Adult Education at Temple Aliyah

“Who is wise? One who learns from every person,” Ben Zoma, Pirkei Avot (Ethics of our Ancestors).

We have DOZENS OF PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, from single session to multiple sessions, led by a variety of wonderful and engaging teachers, both professional and lay, each sharing their knowledge with our Kehillah!

Our Adult Learning and Spiritual Practice Opportunities Booklet in its entirety (pdf file with active links) is now online! Please click here to see it. There you can find descriptions for all of the programs, and you can click to pages to register, when appropriate.

Temple Aliyah is committed to providing its members with opportunities to engage in lifelong learning. To that end, the Temple Aliyah Adult Education Committee, alongside other Temple Aliyah committees, clergy, professional staff, and individual members within our community contribute to bringing many rich learning opportunities for adults, covering a vast array of topics. To name just a few, this year we are offering opportunities to learn and explore different approaches to prayer services; Jewish values; Hebrew language; topics of debate in Jewish life; unique personal stories within and outside our community; Jewishly-inspired meditation and yoga, Jewish influences in music; book and study groups; film screenings; and more!  We are fortunate to have a highly knowledgeable and passionate community enabling us to offer lecturers with both depth and breadth in their fields. To serve our multi-generational and diverse congregation, we offer classes during the day and at night, on weekdays and on weekends, as well as classes that span the entire year, last several sessions, or are single day workshops. With a couple exceptions, classes will take place at Temple Aliyah. Unless otherwise indicated, they are free of charge and do not require registration.

For quick access to different categories within the booklet, click on any one of the sidebar links to see a listing of all the ways you can learn, get more information and register for those programs for which registration is required or preferred. (Please note that the information on some of those pages is in the process of being updated for 2019-2020/5780. Please bear with us as we plan to complete our update as soon as possible.)

Please check the Temple Aliyah Calendar or the Adult Education calendar below for upcoming programs.  These calendars will be updated regularly with any changes to scheduled programs and additions of new programs that may become available during the year; please check back regularly and watch for announcements in ComingUp@Aliyah.

We hope that you will find several topics of interest in this year’s variety of learning opportunities.  Whether you have been a regular attendee of classes at Temple Aliyah or are still considering attending, please join fellow Temple Aliyah members who share your curiosity and interests.  Enjoy the experience of learning something new, gaining new perspectives on your Jewish identity, and enriching your Jewish life. 

B’Shalom,
Judi Greenberg, Adult Education Committee Chair