Our Jewish League students looked at the iconic creations of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, two of the most famous (and Jewish) comic book artists of all time. In Jewish Sources on Racial Justice, a different kind of superhero was studied: Ruth Bader Ginsberg. First year Hot Topics explored looking at the first anniversary of […]
We enjoyed some lively and engaging discussions today covering everything from the Baal Shem Tov; the Hasidic community vis a vis LGBTQ Jews; Jewish philosophy, spirituality and great Jewish thinkers, including Spinoza and Martin Buber; describing personal “G-d moments” and more! We’re meeting for the next two Sundays, March 14 and March 21, and then we’ll […]
This week we continued to examine Jewish themes and representation in super hero stories and film and began our study of Jewish Sources on Racial Justice during our elective block. Our Confirmation class is prepping for leading the 2nd night seder at The Temple and first year Hot Topics delved deeper into the Purim story, […]
This afternoon we continued our study of Kabbalah; had our first LGBTQ Judaism class where we examined Jewish, queer representation in film and television; and in keeping with current events, talked about Jews in Sports in our Hot Topics core class—tons of great Jewish learning going on!We’ll be back together for more meaningful, Jewish study […]
It was great to see everyone after our long winter break! We opened with a prayer, led by Rabbi Rapport, for courage and comfort and shared thoughts and feelings about the events of the past week. We then wrapped up our exploration of Coming to America and Jews and SciFi and continued the always lively […]