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2019-2020 | 5780

Stulman Center for Adult Learning

8100 Stevenson Rd. | Baltimore, MD 21208 | 410-486-6400 | www.chizukamuno.org

CHIZUK AMUNO CONGREGATIONSTULMAN CENTER FOR ADULT LEARNING5780

Dear Friends,

Among the three schools founded by our beloved Rabbi Joel H. Zaiman was the Stulman Center for Adult Learning. Rabbi Zaiman was passionate about lifelong Jewish learning and insisted that our core mission as Jews was to study Torah. It was his vision that led us to become the robust center for Jewish learning in Baltimore that we are today. Each year hundreds of adults from Chizuk Amuno and many other Baltimore congregations come to learn with us and seriously engage with Judaism.

This year in the Stulman Center for Adult Learning we will be exploring the theme of “Hidden and Revealed.” “Ha nistarot l’adonai eloheinu ve ha niglot lanu u’levaneinu”, Hidden things concern Adonai our God but revealed things are for us and our children. (Deuteronomy 29:28) Through our study of literature, Biblical text, Talmudic passages, and history, the hidden stories and rituals of the Jewish people will be revealed so that we may better understand ourselves and our faith tradition. We are proud to be able to offer 15 different ongoing classes, including several rooted in text. As Jews we meet one another across a page, and our classes, lectures, and Scholar in Residence weekends give us an opportunity to constructively wrestle with our tradition and one another. For those who are more interested in singular learning experiences rather than ongoing classes, we are pleased to be hosting author talks, lectures, and special educational series in which we focus on a particular authentic Jewish area of study. As we anticipate the beginning of our new Jewish year 5780 we hope that we will have the opportunity to learn with you once again or for the very first time. Let our extraordinary teachers lead you through the hidden and revealed traditions of Judaism through study of Torah.

Rabbi Debi Wechsler

RABBI DEBI WECHSLER

SUPPORTED BY THE LEONARD AND HELEN STULMAN ENDOWMENT FOR ADULT EDUCATION

*COVER MOSAIC - “THE DAYS OF CREATION” DESIGNED BY TOVA SHAFRAN, ARTIST, ASHKELON, ISRAEL. CREATED BY A COMMUNITY OF VOLUNTEERS FROM CHIZUK AMUNO CONGREGATION, BALTIMORE, AND OUR FRIENDS AND PARTNERS IN ASHKELON, ISRAEL. - DEDICATED MARCH 2013.

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Jewish HistoryDr. Moshe D. Shualy

9:30-10:30 a.m.

Free for Chizuk Amuno members

Community learners $10 per class or $100 for unlimited clergy and staff classes

An intensive examination of classic formative issues: How did the synagogue come to be? How was the Torah canonized? What major changes took place after the destruction of the Temples? What is the difference between Torah and Mishnah? Why did prophecy cease after the destruction of the First Temple? Can we still talk to God? Can we prove it?

tu E S day SPost Biblical JudaismDr. Moshe D. Shualy

9-10 a.m.



Study of the text, history, and philosophy of the Post Biblical Era. Reading knowledge of Hebrew is not necessary.

tu E S day S (c o n t.) NEW! “Beginning and Beginning Again” (part 1 and part 2)

Rabbi Ilyse Kramer and Rosann M. Catalano, PhD

9:30–11 a.m.

Part 1: September 10, 17, 24

Part 2 : November 5, 12, 19, 26

$150 CA Members; $150 CA Members; $180 Community learners for both parts

$65/85 Part 1/2 CA Members; $80/$100 Part 1/2 Community learners

Religious traditions renew themselves in light of a number of circumstances. The process of renewal in both Judaism and Christianity follows a similar pattern: the “old” becomes “new” and the “new” renews itself by looking back to foundational ideas and concepts for continuity in the midst of necessary change. This course will examine the narrative arcs of each tradition, bringing into stark relief the assumptions that provide the theological foundations for renewal in continuity with the past. Where do we begin, where do we end? Neither tradition has a single beginning that leads to a single end, but is rather made up of a series of beginnings, endings, and new beginnings. Part 1 will focus on early beginnings: for Jews, from Eden to exile to Avraham; for Christians, from Eden to Expulsion from the Garden. Part 2 will focus on other “beginnings”: for Jews, from Moses to Sinai to the Land of Israel; for Christians, from Abraham to Moses to the prophets, from Jesus to the heavenly city, the New Jerusalem.

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tu E S day S(c o n t.) NEW! Getting Reading for PurimRabbi Stuart Seltzer

10-11 a.m.

2020: January 28

February 4, 11, 18, 25, March 10, 17 Free for Chizuk Amuno members


Limited to 20 students

Come and study the Book of Esther without the loud noises of groggers and Purim shpiels (silly plays), but with the noises of debate and new ways of looking at the text. As a community of learners, we will explore the themes of Jewish identity, anti-Semitism, power, diaspora Jewry, and heroism. We will meet the characters to see if they have changed or remained the same. We will look at various interpretations for the following questions: Why did Mordecai refuse to bow down to Haman? How come God’s name is never mentioned in the story? What does it mean to live in the diaspora? What are the challenges of a minority people, their vulnerability to political forces, their lack of self-rule, and on the wisdom and courage of their own leaders?


tu E S day S (c o n t.) NEW! “Kol Isha: The Transforming Power of Women’s Voices”Rabbi Ilyse Kramer and Rosann M. Catalano, PhD

9:30–11 a.m.

2020: May 5, 12, 19, 26 June 2 and 9

$125 CA Members; $155 Community learners

Both Judaism and Christianity were, from their respective beginnings, founded on a patriarchal structure that systematically silenced, marginalized, and disenfranchised women. One of the hallmarks of contemporary feminist thinkers is their persistent challenge of a status quo in which women have neither place nor power. This course will study some of the biblical/rabbinic and contemporary texts that inspired their transformation regarding the rightful role of women in synagogue, community, and church.

Modern Hebrew Literature (in Hebrew)Dr. Moshe D. Shualy

12-2 p.m. Beginning September 10



S.Y. Agnon is the only Nobel Prize laureate in Hebrew literature. The class will intensively examine select texts and review critical essays on the master’s works. Reading Hebrew required.

tu E S day S (c o n t.) Current Events Rabbi Joshua Gruenberg

7-8 p.m.

October 29, November 5, 12, and December 3, 10, 17



The political climate in America and Israel can often be toxic. Civil discourse, and disagreeing civilly is one of the oldest traditions. Join us on Tuesday nights in the fall, or Thursday mornings throughout the year to discuss the latest hot-button issues from both a Jewish and secular lens. All levels of political knowledge and interest welcome, as well as all political persuasions. The only requirement is active listening and respectful arguing.

Beit MidrashCohort of Teachers & Special Guests

7-8 p.m.

Beginning January 21, 2020

Free

Back by popular demand. This successful series which began last year invites a different teacher each week to guide us in study. A Beit Midrash is both a place and an experience. A Beit Midrash literally is a Home of Study, a room filled with Jewish texts traditional and modern. A Beit Midrash is also an experience in which traditional Jewish texts are studied to seek out meaning and understanding. Judaism imagines relationships between people mediated by text as groups of learners work together to wrestle with a text until it yields blessing.

This year our overarching study theme will be – The 613 Mitzvot.

WEdnESdayS “Talking Books” - Talking to Books that Talk to UsJudy Meltzer and Helen Lewis

10:30–11:45 a.m.

2019: October 16, November 13, December 11

2020: January 15, February 12, March 18, May 13



Join us in reading and discussing outstanding Jewish short stories that span forty years of writing – from Tzarist Russia to London during the Blitz, from Central America to the coast of Maine, from Jerusalem to

the fictional suburb of Godolphin, Mass. Our text will be Binocular Vision by Edith Pearlman, one of the greatest living writers of short stories.

Required: Binocular Vision by Edith Pearlman

Talmud Class Rabbi Avram Reisner

5-6 p.m.

8 Sessions October 16, 23, 30 November 6, 20, December 4, 11, 18 $35 Chizuk Amuno members $70 Community learners

”Women Are Exempt from Positive Time-Bound Commandments” This familiar citation is from Mishnah Kiddushin 1.7 (found on Bavli Kiddushin 29a). We will study the Talmud’s commentary to this dictum which extends from page 33b (bottom) - 36a (bottom) and perhaps some other related sugyot (passages) and at the end review the teshuvah (responsa) on this subject “Women and Mitzvot” by Rabbi Pamela Barmash.

tH u r S day S Current EventsRabbi Joshua Gruenberg

9:30–10:30 a.m.

Beginning October 31, 2019 Free for Chizuk Amuno members


The political climate in America and Israel can often be toxic. Civil discourse, and disagreeing civilly is one of the oldest traditions. Join us on to discuss the latest hot-button issues from both a Jewish and secular lens. All levels of political knowledge and interest welcome, as well as all political persuasions. The only requirement is active listening and respectful arguing.

Jewish Life PassagesRabbi Debi Wechsler

10:30-11:30 a.m.

Beginning October 31, 2019 Free for Chizuk Amuno members


Marking Jewish time and life milestones with rituals is a continuously evolving and dynamic process. In this text course, we will develop an authentic understanding of life cycle customs, rituals and their meanings by exploring traditional and innovative ways of celebrating, mourning, and marking time throughout the Jewish lifecycle. All texts will be taught in English and beginners are most welcome.

Afternoon StudyDr. Moshe Shualy

Every Shabbat afternoon before Minhah, time changes weekly

Refer to the HaHodesh and/or our website for times

No Fee

In an intimate setting, we learn about the weekly Torah portion, holidays, and what is on your mind. There is no better way to conclude Shabbat. Come, join, and enjoy.

SH a b b at Su n day S Beyond “Ashkenormative”Book Chats Led by Karen Desser

10 a.m.

Beginning October 20, 2019 Fee: $5 Chizuk Amuno members $10 community learners Join us on any of three Sunday mornings to read and discuss a selection of books exploring the diversity of Jewish experience. We’ll take a deep dive into the text, examining both the book itself and the Jewish world it presents.

October 20, 2019 Gateway to the Moon by Mary Morris

January 12, 2020 Marriage of Opposites by Alice Hoffman

March 29, 2020 TBA

Stulman Center for Adult LearningJody Harburger, Chair

To enroll for Stulman Center Classes call or email Judy Simkin in the Rabbis’ office 410-486-6400 x.232 or [email protected]


Sp E c i a l Ed u cat i o n a l SE r i E S

Social Justice and Jewish ValuesCo-sponsored with the Stulman Center for Adult Learning and the Social Justice Advocacy CommitteeSundays: October 27; November 3, 10, 17, 24; December 8, 1510:30 a.m. - noon

Free and open to the publicJoin us for a series of Sunday morning learning sessions on a Jewish perspective on social justice. We will be using resources from the celebrated Facing History and Ourselves curriculum along with Jewish texts to examine issues including immigration, racism (with a focus on but not limited to Baltimore), and anti-Semitism. The first two sessions, on anti-Semitism, will led by Chizuk Amuno’s own Rita Plaut, for many years a teacher in the Krieger Schechter Day School and Rosenbloom Religious School. In subsequent weeks we will also have outside guest speakers who can bring an informed and personal perspective to these issues. For questions or more information, please contact the course planners: Sandra Dzija ([email protected]), Andy Miller ([email protected]), or Rita Plaut ([email protected]).

RSVP to Judy Simkin, [email protected], or 410-486-6400 ext. 232.

Grateful AgingJudy Meltzer, Facilitator Wednesday Afternoons: 1:30-2:45 p.m. October 23, 30, November 6, 13, 20, December 4, 11, 18

Open to Senior men and women. | Enrollment limited. Free

Let’s join together to share experiences, challenges, insights, and questions about what it means to grow older in today’s world. Reading materials, including texts in Hebrew/English will be distributed in class. Our group will be limited to 18 thoughtful, open minded, inquisitive Seniors (your definition) who would like to meet, learn, and get to know and understand ourselves and others. RSVP suggested to Judy Simkin, [email protected], or 410-486-6400 ext. 232.

Pirkei Avot with the Baltimore Conservative Congregations Thursdays 10-11 a.m. April 23, 2020 – May 21, 2020

The weeks between Pesah and Shavuot are traditionally devoted to Jewish study and particularly the book of Pirkei Avot. During this time which was historically a time of mourning for fractures in the Jewish community, Adult learners from five Conservative congregations in Baltimore will meet each other across that text. Each week we will learn at a different synagogue with a different rabbi. No RSVP necessary.

Sp E c i a l Ed u cat i o n a l SE r i E S

Towson/Downtown Lunch and Learns Monday, September 16 at 12 p.m. | University of Maryland Medical CampusMonday, September 23 at 12 p.m. | Downtown Towson

If you live or work in Towson you are invited to learn with us. This is a wonderful opportunity to gather as a Chizuk Amuno and schools family and enjoy lunch and text study out of the building.

If you work or live downtown or near the University of Maryland Medical Campus, you are invited to learn with us. For the past many years this has been a wonderful opportunity to gather as a Chizuk Amuno and schools family and enjoy lunch and text study out of the building.

We’ll provide kosher lunch. RSVP at least a week in advance of the event to Judy Simkin at [email protected]

Sponsored by the Stanley and Lillian Wilen Adult Education Fund.

Parent Study Groups Krieger Schechter Day School Parents

Thursdays, 8-9 a.m. October 17, 24, 31 and November 7

Join KSDS Head of School Rabbi Moshe Schwartz after school drop off for a Parent Study Group in which he will explore parenting through a Jewish lens. | RSVP to Miriam Golob at [email protected]

Goldsmith Early Childhood Center Parents

Fridays, 9:15-10:15 a.m. November 1, 8, 15, 22

Join each of the Chizuk Amuno rabbis (Rabbis Gruenberg, Schwartz, Seltzer, and Wechsler) after school drop off for a Parent Study Group in which we will explore parenting through a Jewish lens. | RSVP to [email protected]

Rosenbloom Religious School ParentsSundays, 9:15-10:15 a.m. October 20, November 17, December 15 | 2020: January 12, February 23, March 15, April 5, May 3

Join Rabbi Wechsler after school drop off for a Parent Study Group in which we will explore Jewish topics of interest. RSVP to Judy Simkin at [email protected]

Hazak Lunch & Learns Monthly, Thursdays, 11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.

2019: September 19, October 17, November 21, December 19

2020: January 16, February 20, March 19, April 23 Hazak is our group for those 55+. (HAZAK is an acronym for hokhmah (wisdom), ziknah (maturity) and kadima (looking ahead).) Join your HAZAK friends for a delicious lunch and interesting program each month. Sign up today so you’ll receive information on each month’s event.

RSVP to Judy Simkin 410-486-6400 x.232 or [email protected].

Fee: $10 per person per luncheon/program

Bimah Comfort and Familiarity Saturdays 12:15 p.m. or after services

Interested in learning to lift the torah (hagbah)? Has it been a while since you’ve had an Aliyah? Interested in serving as a gabbai when the Torah is read? You are welcome to join on Shabbat after Kiddush in the Main sanctuary. These sessions will be led by our Gabbais (service facilitators.) If you cannot make these sessions and/or would like a private lesson, the gabbais are always happy to arrange them with you personally.

Torah Aliyah blessings Saturday, September 7, 2019

Hagbah (lifting the Torah)Saturday, December 14, 2019

Gabbai (side helper) at the Torah Saturday, March 14, 2020

Sc H o l a r i n rE S i d E n c E WE E k E n d Ex p E r i E n c E S

The Stanley and Lillian Wilen Memorial Lecture Fund Davenner/Scholar in Residence - Rabbi Eliezer Diamond “Finding God and Ourselves: The Theory and Practice of Deep Spiritual Connection”January 10-12, 2020 This weekend will include some Shabbat meals for which a fee and reservations are required, as well as several participatory learning experiences.

Many of us have difficulty connecting with God and being spiritually uplifted when we daven. These sessions will help open a path for us to a richer davening experience through a consideration of the theological and experiential aspects of prayer and a discussion of particular practices that can help facilitate “deep davening”.

Spend the weekend developing personal pathways for meaningful worship with one of our movement’s leading scholars. Over the course of the weekend, Rabbi Diamond will lead us in prayer, teach us, speak with us, and engage us in a panoply of modes of methods of thinking about prayer and praying together.

Rabbi Eliezer Diamond is the Rabbi Judah Nadich Associate Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics at The Jewish Theological Seminary. He is the author of Holy Men and Hunger Artists: Fasting and Asceticism in Rabbinic Culture, which offers a reassessment of the role that asceticism plays in rabbinic Judaism. Dr. Diamond has written on prayer, asceticism, and issues of environmental law and ethics. He is the editor of a forthcoming commentary on Yerushalmi Pesahim written by the late Professor Louis Ginzberg. Dr. Diamond was ordained at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University and received his doctorate in Talmud from JTS.

The Harold and Sybil Effron Memorial Lecture Scholar in Residence - Rabbi Josh Kulp“Illuminating the Pesah Seder”March 20-21, 2020 This weekend will include some Shabbat meals for which a fee and reservations are required, as well as several participatory learning experiences.

Over the weekend, we will discover how the Seder and Haggadah were formed as a replacement for the Temple destroyed in 70 C.E. and how the customs we still observe to this day originated. We will examine puzzling aspects of the seder such as why we eat such a paltry appetizer, and why we have matzah as dessert. In addition, we will view the beautiful artwork of the illuminated Haggadot produced in medieval Europe.

Dr. Joshua Kulp is Rosh Yeshiva of the Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem, and author of The Schechter Haggadah: Art, History and Commentary (Schechter Press, 2009) and Reconstructing the Talmud, volumes 1 and 2 (Hadar Press, 2014 and 2019). Raised in Margate, New Jersey, Dr. Kulp has lived in Israel for over 25 years.

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Sukkot SymposiumSukkot, Friday, October 18Shabbat Dinner at 7 p.m. (fee will apply) followed by a talk at 8 p.m. by Dan Rodricks, columnist for the Baltimore Sun

The talk is free and open to the public

The festival of Sukkot is part of the cycle of fall holidays. Looking back to the days between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur and anticipating the cycle’s end with Simhat Torah, Mr. Rodricks will share some reflections on Tashlikh traditions and prayers. RSVP for dinner to the synagogue office, 410-486-6400.

Opening Event 2019 Baltimore Festival of Jewish LiteratureMary Morris author of “Gateway to the Moon” Thursday, November 7 at 7 p.m. (signing at 6:30 p.m.)

Author Mary Morris will talk about her novel that travels from 15th-century Spain, when Jews and Muslims were forced to convert or be expelled, to a sleepy 20th-century town in New Mexico. The second annual Baltimore Festival of Jewish Literature is a celebration of our community’s love of reading, writing and the written word. Over a dozen organizations will host events from November 7-22 featuring writers and performers from across the country, covering a wide range of topics, literary genres and interests. The festival includes family events, panel discussions and author readings. Chizuk Amuno is proud to host the kickoff event.

No RSVP necessary.

Glassgold Kallah Dr. Benjamin Gampel “Riots, Inquisitions and Expulsions: The Emergence of Converso Culture and Community” Tuesday, November 19Spanish themed dinner at 6 p.m. (fee will apply), followed by open lecture at 7:15 p.m.

The Glassgold Kallah provides funding to bring scholars to Chizuk Amuno and is sponsored in loving memory of Anna Glassgold and Leon I. Glassgold.

Dr. Benjamin Gampel, the Dina and Eli Field Chair in Jewish History at the Jewish Theological Seminary, specializes in the history of the Jews of the medieval and early modern world. For his first book, The Last Jews on Iberian Soil, Dr. Gampel spent almost a year in Spain researching local archives. After much work, Dr. Gampel was able to re-create some of the long-forgotten history of the Jews of the Iberian Peninsula. Dr. Gampel recently returned to the Spanish archives, and completed Anti-Jewish Riots in the Crown of Aragon and the Royal Response, 1391-1392, which was granted the 2016 National Jewish Book Council’s Nahum M. Sarna Memorial Award in Scholarship. This prizewinning work treats the riots and forced conversions in the Iberian peninsula, and explores why monarchic authority failed to protect the Jews during these fate-filled months.

In addition to his scholarship, Dr. Benjamin Gampel is known as a stimulating teacher and delightful lecturer on the whole range of Jewish history. He has addressed synagogues and lay groups, organizations of all stripes and scholarly conclaves. Truly an energetic scholar and teacher, Dr. Gampel is among a small group of educators dedicated to bringing the history of the Jews to a wide public audience.

RSVP for dinner to the synagogue office, 410-486-6400.

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The Phyllis and Louis Friedman Community Lecture Chizuk Amuno Welcomes Mitch Albom, author of Chika: a little girl, an earthquake, and the making of a family Sunday, December 8 at 5 p.m.

Chika Jeune was born three days before the devastating earthquake that decimated Haiti in 2010. She spent her infancy in a landscape of extreme poverty, and when her mother died giving birth to a baby brother, Chika was brought to the Have Faith in Haiti Organization that Albom operates in Port-au-Prince.

With no children of their own, the forty-plus children who live, play, and go to school at the orphanage have become family to Mitch and his wife, Janine. Chika’s arrival makes a quick impression. Brave and self-assured, even as a three-year-old, she delights the other kids and teachers. But at age five, Chika is suddenly diagnosed with something a doctor there says, “No one in Haiti can help you with.” Mitch and Janine bring Chika to Detroit, hopeful that they can get the medical help needed to return her to a healthy life in Haiti. Instead, Chika becomes a permanent part of their household, and their lives, as they embark on a two-year, around-the-world journey to find a cure for an inoperable brain tumor. As Chika’s boundless optimism and humor teach Mitch the joys a child brings to their lives, he learns that a relationship built on love, no matter what blows it takes, can never be lost.

Mitch Albom is an internationally renowned and best-selling author, journalist, screenwriter, playwright, radio and television broadcaster and musician. His books have collectively sold more than 39 million copies worldwide; have been published in forty-nine territories and in forty-five languages around the world; and have been made into Emmy Award-winning and critically-acclaimed television movies.

We are grateful to Phyllis and Louis Friedman for making Mr. Albom’s visit possible. RSVP suggested to Judy Simkin, [email protected], or 410-486-6400 ext. 232.

“Camp David, 40+ Years Later: Strategy, Peace, Autonomy” Dr. Jeremy PressmanTuesday, February 18, 2020 at 7 p.m.

In September 1978, President Jimmy Carter, Prime Minister Menachem Begin, and President Anwar Sadat set the stage for Egyptian-Israeli peace a few months later. How and why did it happen and what is its continuing legacy? Professor Jeremy Pressman, who spent three months in 2019 in Oslo working on a Camp David history project, will share his insights as well as some of the latest scholarship.

Jeremy Pressman is an associate professor of political science and director of Middle East Studies at the University of Connecticut. In spring 2019, he was a Fulbright Fellow at the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo. He is the author of the forthcoming book, The Sword is Not Enough: Arabs, Israelis, and the Limits of Military Force (Manchester University Press, 2020). This lecture is co-sponsored by the Congregation and the Chizuk Amuno Israel Engagement Committee.

Ho l i day St u dy & Ex p E r i E n c E S

Couch to 5780 Tuesdays, September 3, 10 & 17 7-9 p.m.

Modeled on the popular “Couch to 5K” program which inspires people to become runners in a short period of time, we will spend the month of September “training” for the High Holidays. There will be two class periods separated by a coffee break. In addition, there will be a Hebrew reading review. Tuesdays, September 3, 10, & 177-8 p.m. - Hebrew Reading with Shuli Raffel

Tuesday, September 3 7-7:55 p.m. Biblical Texts of the High Holy Days with Rabbi Wechsler

8:05-9 p.m. “Why is the music of this night different from all other nights?” with Hazzan Lichterman

Tuesday, September 10 7-7:55 p.m. Prayers of the Mahzor which move us and inspire us with Rabbi Wechsler

8:05-9 p.m. “Why is the music of this night different from all other nights?” with Hazzan Lichterman

Tuesday, September 177-7:55 p.m. Prayers of the Mahzor which move us and inspire us with Rabbi Gruenberg

8:05-9 p.m. Visions of Teshuva with Rabbi Gruenberg

Selihot Movie & Discussion “Dreaming of a White Christmas”Saturday, September 21, 8:30 p.m.

Set almost entirely in a Chinese restaurant, Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas is an offbeat, irreverent musical documentary that tells the story of a group of Jewish songwriters, including Irving Berlin,

Mel Tormé, Jay Livingston, Ray Evans, Gloria Shayne Baker and Johnny Marks, who wrote the soundtrack to Christianity’s most musical holiday.

Sukkot Symposium and Shabbat Dinner Friday, October 18, 7 p.m. (fee will apply) Dan Rodricks - lecture at 8 p.m. Family Simhat Torah Celebration Monday, October 21, 6:30 p.m.

Shabbat Ha Gadol - Passover UniversityDinner Friday, April 3, 2020, 7 p.m. (fee will apply)

Your kitchen is already kashered for Pesah and there’s nothing to eat so let us feed you! This is a favorite community Shabbat dinner as we enjoy a dairy/fish hametz (bread) filled meal

Saturday, April 4, 2020Traditionally the last Shabbat before Passover is set aside in synagogues around the world for rabbis to speak and teach about the festival. Please join us for any or all of three special sessions:

9:15-10 a.m. Class with Rabbi Gruenberg in the Chapel

11:15 a.m. (approx.) Sermon by Rabbi Wechsler in the Main Sanctuary

12:10 p.m. Best Seder Practices with Rabbis Gruenberg, Wechsler & Seltzer in the Chapel

Second Night Community SederThursday, April 9, 2020 at 7 p.m. (fee will apply)

Join Chizuk Amuno friends for a festive community Seder led by Rabbi Gruenberg. This Seder will be appropriate for all ages and will feature engaging discussion, joyous singing, and delicious food.

Tikkun Leil ShavuotThursday, May 28, 2020 at 8:15 p.m. Study session

Followed by 9 p.m. Ma’ariv and Dairy Desserts

9:30 p.m. Late Night Shavuot Learning

Shavuot morning Hevruta (partner) studyFriday, May 29, 2020 at 10 a.m.

Book of Ruth and Torah Study on Book of Ruth. We’ll journey from the sanctuary and sit around Torah study tables in the Krieger Auditorium. Over coffee and nibbles, our rabbis will guide us as we dialogue with study partners and explore texts from the Book of Ruth.

Yom Kippur Study SessionsWednesday October 9, 2:45-3:45 p.m. On this holiest day of prayer, atonement, and reflection, we invite you to spend your day at Chizuk Amuno Congregation. It is our hope that these study sessions, held after morning Services and before “Ask the Rabbi” and Mincha (afternoon service), will enrich your High Holy Day experience. This year, we will offer the following: #Teshuva: Repentance in the age of Social Media.

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HIGH HOLY DAY PREPARATION SERIES

C o u r s e s e l e C t i o n e n r o l l m e n t F o r m 2 0 1 9 - 2 0 2 0 | 5 7 8 0Adult Education classes at Chizuk Amuno Congregation for 2019-2020 are offered by your Rabbis and experienced instructors to enhance your adult learning opportunities. Kindly fill out and complete the registration form with your selection(s) and return the entire form with any appropriate fees to: Chizuk Amuno Congregation, 8100 Stevenson Road, Baltimore, MD 21208, Attention: Stulman Center.Don’t wait - Enroll Now!

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Amount enclosed $

Questions: Call Judy Simkin at the synagogue office, 410-486-6400, ext. 282 or e-mail [email protected]

m Jewish History

Dr. Moshe Shualy

Mondays, 9:30-10:30 a.m. *

m Post Biblical Judaism

Dr. Moshe Shualy

Tuesdays, 9-10 a.m.*

m Getting Ready for Purim

Rabbi Stuart Seltzer

Tuesdays , 10-11 a.m. *

2020: January 28, February 4, 11, 18, 25,

March 10, 17

m “Beginning and Beginning Again” (Part 1 and Part 2)

Rabbi Ilyse Kramer and Rosann M. Catalano, PhD

Tuesdays , 9:30-11 a.m. Part 1: September 10, 17, 24 Part 2: November 5, 12, 19, 26 $150 CA members $180 Community learners for both parts $65/$85 Part 1/2 CA members $80/$100 Part 1/2 Community learners

m “Kol Isha” The Transforming Power of Women’s Voices Rabbi Ilyse Kramer and Rosann M. Catalano, PhD

Tuesdays , 9:30-11 a.m. 2020: May 5, 12, 19, 26, June 2, 9 $125 CA members $155 Community learners

m Modern Hebrew Literature

Dr. Moshe Shualy

Tuesdays , 12-2 p.m. *

*Free for CA members | Community learners $10/class or $100 for unlimited clergy and staff classes

m Current Events

Rabbi Joshua Gruenberg

Tuesdays , 7-8 p.m. *

m Talking Books: Talking to Books that talk to Us

Judy Meltzer and Helen Lewis

Wednesdays, 10:30-11:45 a.m. *

m Talmud Class

Rabbi Avram Reisner

Wednesdays, 5-6 p.m.

$35 Chizuk Amuno members $70 Community learners

m Current Events

Rabbi Joshua Gruenberg

Thursdays, 9:30-10:30 a.m. *

m Jewish Life Passages

Rabbi Debi Wechsler

Thursdays, 10:30-11:30 a.m. *

m Shabbat Afternoon Study

Dr. Moshe Shualy Shabbat Afternoon Study No Fee

m Book Chats

Karen Desser

Sundays, 10 a.m.

$5 CA members

$10 Community learners

Stulman Center for Adult LearningJody Harburger, Chair

To enroll for Stulman Center Classes call or email Judy Simkin in the Rabbis’ office 410-486-6400 x.232 or [email protected]

stulman center for adult learning · beit midrash cohort of teachers & special guests 7-8 p.m....

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