WRJ Lilith Salons on January 16
Temple B'nai Jeshurun
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TBJ Adult Education Schedule for Spring 2021
All Classes Begin at 7 pm on Zoom – Please contact us if you are not currently on our mailing list!
[Schedule is Subject to Change]
Jewish History
Jan 14 Evolution of the Concepts of God and Salvation
Jan 21 Messiahs and The Messianic Age
Jan 28 T”U b’Shvat [Program TBD]
Feb 4 Rise of the Rabbis
Feb 11 The Plague to The Besht
Feb 18 Introduction to Purim
Feb 25 Erev Purim – Megillah Reading [Program TBD]
Mar 4 Origins of Reform Judaism
Mar 11 The Jewish Life Cycle
Mar 18 SPRING BREAK – No Class
Mar 25 Introduction to Passover
Apr 1 Antisemitism and Philosemitism
Apr 8 Yom HaShoah – Holocaust Remembrance Day – [Program TBD]
Apr 15 Yom HaAtzmaut – Israel Independence Day – [Program TBD]
Apr 22 Zionism and the Founding of Israel
Apr 29 Israel and the Pursuit of Peace
May 13 Angels in the Jewish Tradition
May 20 The Afterlife
Upcoming TBJ & Iowa Jewish Community Chanukah Events!
Contact the Temple office for Zoom links! office@templebnaijeshurun.com December 4, Friday at 6 pm – TBJ Chanukah Family Shabbat December 10, Thursday at 6 pm – Connecting to Chanukah – Rabbi Kaufman will teach about the meaning, history, and practices of Chanukah December 10, Thursday 1st night at 7pm: TBJ joins Tifereth Israel for The Amazing Naomi Less with her family-friendly Jewish rock show, “Any Way You Light It” December 11, Friday 2nd night at 6pm: TBJ Chanukah Kabbalat Shabbat Services December 12, Saturday 3rd night at 6pm: TBJ joins Tifereth Israel for Zoom, “Night at the Movies” – Screening of the HILARIOUS documentary, “The Land of Milk and Funny” with a Q&A with the director December 13, Sunday at 11am – TBJ joins the Jewish Federation of Greater Des Moines for Shirlala (during Hebrew school) December 14, Monday 5th night at 7 pm: TBJ joins Tifereth Israel for The Bible Players! They will make you laugh like crazy with their LIVE Hanukkah Zoom show! December 15, Tuesday 6th night at 7 pm: Time Flies Circus will perform a Zoom Fire-Juggling Show with a juggling lesson/demo at the end! December 16, Wednesday 7th night at 6 pm: TBJ hosts the Across Iowa Candle Lighting as we light our Chanukkiot (menorahs) with Jewish communities across Iowa at the same time! December 17, Thursday 8th night at 5:30 pm: University of Iowa Hillel Trivia Night! Get three of your friends together for a team or they will assign you one as you compete with other teams of alumni, students and Iowa Jewish community members across the state! December 18, Friday 8th day at 11:30 am: Rabbi Kaufman will lead Chanukah Shabbat services for Gan Shalom |
Connecting – A Taste of Judaism Six Session Course
Connecting is a course taught by Rabbi Kaufman that will offer a basic understanding of each topic and address how to connect during this time of pandemic. It is appropriate for those just beginning a study of Judaism and for those who have been longtime members of the community.
Much is different in 2020.
All sessions will take place on Zoom at 7 pm and can also be seen on Facebook Live on Rabbi Kaufman’s page, David Jay Kaufman on Facebook. Zoom links will be provided through the Temple office for those interested in being able to ask questions and interact directly.
The schedule of classes follows:
Oct. 15 Connecting to Prayer
Oct. 29 Connecting to Jewish Calendar
Nov. 12 Connecting to Reform Judaism
Nov. 19 Connecting to Jewish Community
Dec. 3 Connecting to Israel
Dec. 10 Connecting to Chanukah
Next week! 2020 Des Moines Area VIRTUAL Hunger Hike
http://dsmhungerhike.weebly.com/
Get active next week!
Then join us October 11th for the Hike on Facebook Live.
Participate in this year’s hike by getting active – walk, bike, or hike sometime next week. We will hike distant but together in the fight against food insecurity!
Then, join the Des Moines Area Hunger Hike on Sunday, October 11, 2020, at 1:30pm on Facebook Live as we hear from guest speakers about their missions to alleviate hunger both locally and globally.
The Temple Youth Group is accepting donations for the hike! You can send a check directly to the Hunger Hike, make a donation online or send a check to the Temple and we can forward your donation on. Remember to put Des Moines Area Jewish Community on the memo line.
Jewish Women’s Foundation Convening
What is a Social Entrepreneur?
Who Can be a Social Entrepreneur?
The JWFNY Convening provides our entire network – philanthropists, activists, social entrepreneurs, and leaders – an annual opportunity to learn from extraordinary social entrepreneurs and leaders from around the world and celebrate women’s leadership.
Join us ONLINE on Monday, October 26 and Tuesday, October 27, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM Eastern for the JWFNY Convening!
Our program is jam-packed with social entrepreneurs from around the world, including all of our Collective members!
A snippet of our program is below; visit our website to read more and to register!
- Social Justice and The Arts with Vanessa Hidary (The Hebrew Mamita)
- Intersectionality – Judaism, Feminism, & Race with Rain Pryor
- Entrepreneurship with Rebecca Minkoff
- Jewish Women’s Leadership & Philanthropy with Alisa Doctoroff, Sally Gottesman, and Paula Pretlow
Elections 2020 with Ruth Messinger and Anne Moses (IGNITE International)
Sukkot!
We plan to hold an outdoor in-person Erev Sukkot Shabbat service at the Temple this Friday, October 2 at 6:00pm. We will open both sides of the Sukkah to allow people to walk through the Sukkah, one family at a time, so that they can say the blessings and wave the Lulav and Etrog in celebration of the holiday.
For the service, please bring your own chairs and / or blankets.
Masks will be required.
If weather is bad, we will be online, but so far it is looking good. Please note we will also be streaming this service via Zoom.
We’re excited to announce lectures by Professor Amy-Jill Levine, Our Online Scholar in Residence for 2020
We’re excited to announce lectures by Professor Amy-Jill Levine, Our Online Scholar in Residence for 2020
Amy-Jill Levine is University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies and Mary Jane Werthan Professor of Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt (Divinity and A&S); she is also Affiliated Professor, Woolf Institute: Centre for Jewish-Christian Relations, Cambridge.
November 5, 2020
Thursday Evening at 7 pm Central
“Agreeing to Disagree: How and Why Jews and Christians Read the Same Scriptures Differently.”
November 6, 2020
Friday Morning at 9 am Central
“Understanding Jesus and Paul Means Understanding Judaism”
Programs will take place on Zoom with links posted on the Temple B’nai Jeshurun website and on Facebook as the event nears. www.TempleBnaiJeshurun.org
For the Friday morning program, it would be helpful to have a copy of Professor Levine’s book, the Jewish Annotated New Testament, which can be found at most online booksellers.
Presented as part of the Association for Jewish Studies Distinguished Lectureship Program.
Sponsored by Christian-Jewish Connection and Temple B’nai Jeshurun.
The Friday Morning Program is also sponsored by the Interfaith Alliance of Iowa.
Books by Amy-Jill Levine include The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus; Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi; ; The Meaning of the Bible: What the Jewish Scriptures and the Christian Old Testament Can Teach Us (with Douglas Knight); The New Testament, Methods and Meanings (with Warren Carter); and The Gospel of Luke (with Ben Witherington III (the first full-length biblical commentary co-authored by a Jew and an Evangelical).
Her children’s books (with Sandy Sasso) include Who Counts? 100 Sheep, 10 Coins and 2 Sons; The Marvelous Mustard Seed; Who Is My Neighbor? and God’s Big Problem. With Marc Brettler she edited The Jewish Annotated New Testament. Her most recent volumes are The Sermon on the Mount: A Beginner’s Guide to the Kingdom of Heaven, and, co-authored with Marc Brettler, is The Bible With and Without Jesus: How Jews and Christians Read the Same Stories Differently.
