(Re)Introduction to Judaism
with Rabbi Weiss, Cantor Valdman, Robin Arbetman and Jordana Hoffman
Thursdays @ 7-9 pm at Oak Park Temple, in-person or on Zoom
Members: $50 materials fee
 

Explore a modern take on Jewish life. Engage with Jewish values, celebrations, and spirituality. Voice your questions, discover multiple perspectives, and find what could be meaningful to you in liberal Judaism.

This is an engaging course for anyone interested in exploring Jewish life through a Reform
lens. Open to all, this course is perfect for interfaith couples, those raising Jewish children,
spiritual seekers, individuals considering conversion, and Jews who want a meaningful adult
Jewish learning experience. Topics include holidays, life cycle celebrations, theology and core
beliefs, prayer, the Bible and other sacred texts, history, antisemitism and the Holocaust,
Zionism and Israel, the American Jewish experience, and the tapestry of the Jewish people
today.

Contact Jordana Hoffman with questions or to sign up.
in person or on Zoom
The Zoom link can be found in your email or on this logged in members only page...

You are responsible to purchase these required books

• HTEM – Lieberman, Beth and Hara Person, eds. Honoring Tradition, Embracing Modernity: A Reader for the Union for Reform Judaism’s Introduction to Judaism Course, CCAR Press, 2017. 

• LJL – Diamant, Anita. Living a Jewish Life: Jewish Traditions, Customs, and Values for Today's Families (Revised and Updated Edition, Harper Collins, 2007. Please check that you are buying the revised, 2007 edition.

• TK – Suggested: A Tanakh, a Hebrew Bible. Choose one of the following. 

               1. Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures. The Jewish Publication Society, 1988. Paperback, 1985. Available English only,                            English and Hebrew; many sizes and formats. The best English translation of the Hebrew Bible available                                 today.  
                            OR
                2. Berlin, Adele and Marc Zvi Brettler, ed. The Jewish Study Bible, Second edition, Oxford University Press.                                    Please note that the second edition is not available in paperback. This Bible uses the same authoritative                                translation as above, and adds explanatory notes, introductory materials, and essays by leading biblical                                  scholars on virtually every aspect of the text, the world in which it was written, its interpretation, and its                                 role in Jewish life.