Learning is a life-long and joyous obligation for Jews. We invite you to come and expand your Jewish horizons through study. We are excited to present to the members of Congregation Beth Elohim and to the wider community the following Jewish Learning opportunities.
Congregation Beth Elohim is an affiliate of the ILJB. The Institute for Living Judaism in Brooklyn is a multi-denominational organization offering classes, lectures and conferences of interest to the Jewish community, from BioEthics to Israel.
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 Food writer Matthew Goodman, author of Jewish Food: The World at Table
and writer-producer of a film on the history of the
International Bagel Bakers’ Union in America, presents the
fascinating and little-known history of the Union. For decades the
Union’s bakers produced every bagel made in New York City until, in the
mid-1960s, the combination of frozen bagels and the bagel-making
machine destroyed the Union.
The story of the Bagel Union tells a
larger story of the labor movement, of the development of technology
and of Jewish American culture.
Sunday, May 18 at 11am. $5 fee includes bagels (naturally) and coffee.
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 Congregation Beth Elohim is now affilitated with the
Institute for Living Judaism in Brooklyn. Founded in 2004, the ILJB is a non-denominational center
for learning which aims to promote a modern approach to an ancient faith
so individuals whose spiritual values include tolerance, moderation
and pluralism can realize these goals through the study and practice
of Jewish tradition. The Institute seeks to foster these objectives in order to expand
and strengthen the Jewish community of Brooklyn.
CBE will be co-sponsoring the ILBJ's Goodstock: A Day of Tikkun Olam event being held at Kane Street Synagogue on June 22 starting at 12:00 noon.
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Morris's most recent book, 1948, which was just released, relies on
documents from Israeli archives, other governments and diplomatic
materials that only recently became available. He is a founding member
of Israel's "New Historians," and the author of many other books,
including the pioneering study, The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee
Problem. He will be delivering a talk entitled, "1948 and 2008."
Prof Morris' appearance is co-sponsored by Park Slope Jewish Center, Brooklyn Heights Synagogue, Kane Street Synagogue, The Institute for Living Judaism in Brooklyn and Kolot Chayeinu/Voices of Our Lives.
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 The Land of Israel, Eretz Yisrael, with its
multi-faceted history, culture,and politics is a topic of great interest
for members of Beth Elohim. In an ongoing exploration of
the Israeli experience, CBE has offered a number of programs focused on
the Jewish state during the last twelve months.
Whether in the form of lectures, seminars, reading
groups, films or other means of presentation, the Jewish Learning
Committee is committed to keeping the subject of Israel a topic of
discussion and education at CBE.
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 The URJ Greater New York Council announces “new”
Introduction to Judaism courses beginning January 17th, February 25th, March 25th,
May 7th and June 26th. Each course meets from 6:30-8:45pm for 20 sessions at
URJ headquarters at 633 Third Avenue in Manhattan. There
is a reduced-fee for members of a URJ affiliated congregation. For more
information, including a link to the schedule of classes and registration form,
visit their website at http://urj.org/gnycrs/introtojudaism
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 Congregation Beth Elohim has been named a winner of
the 2007 Union of Reform Judaism "Congregation of Learners" competition. Rabbi Daniel Bronstein, CBE’s congregation scholar, received word that CBE was
one of six Reform congregations
nationwide to receive this designation.
Rabbi Bronstein and the members of the Jewish Learning
Committee led by co-chairs David Greenberg and Bonnie Charkey were lauded for
their “outstanding arrary of adult Jewish programming [which] demonstrates the
learning process at its best.”
Building
on the programing which resulted in this award, the 2007-08 Jewish Learning
Committee's course offerings have been announced (for the schedule of classes, click here.) and online registration is now available.
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