Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
This monthly series, taught by Rabbi Victor Reinstein, will examine topics in such areas as
values, theology, and politics. Each session will include lecture, group discussion, and
chevrusa, learning with a partner. No prior knowledge is required.
All texts will be provided in English, as well as in the original. Effort will be made to
accommodate a range of backgrounds and experiences. If you are continuing in the
Nehar Shalom Talmud series, or would like to be introduced to the world of Talmud, or
would like to rekindle an earlier encounter, this is your invitation and opportunity. Please
join us!
Dates: Mondays November 19th, December 17th, January 28th, February 25th, March
17th, April 28th, May 19th, June 16th
Time: 7:30 P.M. to 9:00 P.M.
Cost: No cost for Nehar Shalom members, $120 for non-members.
To register, please send an email to rabbi@neharshalom.org, or call 617-522-3618.
Inviting imagination, the Torah is a mirror in which to continually view ourselves in new
perspectives. Rabbi Victor Reinstein and Dr. Bennett Simon, a psychiatrist and
psychoanalyst, will explore the psychology and the anthropology of what it means to be
human. We will examine three archetypal stories in Genesis chapters 1-12: the Garden of
Eden, the Flood and its aftermath, and the journey of Abraham and Sarah in response to
God¹s call. Appropriately beginning our study of Bereshit/Genesis at the start of the
annual Torah reading cycle, we will draw on literature, rabbinic text and lived experience.
Rabbi Reinstein has taught and teaches widely in a variety of synagogue and school
settings, and Dr. Simon has co-taught a course at Harvard College on 'Athens and
Jerusalem: Self and Other in Biblical and Greek Literature.'
Everyone is welcome, regardless of background in Jewish learning. All texts will be
translated.
The cost is $45.00 for the series. Financial assistance is available. To register, please
send email to: rabbi@neharshalom.org.
Thursday mornings from 7:30 to 8:30, at J.P. Licks, 659 Centre St., Jamaica Plain. Come
to the back of the store across from the fireplace, after you get something to fortify
yourself with. “Drop-ins” are most welcome. You are invited to join us whenever you are
able to. Please bring a chumash if you can. Exploring the weekly Torah portion, Parashat
Hashavua, offers a rich opportunity to interpret our lives through the lens of Torah, and to
interpret Torah through the lens of our lives. Come be part of a warm camaraderie of
informal, supportive learning. Even better than ice-cream!
program.
- Topics in Talmud
This monthly series, taught by Rabbi Victor Reinstein, will examine topics in such areas as
values, theology, and politics. Each session will include lecture, group discussion, and
chevrusa, learning with a partner. No prior knowledge is required.
All texts will be provided in English, as well as in the original. Effort will be made to
accommodate a range of backgrounds and experiences. If you are continuing in the
Nehar Shalom Talmud series, or would like to be introduced to the world of Talmud, or
would like to rekindle an earlier encounter, this is your invitation and opportunity. Please
join us!
Dates: Mondays November 19th, December 17th, January 28th, February 25th, March
17th, April 28th, May 19th, June 16th
Time: 7:30 P.M. to 9:00 P.M.
Cost: No cost for Nehar Shalom members, $120 for non-members.
To register, please send an email to rabbi@neharshalom.org, or call 617-522-3618.
- Genesis: The Book of Imagination and Archetype
Inviting imagination, the Torah is a mirror in which to continually view ourselves in new
perspectives. Rabbi Victor Reinstein and Dr. Bennett Simon, a psychiatrist and
psychoanalyst, will explore the psychology and the anthropology of what it means to be
human. We will examine three archetypal stories in Genesis chapters 1-12: the Garden of
Eden, the Flood and its aftermath, and the journey of Abraham and Sarah in response to
God¹s call. Appropriately beginning our study of Bereshit/Genesis at the start of the
annual Torah reading cycle, we will draw on literature, rabbinic text and lived experience.
Rabbi Reinstein has taught and teaches widely in a variety of synagogue and school
settings, and Dr. Simon has co-taught a course at Harvard College on 'Athens and
Jerusalem: Self and Other in Biblical and Greek Literature.'
Everyone is welcome, regardless of background in Jewish learning. All texts will be
translated.
The cost is $45.00 for the series. Financial assistance is available. To register, please
send email to: rabbi@neharshalom.org.
- An Early Morning Scoop of Torah at JP Licks - - Informal Learning on the
Weekly Torah Portion
Thursday mornings from 7:30 to 8:30, at J.P. Licks, 659 Centre St., Jamaica Plain. Come
to the back of the store across from the fireplace, after you get something to fortify
yourself with. “Drop-ins” are most welcome. You are invited to join us whenever you are
able to. Please bring a chumash if you can. Exploring the weekly Torah portion, Parashat
Hashavua, offers a rich opportunity to interpret our lives through the lens of Torah, and to
interpret Torah through the lens of our lives. Come be part of a warm camaraderie of
informal, supportive learning. Even better than ice-cream!
- Family Learning Circle
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