Jewish education is a lifelong journey! We offer a number of opportunities for adults to learn and socialize as well to improve their Jewish knowledge. Click the link to the various sessions below for more details and discussion details.
Join us for lunch and schmooze, followed by an exploration of a variety of Jewish-related topics.
Over the course of the summer, we will be visited by three members of the Greater Taunton clergy to teach us on aspects of Christianity.
Bring a Kosher-Style Lunch and an open mind!
Mondays 12:00pm – 1:30pm
In the Korff Family Library of the Jewish Community House, 133 High Street, Taunton, MA
Reb Josh brings texts from across the Jewish tradition to explore issues of gender and sexuality from a queer perspective. Email Reb Josh to RSVP.
Mondays at 5:00pm (check calendar for variations)
In the Korff Family Library of the Jewish Community House, 133 High Street, Taunton, MA
Did you miss having a Bar or Bat Mitzvah at 13? Had one and feel it’s time for a deeper experience? Deepen your knowledge and experience of Torah and Prayer with a group of peers. Options for both individual and group celebrations.
Celebration(s) tentatively set for Spring 2016. Studies to begin Summer or Fall 2015. Email Reb Josh and let him know you’re interested!
Learn the basics of the Jewish tradition. Whether you are Jewish and wanting to firm up your foundations, pursuing conversion to Judaism, or just curious, this class will provide an overview of contemporary ways to live a Jewish life.
Some topics the course will address:
From Hebrew reading practice, tunes, and choreography, to theology and personal meaning, explore the treasure of spiritual wisdom that is the Jewish prayerbook.
Details TBD.
Reb Josh is always open to suggestions! Email him, and/or fill out the 2025 Adult Education Survey.
Join Reb Josh in the kabbalistic practice of self-examination through the lens of seven of the ten divine attributes that we, being in the Divine Image, embody in ourselves. Each week we will focus on one Sefirah, from the outpouring love of chesed, to the grounded majesty of Malchut/Shechinah – as we prepare ourselves for the holiday of Shavuot, on which tradition teaches we receive the Torah each year anew.
“Two Jews, three opinions,” goes the saying. From its origin, the Jewish tradition has been steeped in arguments and disagreements. How have we survived for over two thousand years when we can’t even agree on how to light our Hanukkah candles? What can we learn today about debate and coexistence from the ways Jews have disagreed over the years?
