Upcoming Events

Melton Year 2: Collective Memory and Ethics

Location: Community House

From: Tuesdays, September 10, 2019 – May 12, 2020, (AM and PM classes available)

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Mornings:Tuesdays 9:30 – 11:45 am, HUC-JIR Rabbi Darcie Crystal and Central’s Rabbi Dan Ross

Evenings: Tuesdays 6:30 – 8:45 pm, Jewish Educators Joe Septimus and Harman Grossman

The second year of the Melton core program explores moments in Jewish history as they relate to our collective identity and delves into modern issues in Jewish ethics. Members: $600; Non-Members: $750

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Melton: Shemot (Exodus) Part II - Revelation and Revolution

Location: Community House

From: Tuesdays, September 10 – November 26, 2019, 10:00 - 11:30 AM

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Taught by Rina Bergman

This course follows the development of the emerging Jewish nation from their awe-inspiring encounter at Mount Sinai through the building of the tabernacle in the wilderness. Together we will learn about some of the laws and regulations that have become central foundations of Jewish life and discuss how they apply to our lives today. Members: $125; Non-Members: $175

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Gabe M. Wiener Concert Series 2019–20

Location: Main Sanctuary

From: November 26, 2019–May 12, 2020

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The Gabe Wiener Foundation is proud to continue its free lunchtime concert series. The concerts are performed on the Gabe M. Wiener Memorial Organ, an extraordinary instrument commissioned for Central Synagogue by Zena and Michael Wiener and Jenny Wiener Steingart in celebration of the life of Gabe M. Wiener.

The series is under the direction of Dr. Gail Archer, the esteemed director of the Barnard/Columbia Chorus & Chamber Choir at Barnard College, Columbia University, and international concert organist. The concert runs on two Tuesdays per month between October and May. The first concert of each month spotlights organists from around the globe—talented individuals who have yet to be widely exposed to American audiences. The latter concert of each month features students from the many acclaimed area universities—the undiscovered next generation of emerging organ and musical talents.

For more information on upcoming organists please follow @GWConcertseries.

Melton: Jews in America - Insiders and Outsiders

Location: Community House

From: Tuesdays, September 10 - December 17, 2019, 7:00 - 8:30 PM

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Taught by Lisa Lisser

This course provides students with the opportunity to consider the challenges of Jewish acculturation to American life, and the sacrifices, as well as the contributions, that have been made over the past 200 years. We will explore education, the Three Generation Hypothesis, anti-Semitism and the Holocaust, Zionism and the State of Israel, the Civil Rights Movement, and other issues that address American and Jewish culture and identity.Members: $125; Non-Members: $175

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