​Adath is proud to announce our new format for programs that will enrich your lives as Jews, and those of you who love Jews, and strengthen your relationships within the community in a way that is meaningful to you. Keep watching as we grow our program and bring you relevant and meaningful experiences and learning.

We offer a variety of classes, live & laugh gatherings, programs & events, as well as study groups. There's something for everyone at Adath!

Programs & Events

Who Inspires You? Eight Rabbis and a cantor respond

Congregational leaders inspire us daily through their teachings, acts of hesed, and social justice work. This summer, come learn who inspires and energizes them! Sessions will be a combination of story-telling and text teaching.

All sessions are free and open to everyone. Come to one or come to all. Come and be inspired!

Reconstructing Judaism and Ritual
Rabbi Sharon Stiefel
Tues. June 19 | 7:00 PM
Mayim Rabim, 4401 York Ave S, Minneapolis

Marge Piercy
Rabbi Adam Stock Spilker
Thurs. June 28 | 12:00 PM
Henson and Efron, 200 S. 6th St, Suite 4000, Minneapolis

Lamed Vavniks: The 36 Righteous of God
Rabbi Jeremy Fine
Thurs. July 5 | 2:00 PM
Dogwood Coffee Bar, 825 Carleton St, St Paul

Daughters of Zelophchad
Hazzan Joanna Dulkin
Tues. July 10 | 12:00 PM
Adath Jeshurun, 10500 Hillside Ln W, Minnetonka

Rabbi Aaron Panken & the Confirmation Class of 2018
Rabbi Jill Crimmings
Wed. July 18 | 4:00 PM
Central Park, 101 16th Ave S, Hopkins

Those Who Are Their Art
Rabbi Sim Glaser
Wed. July 25 | 3:30 PM
Temple Israel, 2324 Emerson Ave S, Minneapolis

David Moss
Rabbi Alexander Davis
Sun. July 29 | 10:00 AM
Beth El, 5225 Barry St W, St Louis Park

Activists on Behalf of Civil Society in Israel
Rabbi Michael Latz
Thurs. Aug 9 | 12:00 PM
Shir Tikvah, 1360 W Minnehaha Pkwy, Minneapolis

Rabbi Nachman of Breslov
Rabbi Tamar Grimm
Thurs. Aug 16 | 7:00 PM
Lake Monster Brewing, 550 Vandalia, St Paul

PRESENTED BY
Hineni: Adult Jewish Learning and Contemplative Practices | Talmud Torah of St. Paul

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
Adath Jeshurun Congregation, Bet Shalom Congregation, Beth El Synagogue, Beth Jacob Congregation, Mayim Rabim Congregation, Mount Zion Temple, Shir Tikvah, Temple Israel, Temple of Aaron

For more info, contact sara.lynn@ttsp.org or 651-698-8807.

Classes

Mussar: a jewish path to personal growth

Led by Rabbi Harold Kravitz and Jennifer Gray
Every other Thursday: June 28 and July 5 • 1:30-3 pm
The Mussar series explores a traditional Jewish spiritual pathway of contemplative practices; exercises and text study that helps create personal transformation and deepens our connections with ourselves, our communities and with God.

Cost: $180  REGISTER
Contact Jennifer Gray, Director of Congregational Life, if the cost for this or any event/class is prohibitive.

Mussar va'ad (continuing)

Mondays: July 9, Aug 6 • 7:30-9 pm

Already experienced your first Mussar Va’ad? Want to continue to practice and learn about other Middot (soul traits)? Join this monthly Va’ad where we will explore new middot, dive deeper into some from the past, and continue our lively and meaningful discussions.

Suggested donation of $36.
REGISTER

biblical hebrew 2: Reading the tanach in the original hebrew

Starts Tuesday, May 15 • 7:30 pm

This class is a continuation of last year’s Introduction to Biblical Hebrew, but it is open to anyone who is conversant with the major binyanim and the elementary grammar of Biblical Hebrew. Our goal is to use the fundamentals we’ve acquired over the past year to increase our vocabulary and fluency with the Hebrew of the Siddur and Tanach. We’ll be using The First Hebrew Reader: Guided Selections from the Hebrew Bible, by Jessica Goldstein, EKS Publishing Co. New students may wish to purchase the first book in this series (which we used for our introduction): The First Hebrew Primer. We’ll be referring back to this throughout the course as we need to review the grammar.

Cost: $72 for 36 sessions
REGISTER

Study Groups

etzion senior study group

​Led by Jim Sherman

Third Monday of the month • 1:30-3 pm in the Adult Lounge

The Etzion Study Group is presently discussing Judaism's Ten Best Ideas: A Brief Guide for Seekers by Rabbi Arthur Green. Join the conversation and enjoy the sociability too!

Contact Jim Sherman at rebyakov@msn.com

downtown study group

Led by Rabbi Harold Kravitz

Meets approximately every other Tuesday • 12 pm at the new offices of Meyer & Njus, 330 2nd Avenue South, Suite 350

Upcoming dates: June 19.

Come join this spirited lunch-hour study group. We will continue our discussion on the new topic of Jewish Identity as it relates to our times. Contact Miriam Segall at msegall@mac.hush.com.

Tuesday torah

Led by Rabbi Harold Kravitz, Rabbi Aaron Weininger, Hazzan Joanna Dulkin, Jim Sherman and guest teachers

Tuesdays • 12-1 pm

Join us every Tuesday at Adath for study related to the weekly parsha (Torah portion). Conversation is always stimulating. All are welcome!

weekly talmud study

Led by Don Masler

Wednesday mornings after minyan in the Library

Begin or continue learning Talmud via English translation.

​Contact Don at dm4444@msn.com.

TAMID: Arts & Culture @ Adath

Interfaith Programming

Live & Laugh

adath Book Club

Sunday, July 15  • 10:30 am
For our next book club with Adath Librarian Heidi Scheider, we will be reading the 2017 novel Forest Dark by Nicole Krause, which garnered a Notable Book of 2017 accolade from the New York Times and Best Book of 2017 from a host of others.

Jules Epstein is undergoing a metamorphosis. In the wake of his parents’ deaths, a divorce, and retirement from his law firm, he’s felt an irresistible need to give away his possessions.

With the last of his wealth he travels to Israel, with a nebulous plan to do something to honor his parents. In Tel Aviv, he is sidetracked by a charismatic American rabbi who is planning a reunion for the descendants of King David and insists that Epstein join. He also meets the rabbi’s beautiful daughter who convinces Epstein to become involved in her own project. 

On her own pilgrimage, a well-known young novelist arrives at the Tel Aviv Hilton, where she has stayed every year since birth. She’s left her family for this trip, hoping that the hotel can cure her writer’s block and unlock a dimension of reality that has been closed off to her. But when she meets a retired literature professor who proposes a project she can’t refuse, she’s drawn into a mystery that will profoundly change her.

Bursting with life and humor, Forest Dark is a mesmerizing novel of transformation and self-realization—of looking beyond all that is visible toward the infinite.

Let’s explore this woven story together this summer! You can find the book in your local library, or purchase a copy on Amazon. There will also be one copy in the Adath library.

18- to 24-year-old Outreach

Makom

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Meet Jennifer Gray, Director of Congregational Life.
​Contact Jennifer for more information about any program, or if the cost for any event or class is prohibitive.
jenniferg@adath.net