July 8, 2020 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Join Rabbi Gil Steinlauf for a relaxed opportunity to study a little about Judaism and to schmooze together over Gin and Tonic, or your favorite beverage. Click here to join
July 12, 2020 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am – Click here to join With only five percent of the world’s population, the United States has 25 percent of its prisoners. In per capita terms, our nation incarcerated eight to ten times as many people as other western democracies. The burden falls overwhelmingly on minorities. In this talk, Alan Elsner will examine the roots of […]
July 15, 2020 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Where did we come from? Where are we going? Why are we going? Join Leslie and Joel Silver, as we tell our Jewish stories–the stories of our family history, and our own Jewish stories–and how and why they shape our being Jewish. Click here to join
July 19, 2020 @ 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm – We loved seeing the families who joined us for our June pajama Motzei Shabbat event and we want to continue staying connected with you all. We invite you to join Sally and Mindy for some summer fun on zoom- singing interactive English and Hebrew songs and playing some fun zoom games. Grandparents can invite their […]
July 22, 2020 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Join host Alan Elsner as we explore the rich connections between Jews and Classical music. We will explore issues like Is there such a thing as Jewish music? How should we regard composers like Mendelssohn or Mahler who were converts or the children of converts? Should we agitate to ban Wagner? Is this our equivalent […]
July 23, 2020 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm – One of the most powerful spiritual practices in Judaism is to stand before the congregation and help lift our prayers heavenward. This role is known as a “Shaliach Tzibur” or “Emissary of the Congregation” who gathers the energy of the congregation, and leads us in our davening and singing in all our worship services. Join […]
July 27, 2020 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm – KSTT parents Aki and Dana Peritz never quite realized the biodiversity (bald eagles nests! fossilized sharks teeth! beavers!) of this region until they started daytripping every week to get out of the house. Join them for a relaxed Happy Hour where they (and you!) can share your insights about the best places to day trip […]
July 29, 2020 @ 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm – Next to the Shoah, the greatest catastrophe ever to befall the Jewish people was the destructions of the Temples along with Jerusalem, and the subsequent loss of life on a mass scale along with a devastating exile of our people. We observe Tisha B’Av as a national day of mourning. We sit on the floor, […]
July 30, 2020 @ All Day –
August 2, 2020 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am – With annexation front and center in Israeli politics, Kol Shalom’s book group will delve into the the settlement movement. The next selection will be Gershom Gorenberg’s The Accidental Empire: Israel and the Birth of the Settlements, 1967-1977. The discussion will take place via Zoom. All readers are welcome whenever they can participate. Click here to join