To register, or for information on these classes, please contact the instructor at: David.Lerner.2012@gmail.com
Classes are held only on Sundays that SJS is in session
World of Jewish Learning has finished for the academic year.
Introductory Hebrew:
Hebrew meets this Sunday from 10:10 (room opens at 10:05) until 10:55, so students may attend the Yom HaShoah program in the Sanctuary at 11:00. This will be the final session of Hebrew.
Torah Trope Class begins Sunday, April 30. Contact the instructor with any questions at David.Lerner.2012@gmail.com
Click here for a pdf of our Beginning Hebrew textbook.
Class descriptions:
World of Jewish Learning
If it’s interesting, we study it. (Excluding the weekly Torah readings.) Please join us for our rigorous, but accessible study of topics that interest you. Past topics studied include:
The Elijah story
The story of Chanukkah, from history to legend
Understanding Aleinu
Archeology of the Galilee
The origins of the Hebrew alphabet
The Book of Job
Everything you wanted to know and more about aliyot (Torah blessings)
Tisha b’Av and the Book of Lamentations
Understand Yizkor
The Rosh haShanah Musaf service
The Book of Jonah
The history and rules of the reading of the haftarah
The Book of Ruth
The story of Deborah, in prose and poetry
The Books of Ezra & Nehemiah
Midrash on Sarah and Hagar, and New Testament reinterpretations
Understanding Adon Olam
Beginning Hebrew
Please join members of the Am Yisrael community as we learn to read Hebrew. We will meet weekly for this fun, easy, stress-free class. This class is geared to both those who never learned to read Hebrew, and those who would like to brush up on their skills from the beginning. Classes meet on Sundays (hybrid – in person and zoom simultaneously) and again on Tuesdays (zoom only, same material as Sunday).
These classes are offered free of charge for members of Am Yisrael Congregation. The Beginning Hebrew class is also open to non-member family and friends of Am Yisrael members. All materials will be provided (Hebrew students will be required to print out a 68-page pdf document as our textbook).