Adult Education

FALL 2023 Offerings!

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. 

LEARN THE ALEPH BET
with Stuart Berlin, Sundays, beginning October 22, 29, 10:30am, in-person at The Meeting House
Future dates will be selected once class begins.

AUTHOR MOLLY GOLUBCOW
The Hotel on St. James Place, Sunday, November 5, 1:00pm, in-person at The Meeting House 

WHAT JEWS THINK – An 8-part Series

• Philosophy and Leadership in Dark Times, Thursday, November 2, 8:30pm, via Zoom
• The Beginnings of Kabbalah, Thursday, December 14, 8:30pm, via Zoom
• Ideas of God in Jewish Mysticism, Thursday, January 4, 8:30pm, via Zoom
• Theodor Herzl’s Political Zionism in an Age of Empire, Nationalism, and the Problem of Anti-Semitism, Thursday, February 8, 8:30pm, via Zoom
• What is Judaism? – The Dispute between Martin Buber and Franz Rosenzweig, Thursday, February 29, 8:30pm, via Zoom
• A Rabbinic Debate about Slavery on the Eve of the Civil War, Thursday, March 14, 8:30pm, via Zoom
• Jewish Philosophy and Feminism, Thursday, April 11, 8:30pm, via Zoom
• How Jewish Philosophers Think about Troubling Traditions, Thursday, May 9, 8:30pm, via Zoom

RABBI ILYSE KRAMER
Jumping into the Sea of Talmud, Sundays, December 4, 11, 18, 7:00pm, via Zoom

Parshat Hashavua – The Weekly Torah Portion with Rabbi Martin Siegel
Mondays, 12:15pm

FILM SHUL – JEWS AND THE MOVIES – A 3-part series

• In The Beginning, Thursday, November 30, 8:30pm, via Zoom
• Funny Girls – Part 2, Thursday, January 18, 8:30pm, via Zoom
• Those Were the Days, Thursday, February 22, 8:30pm, via Zoom

DOCUMENTARY AND DISCUSSION
Diversity in the Long Gray Line, Tuesday, November 14, 8:30pm, via Zoom

TRAVEL WITH US – A JEWISH TRAVEL SERIES – Part 2 

• Jewish Cuba, Sunday, November 19, 1:00pm, via Zoom
• Jewish Greece, Sunday, December 17, 1:00pm, via Zoom
• Jewish Egypt, Sunday, January 7, 1:00pm, via Zoom
• Stories from Curacao’s Jewish History, Sunday, January 28, 1:00pm, via Zoom
• Jewish Portugal, Sunday, February 25, 1:00pm, via Zoom
• Jewish Iran, Sunday, March 10, 1:00pm, via Zoom