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We invite you to experience Judaism on a new level. You can take a year-long course or a single class, come to a three-session series or attend a once-a-month discussion group. Classes, lectures, concerts, and tours are all opportunities to deepen your connection to Judaism. We offer classes at all levels of learning. You are welcome to participate in any course or event whatevver your prior Jewish educational background. Our clergy, teachers, and guest speakers are dedicated to helping you develop and strengthen your relationship to Judaism.
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Advanced Beginners Hebrew
Instructor: Orly
Dates: Tuesdays, September 2, 9, 16, October 21, 28, November 4, 18, 25, December 2, 9, 26, 23
Time: 6:30–7:30 pm in Person
Deepen your connection to the Hebrew language at a Beginners Hebrew Class!
Our classes use an Israeli method of teaching and improving all Hebrew language skills— speaking, comprehension, reading, and writing. Our classes are designed to meet you at your level and help you grow with confidence.
Level 2 of Beginners Hebrew requires some previous knowledge of Hebrew. Please email Roberta to make an evaluation. Our Israeli method of teaching is for all Hebrew language skills: speaking, comprehension, reading, and writing.
Cost: $360 Members, $400 Non-Members
Beginners Hebrew
Instructor: Orly
Dates: Thursdays, September 4, 11, 18 October 16, 23, 30 November 6, 13, 20 December 4, 11, 18
Time: 6:30–7:30 pm in Person
Deepen your connection to the Hebrew language at a Beginners Hebrew Class!
Our classes use an Israeli method of teaching and improving all Hebrew language skills— speaking, comprehension, reading, and writing. Our classes are designed to meet you at your level and help you grow with confidence.
No previous knowledge is required for this level.
Cost: $360 Members, $400 Non-Members
**Please note: There is a 8 student minimum to run this class.
Jews in Philosophy: Four Thinkers Who Shaped the Modern Mind
with Jonathan Berk
Dates: Mondays, October 20, 27, November 3, 10 7:00-8:00pm on Zoom
The four Jewish thinkers we will study span four centuries, do not belong to a single unified philosophical tradition, or share essential beliefs. They are each considered canonical thinkers in the development of modernity and contribute unique insights in what it means to be human. Their sole similarity seems to be that they were Jewish, yet what that means differs for each. Spinoza was famously excommunicated from Judaism and Christianity; Bergson converted to Protestantism; Arendt was a fierce and uncompromising defender of Jews yet is also considered by some a self-hating Jew; and Levinas consistently pursued his dual interests in Talmudic studies and traditional secular philosophy. In this class, we’ll focus on a close reading of one book for each of these thinkers. Spinoza’s Ethics, Bergson’s Two Sources of Morality and Religion, Arendt’s The Human Condition, and Levinas’s Infinity and Totality. How these thinkers reflect Jewishness in their thinking will be an ongoing question posed.
Jonathan received his PhD in Philosophy at The New School for Social Research in 2023. He studied the history of Modern philosophy (17th-19th century), specializing in Immanuel Kant’s The Critique of Pure Reason. He teaches philosophy courses at Fordham University, Pratt Institute and John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Jonathan’s approach to philosophy is to look at key metaphors and how they change over historical circumstances, using these metaphors as a key to understanding the shifts in vast conceptual systems.
Harmoni-AH! – The Brotherhood Synagogue Congregational Choir
With Cantor Isaac Yager and Meredeth Kelly
Date: Tuesdays, 6:00-7:30pm in Person
Jewish music offers a rich selection of choral music that can greatly enhance our spiritual experience. After strengthening our group sound through listening and vocal exercises, the choir will begin to tap into some of this music in a manner that is accessible for participants with advanced or no musical background. The choir will also have opportunities to perform this music for the community throughout the year, performance dates TBD. Our congregational choir is open to everyone at all levels of experience.
Please email Cantor Yager directly if you are interested in newly participating. You can also sign up here.
Lunch & Learn with Cantor Isaac Yager
Dates: Thursdays ongoing, 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm in Person and on Zoom
Join us for lunch on Thursdays as we discuss, learn, and engage in Jewish textual study, specifically the Parashat Hashavuah (weekly Torah reading). Following in the footsteps of the generations that preceded us, we will continue the long legacy of commenting and intellectually dissecting Jewish texts from the Torah, the book of Prophets, and other holy texts. Questions will be encouraged and debate is inevitable. This will be an inclusive, non judgmental learning environment where everyone's voice will have equal value. No prior text study is required. All are welcome to attend and participate.
Conversion Class with Cantor Isaac Yager
Dates: Wednesdays ongoing, 6:30 - 7:30 pm in Person
“For wherever you go, I will go; wherever you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God.” — Book of Ruth, Chapter 1
In the spirit in which Ruth was welcomed into the Jewish community, Brotherhood Synagogue offers conversion classes to those interested in joining the Jewish faith. Classes run from October through June and meet on Wednesdays from 6:30-7:30 in person at the synagogue. Our first class date will be TBD. Admission to the class is accepted on a rolling basis based on the individual, all experience levels with Judaism are welcome to inquire. Conversion classes are provided at no cost, though participants are requested to make a donation to Brotherhood Synagogue in an amount of their choosing at the end of the conversion process.
Please contact Cantor Yager or Rabbi Alder if you are interested in the program.
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