Canada, says Rabbi Bogot,
the revival of adult interest in
learning about Judaism is
reaching all segments of the
Jewish community. He notes
the popularity of daytime
study groups, where busy pro-
fessionals meet at lunch to
discuss religious issues. In
Philadelphia, a circle of
lawyers convenes regularly
for Torah discussion. Such
gatherings are becoming com-
monplace across the United
States and Canada, according
to Rabbi Bogot.
The Keva program, whose
motto is "Make Your Study of
Torah a Regular Discipline,"
offers a structured study cur-
riculum through continuing
education courses and lec-
tures, tutorial sessions with a
congregation's rabbi, cantor,
temple educator or others
knowledgeable in Judaic
studies, or group discussions
and study sessions. The pro-
gram also gives credit for
educational travel and in-
dependent study. Among the
subjects of study are such
topics as "The Concept of Pie-
ty in Chasidic Literature,"
"Key Concepts in Prayerbook
Hebrew," "Prophetic
Metaphors and Social
Change" and "Adaptive
Trends in Jewish Ritual."
For adults in isolated or
remote Jewish communities
who do not have ready or
regular access to rabbis or
religious teachers, Keva
maintains a "correspondence
program" offering study with
a mentor who communicates
with his students by mail,
telephone, tape recorder or
fax machine.
An adult who completes the
equivalent of 100 hours of
study is awarded a Keva Cer-
tificate of Recognition. When
10 percent of the potential
adult students in a given con-
gregation earn Keva cer-
tificates, the synagogue
receives a Talmud Torah
Award. Temple David of Mon-
roeville, led by its spiritual
and academic leader, Rabbi
Jason Edelstein, was the first
in North America to receive
the award. Rabbi Edelstein
recently observed his 30th an-
niversary at the synagogue.
"The objective of Keva is
simple and straightforward,"
says Rabbi Alexander
Schindler, president of the
UAHC. "We want to teach
Jews how to affirm their
Jewish identity and bind
themselves inseparably to
their people by word and
deed. We want to encourage
them to esteem their own per-
son and the person of others;
their own family and the
family of others; their own
community and the corn-
munity of others." 111

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