Lifelong Learning

Rabbi Andrew Bloom offers regular classes for lifelong learning, often on Tuesday evenings. His classes are designed to meet people wherever they are in their Jewish journey. Drawing on classical texts, contemporary issues, and elements of modern culture such as film, the learning environment invites participants of all backgrounds and levels of knowledge to engage meaningfully with Jewish thought and life. In response to the challenges of our time, he also teaches on Israel before and after October 7th, as well as modern questions explored in his books Technology and Theology: How AI is Impacting Religion and The Ten Commandments of Ethical AI.

Classes have included:

• Torah Tuesdays: The Weekly Parashah and Its Personal Meaning
• Jewish Medical Ethics: The Crossroads of Jewish Tradition, Law, and Modern Medicine
• Defending Our Identity: Israel and Judaism in the Age of Social Media
• Biblical Myths: Imagery & Imagination as One
• TV Tuesdays: The Crossroads Between Television and Theology
• The Parable of the King's Court: From Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed
• Talmud Tuesdays
• Movies and Jewish Morals
• Jewish Life Cycle
• Making Holidays Meaningful
• Morals in the Talmud
• Jewish Mourning Practices

Together these classes seek to show how timeless Jewish wisdom continues to speak to the moral, spiritual, and practical questions of our lives today.

Cantor Dorman leads classes on Hebrew and on Jewish prayer.

We also have visiting scholars and teachers, such as our 2023 series on "Minding The Temple of the Soul: Balancing Body, Mind, and Spirit through Traditional Jewish Prayer & Movement" from visiting scholar Rabbi/Cantor Judy Greenfeld.