Adult Learning at Sinai Brookline
See below for the upcoming schedule of events, or visit our website calendar.
Sinai Brookline: A Teaching Synagogue
Life-long Jewish learning has always been a core value of Temple Sinai. Our founding rabbi, Beryl D. Cohon, referred to Temple Sinai as “a teaching synagogue,” a place where Jews could draw from the “Well of Jewish Learning” by pursuing higher Jewish education well into adulthood.
Recurring Adult Learning Events
Please email info@sinaibrookline.org or call 617-277-5888 for zoom links.
Thursday Morning Study Group
- Join us each Thursday for a lively and friendly class with Rabbi Vogel. We study a wide variety of topics, rotating to a new field of study about every six weeks or so. Thursday Study includes discussions, films, text study, and an occasional guest speaker. Join us each Thursday or feel free to drop in just once! All are welcome. Join us either on Zoom or in person. Contact the Temple office to be added to the email list for information about each week’s session and link.
Instructor: Rabbi Vogel
Dates: Thursday mornings, from October to early June (see website calendar)
Time: 10:15am-11:45am
Location: Weintraub Community Room, or Zoom
Saturday Morning Torah Study
- Twice a month on Shabbat mornings, Temple Sinai members gather to discuss the ideas presented by the week’s Torah portion. We begin with a light breakfast and singing and then then explore the Jewish ideas that emerge from the weekly Torah reading. Both Zoom and in-person onsite. Zoom link published weekly.
Instructors: Rabbi Vogel or Rabbi Stein
Dates: 2nd & 4th Saturdays of each month (see website calendar)
Time: 9:00am
Location: Weintraub Community Room
Queer Torah Study
- Continuing from previous years, our study will affirm our journey as LGBTQ Jewish individuals and allies in the context of our sacred text. A variety of Torah passages have been used to emphasize the dignity and worth of LGBTQ Jews, while others have been used to denigrate them. In light of modern biblical scholarship, it is important for us to recognize how these texts have been used in their historical context and how we can make sense of them through the nuance of language. All are welcome to join us on these Shabbat afternoons, followed by Havdalah. Light refreshments will be provided
Instructor: with Ben Gerson; sponsored by the Rainbow Committee
Dates: Saturday evenings, November 16, January 4, March 1, May 3, June 7
Time: 5:00pm
Location: Weintraub Community Room
January Adult Learning Events
Please email info@sinaibrookline.org or call 617-277-5888 for zoom links.
Sunday, January 26, 11:10am (on Zoom only)
A Conversation with Mark Ludwig and Anna Orenstein
Terezin Music Foundation director Mark Ludwig and Holocaust survivor and distinguished psychoanalyst Dr. Anna Ornstein will continue their discussion on a wide range of topics related to the arts, hope and survival during the Shoah, relevance to the world today, and other areas based on their scholarship, background, and experience.