ADULT EDUCATION

Congregation Beth Sholom is a place of lifelong learning.

Congregation Beth Sholom offers classes, casual learning opportunities, and social gatherings for adults designed to bring Jewish values, culture, rituals, and texts into our everyday lives. We expand our social and cultural horizons with visiting Jewish scholars, professors, Judaic art and photography exhibits, Jewish authors, political pundits, artists, journalists, rabbis, and more.

  • Weekly Torah Study

    Join us on Zoom every Tuesday morning* at 8:15 a.m. to look at the weekly parsha and delve into the teachings that our text has brought us throughout the past millennia, and to today.

    Weekly discussions will be led by CBS congregant, Marilyn Heiss, with an occasional teaching from the Rabbis. You're also welcome to sign-in early and catch some morning minyan!

    *Subject to change — please see the calendar below!

  • CBS Authors Series

    The goal of CBS Authors Series is to educate, enlighten, and enrich our community by exposing participants to the works of selected writers, some of whom may be congregants, authors of Jewish-themed works, or others who have created works of fiction or nonfiction.

    Free for members, $18 for guests. Childcare will be offered for Sunday events at $18 for children ages 2 and up.

    If a session is coming up, it will be viewable in our event highlights.

  • Intro to Judaism

    Jew-Curious? Interested in converting to Judaism? Sharing your life with a Jewish and want to crack the code? Calling all potential conversion students and interfaith couples! Our engaging, university-accredited Intro To Judaism course is interactive and encourages questions, discussion, and hands-on learning. No knowledge of Hebrew is required, but you will learn to read the language as part of the class.

  • CBS Torah Academy

    Leyning — giving voice to the words, stories, and laws from the Torah — is a practice that goes back to the earliest days of our people. At Beth Sholom, lay leaders help us fulfill this responsibility. We hope you will join us together, as a community of learners, as we will embark on the holy and exciting journey of learning to read Torah.

  • Death, Grieving, and Caring for Loved Ones

    So many of us are experiencing the challenges of caring for aging parents, planning for aging with our partners and managing grief and logistics when loved ones die. And yet these are topics we often don't talk about with one another… and can make us feel lost when we suddenly need to deal with them. You are not alone.

  • Beit Midrash Series with Hadar

    The Beit Midrash has for centuries been one of the spiritual and intellectual centers of Jewish life. It is the place our people have gathered together to pour over sacred texts, debate their meaning and application, and emerge with wisdom to guide Jewish living. Join is in collaboration with Rabbi David Kasher of Hadar as we explore some of the wildest stories in rabbinic literature and learn the art of classical Beit Midrash study.

    If a session is coming up, it will be viewable in our event highlights.