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Adult Programs Adult Education
CoLel (Community of Lifelong Learning) is a gathering of learners. Click on the listings below for more information:
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
November
Sunday, November 2:
Speaker: Fred Behrendt – From the Final Solution to the New Beginning: The impact of German Jewish Immigration on American post World War II. Men’s Club Sponsored CoLeL lecture, 10:00 AM, (breakfast) Chapel Ave. Free for Men’s Club Member, $10 for non-members.
November 12:
Swanky Studies , 7:30 PM, at Swanky Bubbles, Short Hills. Enjoy an evening with your women friends and Tami for a mixed bag of interactive fun and learning.
Saturday, November 15:
Young Associates “Kibbutz in the Kitchen”- 9:00. Enjoy an evening with your friends and Rabbi for a mixed bag of interactive fun and learning.
November 16, & 23:
Chanter with the Cantor –11:00 AM Voorhees Learn the "trope" that represents the pattern of musical notes for chanting the Torah and become a member of the Hazzan's Frequent Reader Program.
November 13:
Adult B'nai Mitzvah- Beginning Tuesdays, 7:30 and continuing weekly, ending this year on 5/19/09 and beginning the following year 10/20/09. Join Rabbi Krupnick, Hazzan Pomerantz-Boro and Rabbi Arnowitz for a year-long course of study that covers the calendar year, the life cycle and fundamentals of Jewish belief and practice from a uniquely adult perspective. Graduation on 1/23/10 - Fee: $118
November:
Read Hebrew in 8 Weeks – Yaffa Fuchs - 8 Tuesdays 7:00 PM: 11/18, 11/25, 11/25, 12/2, 12/9, 12/16, 1/6, 1/13, 1/20 Fee: $36 Crash course in Hebrew reading. Basics of the alphabet, vowels and vocabulary.
Coming Soon…
Wednesday, December 3:
A View from the White House: What Michelle is Going to See. Presented by Dr. Myra Gutin, Beth El member, and author of Barbara Bush: Presidential Matriarch, is one of the nation's foremost experts on American First Ladies. 7:30 pm, Voorhees, no fee. Contact: 856-675-1166 x309.
Wednesday, December 3 (4 sessions):
CoLeL Program: Pirkei Avot: Timeless Wisdom for the Modern Age. The cornerstone of Jewish ethics from the Talmudic age gives you advice you can use all the time. Rabbi Aaron Krupnick leads this class. Fee: $36.
Thursday, December 4:
CoLeL Program: Cooking with Chef Louis. Flavors from around the world. 7 pm at Chapel Ave. Fee: $25 per person. To register contact Margie Blum (mblum@bethelsnj.org)
Power Lunch and Learn – 4 sessions with Rabbi Arnowitz
Virtual CoLeL: Heshchel’s Shabbat Fan Club –a new Internet class to begin in January with Rabbi Arnowitz
Cooking with Chef Louis 2 – back by popular demand for another great series And The Joys of Sephardic Cooking with Sareh Yashaya
For our Ongoing Classes….
- Chanter with the Cantor – Sundays with Hazzan Alisa Pomerantz-Boro
- Torah on Tap – last Wednesday of the month, at a local pub, with Rabbi Arnowitz
- Torah on Tap for Women (not the actual name) – with Tami Arnowitz
- Library Short Story Discussion Group – with Amy Kaplan
- The Phi Podell Memorial World Wide Wrap – Feb 1st, 2009
- Adult B’nai Mitzvah – beginning January 13, 2009
Now, for some of our exciting Stand Alone Programs…
- Tzuris in the White House; Michel, Cindy and Other First Ladies – Dr. Myra Gutin
- AIPAC – two programs – a Pre and Post Election AIPAC Program
- A Model ‘Historical Seder’ with Dr. Joshua Kulp – author of a new Haggadah, whose topic is The Origins of the Seder and Haggadah
- Medical Ethics- Science and Torah – with Dr. Warren Brandwine
And there’s more…
A word about CoLeL….
A number of people were puzzled by the name of our Adult Education Program (CoLeL.) I can’t think of a better way to explain than in the words of Rabbi Aaron Krupnick who so eloquently stated the definition and mission of Beth El’s CoLeL, found on the back of our beautiful tri-fold 2008-2009 CoLeL brochure, coming to you before the High Holy Days.
The word colel means a ‘collection’ or a ‘gathering’ and refers to a group of people who come together to study. Many who study in colel, make it their full time job. Others find a fixed time to sit and learn on a regular basis. But whether one comes everyday or less frequently, the motivation is the same: to be a life long learner. That’s why we have adopted this name for our own Community of Lifelong Learners or CoLeL; We recognize that the task of Jewish learning is never over, and the rewards of Jewish study are sweeter when we are more mature in our approach. It’s never too late, nor too early to broaden the scope of our Jewish knowledge. And so we urge you to carefully consider the collection of options contained in our CoLeL brochure. Remember the words of Rabbi Louis Finkelstein who said, “When I pray I talk to Gd, but when I study Gd speaks to me.”
CoLeL Co-Chairs: Yaffa Fuchs (yfuchs@bethelsnj.org) and Myra Gutin (drgutin@comcast.net)
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