Congregation Schaarai Zedek Adult Education

The legends of the Torah, the Jewish immigrant experience, the founding of the State of Israel, and the angst of the modern American Jew! See how the Jewish story has been told repeatedly on the Broadway stage through perennial favorites and lesser-known gems!

According to Rabbi Weiss, Broadway musicals are the most Jewish art form in America, with countless composers, lyricists, producers, directors, actors, and actresses from the Jewish faith. Join us as Rabbi Weiss takes us on a journey through the music and lives of those Jewish people, from the Gershwins to Sondheim, who built and shaped the world of American musical theater!

Make Every Day Count: the 49 days of Mussar, reflection, and spiritual elevation from Passover to Shavuot. Come learn with us about counting the Omer and daily well-being.

Make Every Day Count: the 49 days of Mussar, reflection, and spiritual elevation from Passover to Shavuot. Come learn with us about counting the Omer and daily well-being.

Carying on Shabbat: How the Talmud sets boundaries, and explores exceptions to rules when we seek to do God's will.

Lunch & Learn with Cantor Cannizzaro

Jewish Music: Then and Now

As far back as the 16th-century, Jewish music has adapted and transformed to changing musical interests and tastes. Today is no different. The emergence of technology has accelerated the process of change. This class will look at innovations in Jewish music. Throughout the class, we will look at music created in summer camps, youth groups, experimental congregations, concert venues, and new forms of media, like YouTube, showing the dynamic and evolving developments of Jewish music.

Lunch & Learn with Rabbi Birnholz

3,000 Years of Jewish History, Law, and Lore in the Face of Epidemics

The Blind Sage and the King. The Fox and the Fish. The Talmud contains many fables and parables about famous sages. What can we learn from these ancient teachings?

Who should hold the door, and who should pay the check? Why do the Rabbis of the Talmud care about etiquette?

This week in Daf Yomi we take a close look at Berachot 35a, examining the character of Talmudic reasoning as we ask the question, “Why do we bless food?” This page of Talmud examines the nature of blessing different foods, the basis in the Torah for reciting blessings, and ultimately the theological reason why we bless before we eat.