Torah Study – Every Saturday, 10:30 am, following Shabbat morning services (usually)
Torah study with bagels/donuts and coffee will begin at 10:30am and go until 11:45ish. We look at both modern scholarship, traditional commentary, and considering how these ancient texts can help us explore our own spiritual lives, our values, and what it means to be human. Bring friends – No prior knowledge is needed!
Newcomers are warmly welcomed!
Changes in schedule will be noted on our home page.
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Hebrew Reading Crash Course 2
6 Week class begins Thursday January 9
Hebrew Reading Crash Course Level II is designed to improve students’ reading skills and fluency by introducing you to special pronunciation rules and basic Hebrew grammar to help you expand your Hebrew comprehension skills. Students will begin to recognize various parts of verbs and nouns, learn how to dissect words, and identify new words and phrases that will enable you to better understand the prayer book.
This course is offered through Temple Sinai’s Continuing Education program and is free and open to everyone.
You need to have some Hebrew reading skills to take this class. If you haven’t already signed up with Judy Alexander, please email her
Wednesday Morning Book Group
Wednesday mornings, 11 am – noon*
Current book: Heroes and Hustlers, Hard Hats and Holy Men – Inside the New Israel – Ze’ev Chafets, William Morrow & Co. (1986)
Topic: Contemporary Israel
An informal, breezy assessment of contemporary Israel by an American Jew who migrated there in the late 1960s, got into politics, served the Begin government as press officer, and has never ceased observing the leaders and people of his adopted country with a keen eye and an independent mind. “A nation that doesn’t know what it wants to be when it grows up” is his description, but he finds much that is positive even if the unresolved problems remain and the early Zionist ideal is a shattered dream. – Foreign Affairs, Winter 1986/87
New Classes – Fall 2019
Adult B’nei Mitzvah Classes
General Classes
September 18, 25; November 6, 20; December 18
These classes will consider the meaning of a bat or bar mitzvah, and explore the concept of “hiyuv” or duty to the Jewish people and the mitzvot in the context of Reform Judaism. We will also explore the Sabbath Service in more depth and discuss issues of Jewish theology.
Since a good part of the bat or bar mitzvah is reading Torah, Judy Alexander will be offering the following courses:
Hebrew for Beginners
Thursdays, 7-8:30 PM: October 17 – December 19, January 9, 16
If you struggle to read Hebrew, or never learned, this class will kickstart your learning!
Torah Cantillation for Adults (with 6th gr. Religious School class)
Thursdays, 6:15-6:35 PM: October 17, 24; November 7, 14, 21; December 5, 12, 19
As our young b’nei mitzvah learn to chant Torah, you can learn with them, a great opportunity for inter-generational learning.
Torah Cantillation Boot Camp
Dates TBA
We will also be setting up a couple of longer workshops for those who want to learn Torah cantillation in a more concentrated way.
Introduction to Judaism – with Rabbi Edleson
Sundays, 4-6 PM: November 3, 2019 – February 9, 2020
From the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ), this 15-session course is perfect for those interested in learning more about Judaism from a Reform perspective. Dating someone Jewish? Interfaith couple? Thinking of converting? Jewish, but not raised with much information? This is the class for you!
Support for Introduction to Judaism is provided by the National Center to Encourage Judaism.
Jewish Journeys Film Series
January 15, 2020 by templesinai • Continuing Education •
Jewish Journeys: A film series from around the world
In partnership with Ohavi Zedek, UVM Hillel, and Jewish Communities of Vermont, Main Street Landing Film House (60 Lake Street, Burlington, above Skinny Pancake) presents three internationally acclaimed films, each on the third Sunday of the month.
This Sunday (1/19) –
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