Jewish Lifelong Learning

Adult Education Program

October 11, 2012 – April 11, 2013

The upcoming season is unique for Temple Torah and Temple Shaarei Shalom. The two congregations are sharing their Adult Education programs to widen educational opportunities to members, and also to non-members, from Wellington to Boca Raton; a wide range of classes and lectures, including joint lectures by Rabbi Bernstein and Rabbi Fratello, and joint performances of Cantor Kaplan and Cantor Mondrow. If you never attended weekly courses or lectures, you will soon have the opportunity to do so, by registering for the upcoming season. Do not hesitate to sign up for one or more weekly courses and for the lectures series. The price for all courses and lectures is now only $50 for members and $75 for non-members – see details on page 20. Please share this brochure with friends who are not members of our Temples. Copies are available in both synagogues. Among the many courses and lectures, you might likely discover a gem, adding to the ruach (spirit) offered by our Temples. You will also have the opportunity to meet congregants with similar interests.

Laugh, Cry, Kvetch, Kvell, Debate Thank you to our Adult Education committees for their important contribution towards the success of our program. We look forward to a great year 5773, and we wish you all a very happy and healthy new year! L’Shanah Tovah!

Opening Session with

Temple Torah’s Rabbi Edward C. Bernstein and Cantor Zachary Mondrow

And Temple Shaarei Shalom’s Rabbi Anthony Fratello

and Cantor Aaron Kaplan

Thursday, October 11 at Temple Torah

This wonderful Adult Education Collaboration begins with a presentation from Clergy of both Temples

Yerushalayim Shel Maalah/Yerushalayim Shel Matah

(Heavenly Jerusalem/Earthly Jerusalem): American Jews embracing and wrestling with a complex

Israeli society

Presentation: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm:

Refreshments following program.

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Book Club:

Modern Hebrew Novels and Short Stories in English Translation

Mrs. Bilha Ron and

Dr. Avraham Horowitz

Mondays, 11:00 am

Participants are encouraged to read the books ahead of the meetings. Books are available at public libraries,

Amazon.com, and bookstores Dec. 10, 2012 (BR): “Scenes From Village Life,” eight stories, by Amos Oz (b. 1939), Houghton, Mifflin, Harcourt, translated by Nicholas de Lange, 2011, 182 pages Jan. 14, 2013* (AH): “And This Is The Light” by Lea Goldberg (1911-1970), The Toby Press, translated by Barbara Harshav with an Introduction and Afterword by Professor Nili Scharf Gold, 2011, 222 pages. Feb. 11, 2013* (AH): “A Table For One – “Under the Light of Jerusalem” by Aharon Appelfeld (b. 1932), translated by Aloma Halter, with Paintings by Meir Appelfeld, The Toby Press, 2005, 111 pages March 11, 2013* (BR): ”Between Friends,” eight stories, by Amos Oz, Houghton, Mifflin, Harcourt, translated by Nicholas de Lange, to be published before Dec. 2012.

Location: Temple Shaarei Shalom (read TV screen in side lobby for room location) *Lecture will be held at Temple Torah

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All courses are one hour unless otherwise noted Mondays Struggle for Jewish Independence in the Land of Israel from Joshua to Bar Kochba and Beyond Rabbi Amos Miller Jewish Independence has never come easy. It had to be fought for, time and time again. Rabbi Miller will discuss these efforts in Biblical and post biblical times, through the Middle Ages, and culminating in Theodore Hertzl’s founding of modern Zionism.

Dates: December 3, 10, 17, January 7, 14, 21 Time: 10:00 am Location: Temple Torah Ballroom The Meanings of our Prayers Rabbi Sid Shanken The Bible is G-d talking to man; the Siddur is man talking to G-d. We will study and discuss our Prayer Book that covers 2,500 years of our people's desires, dreams, inspirations and joys of life, and their relevance to us today.

Dates: January 21, 28 (JAN. CXLD.), February 4, 11, March 4, 11 Time: 10:00 am Location: Temple Torah Sanctuary “Mi-Moshe l’Moshe”—From One Moses to Another Rabbi William Marder A study of four great Jewish leaders, all named Moshe, and their impact on their era of Jewish history and on ours:

Moshe Rabbenu, Moses Maimonides, Moses Mendelssohn, and Moses Montefiore

Date: January 7, 21, 28, February 4 Time: 11:00 am Location: Temple Torah Ballroom Knitting Sheila Israel and Andrea Schoen CANCELLED Learn to knit and complete an afghan out of different patterned squares in 4 sessions. Learn to cast on and cast off, stockinette, garter stitches, and create patterns. Crochet or sew all of the squares together making a small or large afghan depending on how much knitting you do between classes. 3

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Dates: January 21, 28, February 4, 11 Time: 1:00 pm-3:00 pm Location: Temple Shaarei Shalom (read TV screen in side lobby for room location) Biblical Women and Jewish Meditation Melinda (Mindy) Ribner

January 14: The Secret Legacy of Biblical Women: Revealing the Divine Feminine

January 28: Jewish Meditation: More than a Stress Reducer Jewish meditation includes practices for healing and spiritual elevation. It is also, through meditation, that the deeper teachings of Judaism are transmitted and experienced directly within one's being.

These sessions promise all of this and much more.

Dates: January 14, 28 Time: 3:00 pm Location: Temple Shaarei Shalom (read TV screen in side lobby for room location) Tuesdays Spiritual Legacy Alice Reiter Feld Jewish meditation: More than a stress reducer, Jewish meditation includes practices for healing and spiritual elevation. It is also through meditation that the deeper teachings of Judaism are transmitted and experienced directly within one's being. These sessions promise all of this and much more.

Dates: December 4, 18, January 8 Time: 10:00 am Location: Temple Torah Wasley Chapel Talmud for Our Time: Tractate Berakhot Rabbi Edward C. Bernstein Judaism as we know it today exists because of the Babylonian Talmud, the great repository of Rabbinic law, lore and theology. In Jewish communities around the world, Talmud study is key to a classical Jewish education. This year, Temple Torah’s new weekly Talmud course with Rabbi Bernstein will focus on the first tractate, Berakhot, the primary foundation for Jewish liturgy 4

Talmud for Our Time: Tractate Berakhot continued Rabbi Bernstein will be teaching from the newly published Koren-Steinsaltz edition, noted for its accessible English translation and interactive format. Participants are encouraged, but not required, to come to lectures with their own text. While any standard Talmud text will do fine, the Koren-Steinsaltz Berakhot edition can be purchased at www.korenpub.com/EN/products/talmud/talmud/9789653015630 or through most online book sellers. Rabbi Bernstein also plans to teach using the Koren-Steinsaltz App for iPad and project the text onto a large screen for each class, so everyone will be able to follow along. Basic Hebrew reading skills are helpful, but not necessary, to derive full benefit from the class.

Dates: December 4, 11, 18, January 8, 15, 22, 29, February 5, 12, 19, March 5, 12, 19 Time: 11:00 am (NEW TIME: 10:50 am) Location: Temple Torah Ballroom Pirke Avot: Ethics of the Fathers Rabbi Anthony Fratello An introduction to biblical commentary: What did the Rabbis notice that we didn’t? What can we learn from their ideas? Come and hear ancient advice that helps solve today’s modern problems.

Dates: October 16, 23, 30, November 6, 13, 20, 27, December 4, 11, 18, January 8, 15, 22, 29, February 5, 12, 19, March 5, 12, 19 Time: 12:00 pm Location: Temple Shaarei Shalom (read TV screen in side lobby for room location) BRING YOUR OWN DAIRY LUNCH Cycle of Jewish Holidays/Days of Joy and Awe Richard Townes This course will cover the history and how the holidays were observed in temple times, modern times, and in the shtetles of Eastern Europe.

Dates: December 4, 11, 18, January 8, 15, 22, 29, February 5, 12, 19, March 5, 12, 19 (MARCH 5 CANCELLED; ADDED DATE: FEBRUARY 26) Time: 1:00 pm Location: Temple Torah Ballroom 5

Leviticus Fran Townes Come study and understand the Book of Leviticus in English, line by line. Bring a copy of a Bible with you, so we can share commentaries with the class.

Dates: December 4, 11, 18, January 8, 15, 22, 29, February 5, 12, 19, March 5, 12, 19 (MARCH 5 CANCELLED; ADDED DATE: FEBRUARY 26) Time: 2:00 pm Location: Temple Torah Ballroom Beginner’s Bridge Lolita Wulfsohn Baker A beginner’s bridge class for those who have always wanted to learn this global fascinating game. This class will be continuous and ongoing. There will be a 20 minute lesson and demonstration followed with a 1-1/2 hour of supervised play. Class size will be limited to 12 students with no more than three tables of players. While students will be urged to buy the Audrey Grant “Beginner’s Book of Bridge,” handouts will also be distributed.

Dates: December 4, 11, 18, January 8, 15, 22, 29, February 5, 12, 19, March 5, 12, 19 Time: 3:00 pm–5:00 pm Location: Temple Torah Ballroom Beginner’s Hebrew Wilma Turk Do you know the Alef-Bet? Would you like to learn the Hebrew alphabet? Learn basic Hebrew reading easily. BOOK FEE WILL APPLY.

Dates: October 16, 23, 30, November 6, 13, 27 (Class may continue, per attendees’ requests.) Time: 6:00 pm Location: Temple Torah Holocaust Learning Center Wednesdays Learn How to Make your Own Original Tallit Judy Price In preparation for your class, keep an eye open for a piece of fabric you would love. Be sure it is the same on both sides (no wrong side). You will need a length of 60 inches. The width depends on whether you prefer a tallit you can drape over your shoulders. Tzitzit can be ordered for approximately $5.00 a set after enrollment.

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Dates: January 9, 16 Time: 10:00 am Location: Temple Torah Ballroom Synagogue Skills Elliott Fagin This course will concentrate on improving Siddur reading skills. In addition to reading, we will be discussing the meaning of the prayers, as well as the order of the Synagogue Service and many of the synagogue traditions. It is designed to make you feel comfortable when coming to Temple, by feeling at ease with the Siddur and knowing what to expect at the Service. Some knowledge of Hebrew reading is needed (at any level).

Dates: December 5, 19, January 2, 16, 30, February 13 Time: 2:00 pm Location: Temple Torah Location TBA Cantor’s Listening Room III Cantor Zachary Mondrow Explore the realms of Jewish, Cantorial, Classical and Popular Music. Each session will focus on a particular style, artist or aspect of the music world. Students will experience these often rare treasures through audio and video presentations. Note: Cantor’s Listening Room I and II are not prerequisites.

Dates: December 5, 12, 19, January 9, 16, 23 ADDED: Jan. 30 Time: 3:00 pm Location: Temple Torah Ballroom Thursdays The Art of Photography Harold Zipkowitz Objective: To enable participants to get better photos by understanding the basics of the art.

Observation (seeing), express an idea, composition and good presentation of the photo Looking through the camera: What do we want to include in the photo? What do you want to exclude? Taking a photograph or making a photograph Altering the image that you have in your picture

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The Art of Photography continued

Dates: December 6, 13, 20 Time: 10:00 am Location: Temple Torah Wasley Chapel Beginner’s Canasta Bob Smith Includes basic (and variable) rules, as well as strategies for successful play. The four two-hour sessions combine learning with actual playing.

Dates: January 10, 17, 24, 31 Time: 10:00 am-12:00 pm Location: Temple Torah Ballroom Women’s Torah Study Group Jan Courte Join us as we examine the portion of the week (Parshat Ha-Shavua) using Eitz Chaim, our Chumash (Bible) and other commentators. Come grapple with the texts and deepen your understanding. No Hebrew required but helpful. Women only.

Dates: December 6, 13, 20, January 17, 24, 31 Time: 11:00 am Location: Temple Torah Sanctuary Psalms Study Group Jan Courte We will examine the pslams of the Kabbalat Shabbat Service, exploring their meanings, context, commentaries and, possibly, various melodies. This is an opportunity to enhance our understanding and to deepen our davening on Shabbat. No Hebrew required, but helpful. Women only.

Dates: February 7, 14, 21 Time: 11:00 am Location: Temple Torah Sanctuary Learn Eicha Trope Jan Courte On Tisha B’av we chant from the book of Lamentations (Eicha), attributed to Jeremiah. This book has a unique musical form. The goal of this class is to learn the chant for this trope so that you may participate on Tisha B’Av (usually in July or August) for the congregation. This text is chanted in the evening while sitting on the floor in somber light. 8

Learn Eicha Trope continued The trope is also used in the Haftarah that precedes Tisha B’Av, Shabbat Hazon, and the Haftarah recited at Minhah on Tisha B’Av. Eicha trope appears throughout Megillat Esther. Previous trope experience, either Torah or Haftarah, required.

Dates: March 7, 14, 21 Time: 11:00 am Location: Temple Torah Sanctuary Jewish Perspectives on Illness and Healing Rabbi Joanna Tract This course will discuss the Biblical and Rabbinic views of these concepts. The class will cover such topics as "why do people get sick," "the Jewish view of doctors and medicine," "understanding God's role in illness and healing," "the mitzvah of Bikur Cholim, visiting the sick," and "the importance of prayer."

Dates: February 7, 14, 21, 28 Time: 12:30 am Location: Temple Shaarei Shalom (read TV screen in side lobby for room location) Jewish Heroines Rabbi Andy Shugerman Jewish tradition owes much to its history-making heroines, from unruly rulers and mutinous matriarchs, to nameless figures whose risk-taking for the greater good challenged convention and authority. Their stories, along with the long history of Jewish interpretation of and commentary upon them, offer us insights into power and politics, sex and sexuality, freedom and slavery in ancient times and in our own day.

Dates: January 3, 10, 17, 31 Time: 1:00 pm Location: Temple Torah Wasley Chapel Thomas Friedman’s “Hot, Flat, Crowded” Gerald A. Levine This Pulitzer Prize winning book, written by Thomas Friedman, is one of the most important books written. It is worthy of discussion in depth. The program is organized into five weekly sessions. The world has gotten Hot, Flat and Crowded. What impact will this have on the future of America?

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Dates: January 3, 10, 17, 24 (CANCELLED), 31 (AT TSS) ADDED DATES: February 7, 14 (AT TSS) Time: 2:00 pm Location: Temple Torah Ballroom Jewish Show and Tell Alan Schoen Is there an artifact or, perhaps, a family story that you would like to share with your Adult Education cohorts? We will give you the microphone to tell your story. Possibly more sessions will be added.

Dates: January 10, 17*, 24* *To be held at Temple Shaarei Shalom Time: 3:00 pm Location: Temple Torah TBA Conversational Hebrew Miriam Schaffer Learn to use short sentences and current phrases in Hebrew, relating to various topics such as food, weather, family, etc. This course is appropriate for anyone who wants to refresh some of their Hebrew skills or plans on visiting Israel.

Dates: October 18, 25 (Temple Shaarei Shalom-read TV screen in side lobby for room location) November 1, 8, 15, 29 (Temple Torah Wasley Chapel) (Class may continue, per attendees’ requests.) Time: 6:00 pm Is Zionism an Anachronism? Rabbi Anthony Fratello Contemporary understanding of Zionism as a 21st century concept.

Dates: October 18, 25 (Temple Shaarei Shalom-read TV screen in side lobby for room location) November 1, 8 (Temple Torah Wasley Chapel) Time: 7:00 pm A Contemporary Understanding of Galut: Are American Jews in Exile? Does it Matter? Cantor Aaron Kaplan Explore the concept of Galut historically and liturgically as progressive Jews and how it can be relevant (or not) in our lives today. 10

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Dates: October 18, 25 (Temple Shaarei Shalom-read TV screen in side lobby for room location) November 1, 8 (Temple Torah Wasley Chapel) Time: 8:00 pm Sundays Confronting Our Mortality within Jewish Tradition Rabbi Edward C. Bernstein Of all the questions Rabbi Bernstein is asked on a regular basis, the greatest percentage center around human mortality. In particular, many in our community seek guidance from a Jewish perspective on questions such as: What are Jewish guidelines for writing a DNR? If a loved one is in a persistent vegetative state, can my family “pull the plug?” Does Judaism permit organ donation and transplantation? How should my body be handled when I die? What does Judaism say about cremation? What is the difference between ground burial and a mausoleum? How long is shiva observance? Rabbi Bernstein will discuss these questions and others in this series.

November 18: Judaism at the End of Life: Confronting Terminal Illness; (in conjunction with Temple Torah Men’s Club) Temple Torah Ballroom January 13 (CHANGED TO MARCH 10): The Jewish Way in Showing Honor to our Departed Loved Ones Upon their Death (breakfast sponsored by Beth Israel Memorial Chapel) Temple Torah Ballroom

March 10 (CHANGED TO APRIL 28): Nihum Aveilim—The Jewish Way in Comforting the Bereaved Temple Torah Wasley Chapel

Dates: November 18, January 13, March 10 Time: 9:30 am Location: Temple Torah

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Lectures

All lectures are one hour unless otherwise noted Wednesdays Aging Eye Concerns Dr. Jerald Berman Dr. Jerald Berman, will be presenting an intimate talk on how to keep your eyes healthy and the aging eye concerns. During the talk, the class will learn not only about Cataracts, Glaucoma, Macular Degeneration, Diabetic Retinopathy, Floaters and Dry Eyes, but how to prevent and treat them as well. This will be a great way to learn and ask many questions in the field of Ophthalmology. Date: December 5 Time: 11:00 am Location: Temple Torah Wasley Chapel Let’s Make a Scene III Seymour Goldstein This program will feature monologues, dialogues, lyrics and songs of both American and Jewish life, with audience participation. Note: Let’s Make a Scene I and II are not prerequisites.

Date: December 12 Time: 11:00 am Location: Temple Torah Wasley Chapel The Presidential Elections of Mexico (July 2012) and the US Benjamin Gurman What the election results inform us about politics, immigration, drug wars, security, corruption and wealth on both sides of the border.

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Moral Dilemmas Ofer Avigdori We will examine case studies from the Israeli history and current events. A discussion of the decision-making aspects, partners and values.

Date: January 9 Time: 11:00 am Location: Temple Torah Wasley Chapel Illuminating Jewish Learning through Art: From Mosaics and Manuscripts to Modernity Helene Yentis In an interactive session, we will utilize a power point presentation to explore multiple subjects about “Jewish Art.” We will examine images of Medieval Manuscripts, the Duro Europas Synagogue, and other items in the Art Markets from 1933 to the present. These images have become the sources of inspiration for contemporary artists and the development of Jewish Art History as an academic discipline. Works in all media will be shown, both historical and contemporary, to examine Biblical narratives and other events from Jewish History. Thought-provoking discussion is promised, as well as an opportunity to enjoy some great art.

Date: January 16 Time: 11:00 am Location: Temple Torah Wasley Chapel The Last Hurrah of the Inquisition in the Modern Era - The Catholic Church versus Mortara Rabbi Charles G. Agin Take a front row seat in the courtroom for one of the most significant - but not widely known - events the Jewish People have experienced in its long history. Spanning more than two thousand years, there has been an incredible array of confrontations that assailed individual Jews, as well as the Jewish People. These negative confrontations, historians assert, helped lay the groundwork for the Holocaust. In today's lecture, Dr. Agin will open a window on the past and impel us to take a look at one anti-Semitic judicial confrontation that began in the nineteenth century and lingers to this day.

Date: January 23 Time; 11:00 am Location: Temple Torah Wasley Chapel

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Israel Society on the Screen Ofer Avigdori This program explores the Israeli culture throughout the years, using the Israeli TV and Cinema. An interactive discussion, which will make everybody laugh, while discussing the complexity of Israeli society. Date: January 30 NEW DATE: FEBRUARY 27 Time: 11:00 am Location: Temple Torah Wasley Chapel

The Scattered Tribe Ben G. Frank The Scattered Tribe is an odyssey; a road map of travel and adventure set in many exotic locales, such as Russia (including Siberia), Tahiti, Vietnam, Myanmar, India, Cuba, Morocco, Algeria and Israel.

Date: February 6 Time: 11:00 am Location: Temple Torah Wasley Chapel Bernard Malamud’s “The Fixer” Joan L. Lavine Bernard Malamud's brilliant, provocative novel, "The Fixer” won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. In this fictionalized account of an anti-Semitic incident that took place in pre-revolutionary Kiev, Malamud explores the themes of morality, justice, suffering, and the possibility of redemption in an unjust world. This lecture will include a summary of the story as well as a description of the historical events that inspired the author to write this important work. There will be a post-lecture discussion.

Date: February 13 Time: 11:00 am Location: Temple Torah Wasley Chapel All Aboard the Brain Train Judy Herman At this mental fitness class, learn to stretch and tone your mental muscles with fun, challenging and entertaining exercises. Your conductor/instructor, the personable Judy Herman, engages all participants with interactive word games, logic puzzles and effective memory improvement techniques. These stimulating activities help build the cognitive reserve necessary to ward off mental decline. Come aboard with this enjoyable whole brain workout designed to “keep your mind on track.” 14

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Date: March 13 Time: 11:00 am Location: Temple Torah Wasley Chapel The Holocaust in France – Revisited Pierre E. Chanover, PhD We all know that there were deportations of Jews in France, but the entire machinery of the events was not always known to the public. The center of the presentation will be the plight of the Jews in France during World War II, as seen by a primary source, i.e., a survivor.

Date: March 20 NEW DATE: March 6 Time: 11:00 am Location: Temple Torah Wasley Chapel

Last program of the season: Thursday, April 11

7:00 pm at Temple Shaarei Shalom

Celebrating Israel

A Musical Program by Cantor Zachary Mondrow

Cantor Aaron Kaplan

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Israel at 65

The following presentations will be located at

Temple Shaarei Shalom

Thursday, March 7, 7:00 pm Israel/Palm Beach Partnerships and Connections

Luis Fleischman, PhD Executive Director, Jewish Community Relations Council

Hope Levin Dunker, Director, Israel and Overseas Projects

Thursday, March 14, 7:00 pm Israel and JNF

Speaker to be Announced

Thursday, March 21, 7:00 pm (NEW DATE: April 4) Israel, The Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas

EJ Kimball ************************************

Amy Beth Oppenheimer presents: FACES OF ISRAEL

Faces of Israel is an exciting educational program that explores the nature of Israel as a Jewish state today.

The program focuses on questions of Jewish identity, religious pluralism and civil liberties in Israel.

This is a highly interactive program, and comprises presentation, news updates, questions, stories, discussion and film-viewing.

Amy Beth Oppenheimer is a graduate of

Johns Hopkins University. She filmed, edited and produced the movie Faces of Israel, whose

focus is on questions surrounding religion and state in Israel.

$10 Members, $12 Non-Members (Pay at door)

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Notes

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Temple Torah and Temple Shaarei Shalom Members:

Course Series: $36 total (take as many as you’d like, all for the same price!)

Lecture Series: $36 total (take as many as you’d like, all for the same price!)

Course and Lecture Series (combined): $50 total

Lectures (individual non-clergy): $10 each (pay at door)

All Clergy courses/lectures: no charge for members *************************************************************

Non-Members

Course Series: $50 total (take as many as you’d like, all for the same price!)

Lecture Series: $50 total (take as many as you’d like, all for the same price!)

Course and Lecture Series (combined): $75 total

Lectures (individual non-clergy): $10 each (pay at door)

Please indicate all the courses and lectures you intend to attend on the registration form

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Registration Instructions Please check off for each class/study group or lecture

which you plan to attend. There is no charge for an individual class or lecture given

by our Clergy or paid professionals, or by Seymour Goldstein.

Please enter the dates of your classes and lectures in your personal datebook.

Please write your check to the Synagogue to which you belong, or at which you are registering, if you are a non-member.

Individual lectures are $10 paid to the hosting Synagogue.

You may take as many courses, study groups and lectures for a single fee.

Registration (Please PRINT clearly!)

Name Address Phone Number E-Mail Address

Note: Courses and Lectures on following page are listed in the order they appear in this booklet (except Clergy courses and

lectures, which are listed separately)

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Courses (Charge) Book Club (Horowitz) ____ Jewish Independence (Miller) ____ Prayers (Shanken) ____ Moshe (Marder) ____ Knitting (Schoen/Israel) ____ Biblical Women (Ribner) ____ Sprirtual Legacy (Reiter) ____ Cycle/Jewish Holidays (R. Townes) ____ Leviticus (F. Townes) ____ Beginner’s Bridge (Baker) ____ Beginner’s Hebrew (Turk) ____ Tallit Making (Price) ____ Synagogue Skills (Fagin) ____ Photography (Zipkowitz) ____ Beginner’s Canasta (Smith) ____ Women’s Torah (Courte) ____ Psalms Study (Courte) ____ Eicha Trope (Courte) ____ Perspectives (Tract) ____ Heroines (Sugerman) ____ Hot, Flat, Crowded (Levine) ____ Show and Tell (Schoen) _____ Conversational Hebrew (Schaffer) ____

Clergy Courses (No Charge for Members)

(Charge for Non-Members) Talmud (Bernstein) ____ Pirke Avot (Fratello) ____ Cantor’s Listening Room 3 (Mondrow) ____ Zionism (Fratello) ____ Galut (Kaplan) ____ Confronting Mortality (Bernstein) ____

Clergy Lectures (No Charge for Members)

(Charge for Non-Members) Opening Session (All Clergy) ____ Two Cantors____

Lectures (No Charge for Members and Non-Members) Let’s Make a Scene III (Goldstein) ____

Lectures (Charge) Aging Eye (Berman) ____ Presidential Elections (Gurman)___ Moral Dilemmas (Avigdori) ____ Art (Yentis) ____ Inquisition (Agin) ____ Israeli Society (Avigdori) ____ Scattered Tribe (Frank) ____ Malamud (Lavine) ____

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(in alphabetical order) Rabbi Dr. Charles G. Agin is presently the Dean and Professor of Jewish Literature at The Rabbinical Academy in Woodmere, New York. He holds a Doctor’s Degree from the Jewish Teachers Seminary. Dr. Agin is a graduate of Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, The Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (Rabbinic Ordination, Doctor of Divinity and Master of Arts in Hebrew Literature), and the Long Island Institute for Mental Health (certification in family and couple therapy). Dr. Agin is Rabbi Emeritus of the Free Synagogue in Flushing, New York and has served as a Chaplain-Officer on active duty in the United States Army, chaplain in the New York City Department of Corrections. Ofer Avigdori is a graduate of Ben Gurion University of the Negev, where he studied Education and Management. Ofer takes pride in his Zionism as an influence for his work as an educator and caregiver for Alut, the Association dedicated to Israel’s Autistic youth, as well as for his work as a coordinator of Mabuim, a center which deals with at-risk-youth in the isolated region of the Negev. After 4 years of military service as a combat communication officer, he serves today as artillery communication officer in the IDF reserves. Today Ofer functions as a Shaliach, working to engage the Jewish community of Palm Beach and the people in Israel in the name of creating a common “peoplehood” and encouraging Jewish continuity. Lolita Wulfsohn Baker was born in Hamburg, Germany and after Kristallnacht, she and her parents were able to immigrate to the USA. The family arrived and settled for the first 5 years in Cambridge, MA, after which time the family moved to Dallas Texas, where Ms. Baker graduated high school and attended the University of Texas. She graduated in 1952 with a major in mathematics and physics. 21

Dr. Jerald Berman OD is part of Rand Eye Institute’s team of doctors since 1988 and has more than 20 years of experience in optometric care at the Rand Eye Institute. Coupling his vast experience of more than 35 years with his dedication to staying up-to-date with advances in the field of optometry and ophthalmology, Dr. Berman, through his role as Rand Eye Foundation’s Speakers Bureau lecturer, advocates community learning and promotes education of aging eye concerns in support of informed decision making. Firmly committed to personalized patient care, emphasizing quality outcomes and patient comfort, Rabbi Edward C. Bernstein is the Spiritual Leader of Temple Torah. He was ordained in 1999 by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New York City. He received bachelor degrees from Columbia University and the Jewish Theological Seminary in American History and Bible, respectively. Rabbi Bernstein has studied extensively in Israel, including at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Yeshivat HaMivtar in Efrat, and The Schechter Institute in Jerusalem. Rabbi Bernstein has been recognized nationally for his work advocating for the environment and social justice, and serves on the Social Justice Commission of the International Rabbinical Assembly. He also writes a blog on Judaism for the Huffington Post, a renowned online news and opinion journal. Pierre E. Chanover, PhD, Parisian-born, is a lecturer, professor and author. He has been the recipient of numerous awards and citations. The French Ministry of Education bestowed upon him a most coveted award: CHEVALIER DANS L'ORDRE DES PALMES ACADEMIQUES. He earned his inclusion in CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS, WORLD WHO'S WHO IN POETRY, WHO'S WHO IN NORTH AMERICA, and the DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN SCHOLARS.

Dr. Pierre E. Chanover was also the founder and president of the Palm Beach Chapter of the HIDDEN CHILDREN/CHILD SURVIVORS OF THE HOLOCAUST.

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Jan Courte, a Chaplain with Vitas Innovative Hospice Care, serves as a Jewish educator, service leader and cantorial soloist in the Palm Beach area. She has a Bachelor’s Degree with Honors from San Francisco State University in Jewish Studies, History and Philosophy, which includes studies at Hebrew University in Jerusalem and more recently in Jerusalem at the Fuchsberg Center for Conservative Judaism. She co-leads bereavement groups with a Jewish focus at several area synagogues and has been actively involved with synagogue ritual at Temple Torah of West Boynton Beach. Elliott Fagin has been involved in the field of education for his entire adult life - both as a public school teacher and in yeshivot. He has worked extensively with children through USY and is a leader of Junior Congregations. He is highly skilled at reading Torah and leading services on the Sabbath and Festivals. Alice Reiter Feld, South Florida Elder Law and Estate Planning Attorney, has been fighting for the rights of South Florida seniors, Boomers, and their families for the past 33 years. Her primary areas of practice include long-term care needs planning, asset protection planning, estate planning, probate, Veteran’s Benefits, and Medicaid planning and assistance. Mrs. Feld is a graduate of the St. John’s University (NY) School of Law. With offices in Boca Raton, Delray/Boynton, and Tamarac, Alice is uniquely-positioned to serve both Palm Beach and Broward counties. Ben G. Frank has written many Jewish travel guides, including A Travel Guide to Jewish Europe, A Travel Guide to Jewish Russia and Ukraine, A Travel Guide to the Jewish Caribbean and South America as well as travel brochures for airlines and tourism offices. A former newspaper reporter with the New Haven Register and Elizabeth Daily Journal, he has published articles in Hadassah Magazine, Reform Judaism Magazine, National Jewish Monthly of B'nai B'rith, Jewish Frontier, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Jewish Press, Jewish Exponent, Jewish Week, as well as The New Haven Register, Inside Chappaqua Magazine, and Inside Magazine. Mr. Frank is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh and an MA graduate of the Center of Israel and Jewish Studies, Columbia University.

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Rabbi Anthony Fratello, Temple Shaarei Shalom, graduated from Pomona College in 1994, with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History, and in the summer of 1994, began his studies toward the Rabbinate at the Jerusalem Campus of the Hebrew Union College. He returned to the United States to continue his studies at the Cincinnati campus of HUC-TIR in 1995. Rabbi Fratello earned his MAHL Degree (Master of Arts in Hebrew Letters) from the Hebrew Union College in 1998, and was Ordained as a Rabbi in June 1999.

In April 2000, Rabbi Fratello was elected to the pulpit of Temple Shaarei Shalom, in Boynton Beach. Rabbi Fratello is a Board Member of the Federation of Palm Beach County, a member of the executive board and Vice President of the Palm Beach County Board of Rabbis. Seymour Goldstein is a native of Port Washington, NY. He received his training for teaching and school administration at NYU, Hofstra, Harvard and Columbia. He served as Secretary and Vice President of the Huntington Jewish Center and was President of the Nassau County Principals Association, and Chairman of the Nassau County Red Cross. Seymour, a retired Elementary School Principal, is a tutor in adult literacy and presents programs for local schools and libraries. Benjamin Gurman completed his graduate degree in development economics at Washington University (St. Louis) followed by the Peace Corps for two years in Colombia, followed by 32 years with the United Nations Development Program, stationed in Peru, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico and at UNDDP/New York. Ben worked with governments to design and manage United Nations, supported social and economic development projects. In Mexico, Ben was the UN Resident Coordinator for all United Nations activities. He later was responsible for the coordination of Regional Development Programming in Sub-Saharan Africa. In retirement since 1998, Ben led several UN missions investigating sexual harassment complaints in UN offices in Africa. 24

Judy Herman holds a BS Degree in Education from the University of Wisconsin; she developed and has been successfully conducting “All Aboard the Brain Train” classes for many years, in numerous independent senior residences in Florida, New York, and New Jersey. She is now also presenting her entertaining mental fitness programs to active adult communities, country club groups, and to local business, social and educational organizations. Her other careers in the US and in England (where she lived for 14 years) include high school English teacher, personnel interviewer, contemporary design store manager, marketing and public relations coordinator, promotional specialty advertising director and teacher of healthy cooking. Judy was a also a “Jeopardy” champion. Dr. Avraham D. Horowitz, a lecturer of modern Israeli literature, received a BS degree at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and MS and Ph.D. degrees at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Parallel to his career as scientist at the General Motors Research Laboratories in Michigan, he established and ran Israeli literature book clubs. Dr. Horowitz is publishing Israeli literature book reviews in Florida’s Jewish Journal and lectures on Israeli Literature across South Florida. At Temple Torah, he has taught classes on Modern Israeli Literature in English translation for the last eight years. Sheila Israel taught elementary school for several years, then worked in the business world in various fields, including executive relocation and as an intellectual property administrative assistant. Sheila has been knitting since she was seven years old, and has taught knitting in Stamford, CT and Delray Beach. Cantor Aaron Kaplan, Temple Shaarei Shalom, attended Westminster Choir College, where he performed as a choir member with such eminent ensembles as The New York Philharmonic under Kurt Masor. He graduated Cum Laude from Westminster Choir College in 2000, with a Bachelor's Degree in music and received his Master of Sacred Music degree and Cantorial Investiture from Hebrew Union College ~ Jewish Institute of Religion, School of Sacred Music. 25

Cantor Kaplan continued Cantor Kaplan served as Cantorial Intern at Temple Adath Yeshurun in Manchester, NH, and Temple Tikvah in New Hyde Park, NY, before becoming Cantor at Temple Shaarei Shalom. Joan L. Lavine is a lecturer and writer whose early career was spent in rural California working with mostly non-English speaking children of itinerant farm workers. Currently, Joan is concentrating on the life of Bernard Malamud. She holds a BA in Speech and an MA in counseling, in addition to winning several awards for her work. Gerald A. Levine holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering Degree from CCNY, as well as a Master of Mechanical Engineering Degree from the University of Maryland. Having served in the U.S. Army Ordinance Corp., he went on to having a supervisory position in the Applied Physics Lab at John Hopkins University. From 1960-1988, he held management positions at Corning Glass Works, which led to him being President of NUTRISEARCH—a joint venture between Corning, The Kroger Co., and Eastman Kodak. Mr. Levine was President of B'nai Israel in Elmira, NY for two terms. Rabbi William Marder was a Congregational Rabbi for almost 40 years, spiritual leader of Temple Torah’s three-year Perek Yomi program, and teacher for the Commission for Jewish Education. Rabbi Amos Miller was ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary and is the author of scholarly books on Jewish practices. He was named Rabbi Emeritus after serving for 46 years at Congregation Beth Shalom of Lido Beach. Rabbi Miller served as Chairman of the Israel Commission of the Rabbinical Assembly, and as Co-Director of the Hillel Institute of Conversion. 26

Cantor Zachary M. Mondrow is currently serving the pulpit of Temple Torah of West Boynton Beach. A native of West Bloomfield, Michigan, he is a graduate of the H.L. Miller Cantorial School at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City. Cantor Mondrow also received a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Kalamazoo College in Michigan. Cantor Mondrow has received many awards from the National Association of Teachers of Singing, and has performed as a featured soloist with the Detroit Zamir Chorale. Cantor Mondrow has performed in many cities, including Palm Springs, California, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Miami, Florida, and Detroit, Michigan. Cantor Mondrow has also appeared as a featured soloist at Berlin’s National Concert Hall and Munich’s Hercules Hall during the 2012 Cantor’s Assembly Mission to Germany, on the 2009 Cantors Assembly Mission to Poland, and the Yiddish Theatre Concert at the National Yiddish Theatre of Warsaw. Judy Price Judy was raised in a traditional conservative home. As a lover of music, she loves to sing. Since her teens, she has sung in synagogue choirs. Her mentors include renowned arranger, Eric Mandel, and Hazzan Charles Davidson. Judy is recognized for her many beautiful tallitot, all handmade. She is also known for her fine needlepoint tallit bags and matching atarah. Judy has been an active member of Hadassah for more than 50 years. She and her husband, David, made permanent aliyah to Boynton Beach 10 years ago. Melinda (Mindy) Ribner is the author of “The Secret Legacy of Biblical Women: Revealing the Divine Feminine, New Age Judaism, Everyday Kabbalah, and Kabbalah Month by Month.” A teacher of Jewish meditation and spiritual healing for over 30 years, she also works as a spiritual psychotherapist, healer, and life cycle counselor in private practice. Mindy is a certified social worker and received ordination to do this work from several rabbis. 25

Bilha Ron was born in Israel and graduated from the Levinski Teachers College in Tel Aviv. She was a member of the Haganah and served in the 1948 War of Liberation. A popular lecturer on Modern Hebrew Literature in Ohio and Florida, Bilha Ron has earned a BA in English Literature at Walsh University in N. Canton, Ohio, was the Education Director of the Temple Israel Religious School in Canton, Ohio, and the Jewish Education Specialist for the Canton Jewish Community Federation. Miriam Schaffer, RJE, Education Director, Temple Shaarei Shalom, has been involved in Jewish Education for many years and has held numerous positions in both synagogues and day schools as a teacher and Administrator. She received both her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Judaic Literature from the Cleveland College of Jewish Studies (now Siegal College of Judaic Studies). Alan Schoen graduated from the University of Buffalo. He taught public school for three years before transitioning to the fine paper business, from which he retired after 40 years.

Andrea Schoen has been involved in arts and crafts all of her life. She started knitting and creating her own patterns in the 1970’s and continues to do so today. Andrea taught art and computer graphics in Rockland County, NY, and has an MS degree in Silversmithing. She is presently the President of the Florida Society of Goldsmiths of the SE chapter. Rabbi Sid Shanken was ordained by the Jewish Institute of Religion. There, he was awarded a Master’s degree of Hebrew letters and published a textbook on biblical Hebrew grammar, “Epicene Nouns in the Bible.” At New York University, he received a Master’s degree in The Middle East. The Jewish Theological Seminary granted him an honorary Doctorate of Divinity. Rabbi Shanken served as Rabbi in Dobb’s Ferry, NY, and 25 years in Temple Beth El, Cranford, NJ, which had given him his seventh year sabbatical during, which time, he studied at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and taught history at The Israel Goldstein Youth Village in Jerusalem. 26

Bob Smith has a background in education and hospital administration. He has been playing and teaching canasta for many years. He has organized the Villaggio Canasta Club. He will provide hands-on learning for Beginners Canasta and will use handouts and playing experience to teach the rules and fundamentals of the game. Upon completion of this course, the student should feel comfortable playing this game. Rabbi Andy Shugerman serves as Rabbinic Fellow for the Jewish Theological Seminary, where he was ordained in 2009 with a Master's in Jewish Education. He is based in Boca Raton at the JTS Florida Office. He leads both intimate study groups in supporters’ homes and offices throughout South Florida, as well as scholar-in-residence programs for synagogues across the Southeast. Rabbi Shugerman earned his BA in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies from Brandeis University, where he was a Schiff Undergraduate Fellow. In addition, he studied at the Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem, worked for the Masorti/Conservative Movement in Israel, and attended the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies in Los Angeles. Fran Townes has been a teacher of Judaic studies to both children and adults in the USA for over 50 years. She has taught children at all grade levels, in day schools and Synagogue schools, from Kindergarten to eighth grade. She has also taught adult education classes in various synagogues. Fran speaks fluent Hebrew (having lived in Israel for five years). She was also a principal of a synagogue religious school. At present, she teaches Torah classes for the Adult Education program in Temple Torah.

Richard Townes is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst (1961) and New York Polytechnic University (1972), receiving Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Electrical Engineering and Industrial Management. He worked at Grumman Aerospace Corporation in Long Island for 27 years, retiring in 1992 as the Principal Engineer for Weapons System Evaluation and Demonstration. His name is on the moon, courtesy of the Apollo 11 project, and on the Carl Sagan Mars Lander through the Planetary Society. He is also a 1946 graduate of the Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin in Brooklyn NY. 27

Rabbi Joanna Tract grew up in Boston, Massachusetts, and then studied at the University of Pennsylvania, where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree. She continued her studies at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion where she received her Masters of Arts in Hebrew Letters and was also ordained. After ordination, Rabbi Tract served as the Assistant and then Associate Rabbi of Temple Sinai of North Dade County in Aventura, FL for a total of seven years. For the next five years, Rabbi Tract served as a chaplain for Hospice of Palm Beach County’s patients and their families. Currently, Rabbi Tract is a chaplain at JFK Medical Center. Rabbi Tract is married to Rabbi Anthony Fratello of Temple Shaarei Shalom in Boynton Beach. Wilma Turk has worked in the fields of Special Education and informal Jewish education for more than 25 years. She has Masters Degrees in Special Education and Educational Administration and Supervision from Hofstra University and served as Assistant Principal, Special Education at W. C. Bryant High School in Long Island City, New York for 16 years. Wilma is currently Director of the Commission for Jewish Education’s J.N. Somers YAD Program, which is a Sunday school for children with special needs. Helene Yentis is the founder and director of the Palm Beach Center for Jewish Art, a scholarly venue to view and to learn about many aspects of Jewish Art. She has an MA in Art History and Judaic Studies from the University of Chicago. Helene’s 30 years of experience and expertise have culminated in the creation of the Center for Jewish Art because she believes that, as the Rabbis say, there are 70 faces to the study of Torah, including the visual arts. Harold Zipkowitz was a professional photographer specializing in advertising and catalog photography. It has also been his hobby. Harold has exhibited in various art shows in NY and, recently, also here in Florida.

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Holocaust Learning Center Programs

Movies begin at 7:00 pm, and are followed by a discussion led by a volunteer facilitator. Movie dates are:

2012 2013

August 29 January 30 September 19 February 20

October 31 March 20 November 21 April 17 December 19 May 29

These movies are open to the community. A $5.00 donation per person is requested. Book Reviews are presented several times each year by volunteer reviewers. They will be announced as described below. Book review programs are free and open to the community. Commemorative Programs are planned for Yom Hashoah and Kristallnacht. These programs are free and open to the community. All Holocaust Learning Center programs are advertised through individual bulletins, the Temple Torah web site, and in the “What’s Happening” column in the Jewish Journal. For further information on the Holocaust Learning Center, or to volunteer for a program, contact the Co-Chairmen of the HLC: Louis Port, 561-738-5798, LNPort@aol.com Harold Zipkowitz, 561-742-0792, Halzip@bellsouth.net. 32

For Your Records (use the registration form in the booklet insert; this is just for

your records)

Courses (Charge) Book Club (Horowitz) ____ Jewish Independence (Miller) ____ Prayers (Shanken) ____ Moshe (Marder) ____ Knitting (Schoen/Israel) ____ Biblical Women (Ribner) ____ Sprirtual Legacy (Reiter) ____ Cycle/Jewish Holidays (R. Townes) ____ Leviticus (F. Townes) ____ Beginner’s Bridge (Baker) ____ Beginner’s Hebrew (Turk) ____ Tallit Making (Price) ____ Synagogue Skills (Fagin) ____ Photography (Zipkowitz) ____ Beginner’s Canasta (Smith) ____ Women’s Torah (Courte) ____ Psalms Study (Courte) ____ Eicha Trope (Courte) ____ Perspectives (Tract) ____ Heroines (Sugerman) ____ Hot, Flat, Crowded (Levine) ____ Show and Tell (Schoen) _____ Conversational Hebrew (Schaffer) ____

Clergy Courses (No Charge for Members)

(Charge for Non-Members) Talmud (Bernstein) ____ Pirke Avot (Fratello) ____ Cantor’s Listening Room 3 (Mondrow) ____ Zionism (Fratello) ____ Galut (Kaplan) ____ Confronting Mortality (Bernstein) ____

Clergy Lectures (No Charge for Members)

(Charge for Non-Members) Opening Session (All Clergy) ____ Two Cantors____

Lectures (No Charge for Members and Non-Members) Let’s Make a Scene III (Goldstein) ____

Lectures (Charge) Aging Eye (Berman) ____ Presidential Elections (Gurman)___ Moral Dilemmas (Avigdori) ____ Art (Yentis) ____ Inquisition (Agin) ____ Israeli Society (Avigdori) ____ Scattered Tribe (Frank) ____ Malamud (Lavine) ____

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