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Temple Beth Sholom offers a wide array of engaging and exciting adult education. There’s always something to learn about at TBS!
Torah Commentary, Podcasts, Calendar, Translations
The Union for Reform Judaism has a selection of weekly podcasts and e-mails that you can subscribe to and study at your convenience. Selections include: This Week in Jewish Life, Reform Voices of Torah, The Jewish Dish, Jewish Holiday Guide, and Jewish Life in Your Family Life.
Go to: reformjudaism.org/learning/torah-study
ReformJudaism.org
The Reform Jewish website is a wonderful resource for expanding your knowledge base, seeking wisdom, and learning about the issues and opportunities that we face as modern Jews. Major sections include Jewish Holidays, Jewish Life, Practice, Learning, Social Justice, and Israel.
Go to: reformjudaism.org
We Are Not Alone:
Reform Jewish Courses Online
The Union for Reform Judaism offers a variety of virtual classes. Topics include: Introduction to Judaism; Reading Hebrew Prayers; Learn to Read Hebrew for Adults; Pursuing Justice; Introduction to the Mikveh Ritual.
Information and Registration:
reformjudaism.org/learning/judaism-classes
Individual Study
Rabbi Davis is available to help you design your own study of Jewish text, philosophy, or theology.
Contact: Rabbi Davis, rdavis@tbsmb.org
Shabbat Evening Services
Our Shabbat evening service will embrace you and touch your soul. Fresh and familiar music will enable you to give voice to your own spirit. Special occasions in the lives of our congregants, Jewish teachings, sermons from our rabbis, and extraordinary music will enhance “Shabbat, our sanctuary in time.”
Every Friday Evening, 6:00 pm
In-Person at TBS and tbsmb.org/watch
Shabbat Morning Services
Join us weekly to renew your spirit in our beautiful sanctuary or chapel. Our clergy and congregation members help to lead the prayers and read the Torah. Services are usually followed by a tasty communal Shabbat Kiddush Lunch.
Every Saturday Morning, 10:30 am
In-Person at TBS and tbsmb.org/watch
Torah Study on Shabbat Morning
Start Saturday morning with Torah study. Each Shabbat morning before our Shabbat Morning Service (which starts at 10:30 am), we study Parashat HaShavua, the weekly Torah portion. The Rabbis lead a discussion of ancient commentaries and teachings and reveal the Torah’s modern and relevant lessons. No registration necessary. To be added to the mailing list and receive the weekly study materials for this class contact: Noemi, noemi@tbsmb.org
Every Saturday morning, 9:30–10:30 am
In-Person and Zoom | tbsmb.org/calendar for the Zoom Link
Weekly Israeli Update
Join Mark Baranek each week for a concise update on the current events in Israel. Politics, Culture, and Technology are just a few of the areas covered.
Mondays, 4:00 pm
Zoom only | Information and the Zoom link: Mark Baranek, mark@tbsmb.org
Social Justice Network Justice Jams
We’d like to invite you to host Justice Jams this year! Justice Jams are small, intimate educational gatherings meant to foster dialogue and build community around specific issues of concern. Justice Jams are led by SJN co-chairs Rachel Unger and Andrea Wagner, along with special guests, in your home. This year our Jams will be focused on topics of reproductive justice in the fall and climate justice in the spring. Invite other congregants or friends and family to your home to learn about these issues and how we can take action. You provide the place, and we provide the content.
For more information or to host a Justice Jam: Rachel Unger, ungerita@yahoo.com or Andrea Wagner, wags3671@gmail.com.
Mitzvah Day and Soup Contest
Join us for Mitzvah Day, our largest day of social action, with over 30 projects both at Temple Beth Sholom and around our community. We have projects for all ages and interests. You can engage in a beach clean-up, prepare care packets for mothers of premature babies, make gifts for Holocaust survivors, distribute food to people experiencing food insecurity, help raise money for Israel, create thank you gifts for our first responders, distribute books to adults and children in need, and much, much more. If you have an idea for a project that you would like to captain, please let us know. After completing the Mitzvah Day projects, we return for our annual Soup Contest, where we raise money for worthy causes in our community. To get involved, contact co-chairs Ashley Weissman, albeckwith@gmail.com and Caryn Pardo,
carynpardo@gmail.com, or Social Justice Program Director, Jeff Agron, jagron@tbsmb.org.
Yearly, in February
Registration opens in late December.
PACT (People Acting for Community Together)
Temple Beth Sholom is part of PACT (People Acting for Community Together). PACT unites, organizes, and trains leaders from diverse congregations, schools, and community groups to build a powerful community voice. Individually and collectively, we empower ourselves, hold officials accountable, achieve systemic change, and promote fairness, justice, and democracy in Miami-Dade County. This past year we helped persuade our elected officials to take action to reduce rental rates and institute a civil citation program for unpaid fines and fees. These are issues that are important to our community and make a difference in the lives of residents.
For information: TBS PACT Chairperson, Jonathan Sepsenwol, jonathan.sepsenwol@gmail.com; Rabbi Jacobs, rabbijacobs@tbsmb.org; or Jeff Agron,
jagron@tbsmb.org.