 17 Explore the long, tortuous relationship between Judaism and Islam, and between Jews and Muslims, in all its complexity and variations. Learn about the common “Abrahamic” elements of the two communities; why, for more than […]
**Give the gift of life this Giving Tuesday. ** The J Detroit Community Blood Drive Tuesday, December 3 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. This Giving Tuesday, we’re asking for a different type of donation: the lifesaving gift of blood. Your donation today supports the local blood supply and helps ensure Blood Centers of America is […]
Have you always wanted to learn how to read Hebrew? Now is your chance! Hazzan Gross is teaching this multisession series on learning to read Hebrew. Wednesdays from 12pm to 1 pm on November 6, 13, 20, December 4, 11, 18 and January 8,15, 22 at Adat Shalom. No previous Hebrew reading experience is necessary. […]
JFD/UJF Combined Board Meeting
Join us for drinks, desserts and DIY at Detroit Dye House where we’ll get a master class in the art of tie dying! Everyone will have the opportunity to dye three items: a pair of socks (which will be donated to Focus Hope, Empowerment Plan and Crossroads of Michigan), a tote bag and then pick […]
**SALON SERIES CONTINUES: A TALMUDIC EXPLORATION OF HILLEL’S TEACHINGS ON ETHICS AND KINDNESS with Rabbi Tzvi Muller** ZOOM **THURSDAYS, 9:30 – 11 AM** Oct. 31; Nov. 7, 14, 21; Dec. 5, 12, 19; Jan. 9, 16, 23; Feb. 6, 13, 20, 27; Mar. 6, 13, 20, 27; Apr. 3, 24; May 1, 8, 15, 22 […]
**COFFEE WITH THE RABBIS: MUSSAR MASTERS – ETHICAL LIVING with** **Rabbi Joshua Bennett and Rabbi Joseph Krakoff** ZOOM **MONTHLY – THURSDAYS, 10 – 11:30 AM** 11/7/2024, 12/5/2024, 1/9/2025, 2/6/2025, 3/6/2025, 4/3/2025, 5/8/2025, 6/5/2025 **** **Mussar is a Jewish spiritual practice that offers instruction and compelling strategies for living a meaningful and ethical Jewish life. Mussar […]
**BIBLICAL DREAMERS AND THE VISIONARIES THEY INSPIRED with Ariella Nadel** ZOOM **THURSDAYS, NOON – 1:15 PM** Oct. 31; Nov. 7, 14, 21; Dec. 5, 12, 19; Jan. 9 From Joseph to Betzalel, Miriam to Judith, our national history has propelled forward by the visions of prophetic dreamers. Each week we will study the story […]
**THE SYNAGOGUE: ITS HISTORY, CUSTOMS AND GROWTH with Dr. Michael Pytlik** ZOOM **THURSDAYS, NOON – 1:30 PM** Oct. 31; Nov. 7, 14, 21; Dec. 5, 12, 19; Jan. 9 The concept of the synagogue as a place of worship started long before the destruction of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans in 70 […]
