He(Art) and Soul – Diane Arbus: Storytelling and Ethical Imagination with Rabbi Weller

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REGISTER Diane Arbus’s photography draws viewers from complacency to empathy as she captures the unredacted face of the marginalized. Just as Arbus’s pictures provoke viewers to wonder, imagine, and fill in the blanks through storytelling, we will examine how her art depicts and promotes two key Jewish spiritual and ethical tools – storytelling and concern…

Sisterhood Text Study: Jurisprudence and Justice

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REGISTER FOR IN PERSON REGISTER FOR ZOOM Jewish civilization’s contribution to jurisprudence laid the foundation for Western legal practice and court procedure. Join Sisterhood in a text-based interactive study to uncover how Jewish jurisprudence’s wisdom can inform how we navigate our current Supreme Court’s decisions and the difficult conversations they generate. All learners welcome!

He(Art) and Soul – The Betzalel School: The Art of Transformation

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REGISTER The Betzalel School drew early Zionists together to create a new Jewish aesthetic that could both depict and drive Jewish culture’s 20th century self-transformation. We will examine the power of art to depict and foster transformation for the viewer. Join Rabbi Weller as we engage with art as a medium for understanding spirituality. Click…

He(Art) and Soul – Visiting The Met and Finding Jewish Meaning Outside Our Shul

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REGISTER This event is now full. To register for Rabbi Weller's next class please click here.  Join Rabbi Weller on a trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art to explore how art can be a vehicle for understanding spirituality. We will look beyond Jewish artists and instead use Jewish lenses to understand art regardless of…

He(Art) and Soul – Candle Weaving: Crafting and Kavanah with Rabbi Mira Weller

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REGISTER We will culminate our course with a hands-on crafting event that anyone (artist or not) can do and that is relevant to Jewish tradition. Knetlachlegn is a medieval spiritual practice of weaving candles that Ashkenazi women made for Yizkor. Through the act of gathering and crafting our candles, we will come up with our…

Tishah B’Av Service

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Tishah B'Av, observed on the ninth of Av, is considered to be the saddest day on the Jewish calendar. Although the holiday traditionally commemorates the destruction of the First and Second Temples, Reform Judaism observes the date in memory of tragedies that have befallen the Jewish people, in particular, we mourn the 6,000,000 Jews who…