Adult Education

 

Adult Ed Committee Mission
To develop varied Adult Education programs which enhance congregation members’ understanding and competence in Jewish history, text study, Hebrew language, Jewish liturgy and rituals, Jewish ethical values, family life/life cycle knowledge, Jewish culture, or Jewish community.

Come and partake of the highest mitzvah of all! Feast on the ultimate soul food…. study!  Columbia Jewish Congregation is pleased to offer a variety of courses guaranteed to feed the soul and stimulate the brain. 

UPCOMING OFFERINGS

When Ideas Get Tough…and Life Feels Rough: Civil Discourse and Sacred Arguing – Part 2, with Rabbi Ilyse Kramer, Wednesday, September 3, 1:30pm

Staying Safe Online, Thursday, September 4, 11:00am

The Druz Israeli Minority: Covenant of Blood, Thursday, September 25, 8:30pm

Jewish Museum Tours (virtual)  

• The Jewish Museum, NY   Sunday, October 19, 2025, 1:00pm
• Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History, Sunday, December 7, 2025, 1:00pm
• National Museum of American Jewish Military History, Thursday, February 5, 2026, 8:30pm
• Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience, Thursday, March 26, 2026, 8:30pm

Travel with Us — Part 3

• Jewish Barbados, Thursday, September 18, 2025, 8:30pm
• Jewish Istanbul, Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00pm
• Jewish Panama, Thursday, December 4, 2025, 8:30pm
• Jewish Indonesia, Thursday, January 8, 2026, 8:30pm
• Jewish Kurdistan, Thursday, April 23, 2026, 8:30pm
• Jewish Uruguay Thursday, May 7, 2026, 8:30pm

Jewish Art Series with Evgenia Kempinski

• Purim in the Works of European Artists, Sunday, January 25, 2026, 1:00pm
• Jewish Artists who Shook the World, Sunday, February 22, 2026, 1:00pm
• Jews in the Life and Art of Pablo Picasso, Sunday, March 8, 2026, 1:00pm

Jewish Scholar Series

• Finding God in the Material World, Thursday, September 11, 2025, 8:30pm
• Abraham Cahan and the Rise of the American Yiddish Press, Thursday, November 13, 2025, 8:30pm
• Jews for Choice: How Jews Have Been Active in the Fight for Reproductive Justice, Thursday, January 15, 2026, 8:00pm
• Talmudic Stories: From History to Literature, Thursday, February 12, 2026, 8:00pm
• Jewish Justification of Diaspora Life, Thursday, March 19, 2026, 8:30pm
• A Rosenberg by Any Other Name: Jewish Name Changing in the 20th Century, Thursday, April 30, 2026, 8:30pm

ONGOING OFFERINGS

Weekly Torah Portion Discussion with Rabbi Gordon Fuller