CHOICES, CHOICES, CHOICES Our Jewish community's congregations and organizations offer a variety of exciting adult education opportunities.The following three pages offer a wide sampling. For further information or to register for any courses, contact the congregation or organization directly. ADAT SHALOM SYNAGOGUE 810-851-5100 AISH HATORAH 810-737-0400 All programs held at Adat Shalom Lunch and Learn Service of the Heart - The World of Jewish Prayer Intro to the Jewish prayerbook. Rabbi Daniel Nevins Mondays, beginning October 7, through April 1997 • 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. Reservations required Hebrew Literacy Choice of several levels Synagogue volunteers and Adat Shalom Clergy Mondays, beginning October through February 1997 8:00 p.m. Supply fee Reservations required Contemporary Anti-Semitisnw Forging an Effective Response Home Chavurah Parashat Hashama Informed learning for people re-entering Jewish learning Various presenters One evening a month Various neighborhoods Reservations required Group learning and discussion of the weekly Parashah Shoshana Ben-Ozer Every Shabbat morning for 10 months 8:45-9:45 a.m. Congregation Beth Shalom CONGREGATION BETH ABRAHAM HILLEL MOSES 810-851-6880 THE BIRMINGHAM TEMPLE 810-477-1410 Lunch & Learn series with Rabbi Marla Feldman, Deputy Director of the Jewish Community Council for Domestic Concerns. Thursdays, October 17, 24 & 31 BYO Brown Bag Lunch Materials fee Reservations required All programs held at Birmingham Temple All programs held at BAHM Monday Forum Rabbis Efry Spectre and Daniel Nevins Monthly classes beginning Monday, October 28, through May 1997 7:00 p.m. Reservations required Rabbi Aaron Bergman 14 Sundays, beginning October 13, 10:00 a.m. Reservations required Sisterhood Fall Institute - Genesis - A Living Conversation & Good Morning God Part 1: In conjunction with the upcom- ing Bill Moyer's documentary about a new Jewish Theological Seminary project. Part 2: Intro to the Shacharit service. Adat Shalom Clergy Tuesdays, October 15, 22 & 29 10:00 a.m.- noon • Free R , v ations required 4 - CONGREGATION BETH SHALOM 810-547-7970 Studying Pirkei Avot and Bible Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays noon Call for locations Free program Introduction to Jewish Law, Ritual, and Culture - Daat Institute Talmud Lunch Series Sabbat Sha Boom and Mitzvahmania "How to" hands-on Judaism Monday and Wednesday nights 1 or 2 times a month Clergy and lay leaders of B'nai Moshe Free Conservative Judaism: Our Beliefs, History and Future Jewish marriage law Rabbi Daniel Nevins Wednesdays, October 2, through December • noon -1:30 p.m. $25 registration $30 materials $8 lunch Reservations required Megillah Reading Learn to read megillah Joseph Baras Sunday mornings Congregation Beth Achim Reservations required Lunch and Learn Weekly Torah portion Rabbi Aaron Bergman Wednesdays, noon $8 per session, includes lunch CONGREGATION BETH ACHIM 810-352-8670 Book Bites Books ofJewish interest reviewed by various reviewers. Three-part series Members' homes Reservations required Supper Series Dinner followed by study session. Rabbi Herbert Yoskowitz 5 Sunday evenings Members' homes $7 per session Reservations required Literature review Rabbi Sherwin Wine 25 Mondays, beginning September 9 • 8:30-9:30 p.m. $4 per event for nonmembers Philosophy of Humanistic Judaism Rabbi Sherwin Wine 25 Mondays, beginning September 9 • 7:30-8:30 p.m. $100 nonmembers Shabbat Study Hour Humanistic Bible Study Rabbi Sherwin Wine Saturdays, beginning September 9 • 9:30-10:30 a.m. $100 nonmembers CONGREGATION B'NAI MOSHE 810-788-0600 All programs held at B'nai Moshe unless otherwise noted Learning Minyan Discussion of the prayerbook and other topics of interest to the students. Leonard I. Wanetik, author of Sedra Study for Everybody Begins October 19 (6-8 times a year) 10:30 - 11:15 a.m. • Free Eilu v' Eilu The following two programs are co-sponsored by B'nai Moshe and Beth Abraham Hillel Moses (BAHM) Rosh Chodesh Study Series First Monday night of every Hebrew month, beginning October 14 Instructors and topics vary Venue will alternate: October 14 at BAHM, November 11 at B'nai Moshe Weekly Classes in Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) Tuesday mornings with Ruth Bergman: "First Samuel" Wednesday mornings with Rabbi Elliot Pachter: "Tehillim (Psalms) Wednesday lunch time with Rabbi Aaron Bergman: "Parashat HaShavua" (Torah Portion of the Week) No Hebrew required. Classes meet one semester at B'nai Moshe and one semester at BAHM.