Calendar

Opening the Heart: Becoming a Jewish Grandparent
Lead by Jane Shapiro
2 Mondays - June 24 and July 1 | 7:30 - 9:00 pm | $40/series Register Here
Mallinckrodt Community Center - 1041 Ridge Rd. Wilmette
In this two part class we will explore texts which speak to the life transitions that occur when you become a grandparent. What shifts within us? How does the constellation of family change? How do I want to build a relationship with this new family member? How can I create memory and Jewish experiences for the next generation?
In partnership with the Jewish Grandparents Network

Opening the Heart: Becoming a Jewish Grandparent
Lead by Jane Shapiro
2 Mondays - June 24 and July 1 | 7:30 - 9:00 pm | $40/series Register Here
Mallinckrodt Community Center - 1041 Ridge Rd. Wilmette
In this two part class we will explore texts which speak to the life transitions that occur when you become a grandparent. What shifts within us? How does the constellation of family change? How do I want to build a relationship with this new family member? How can I create memory and Jewish experiences for the next generation?
In partnership with the Jewish Grandparents Network

The Stories that Shape Us: a 4-part class with Rebecca Minkus-Lieberman
Join us for a 4-class series exploring central stories from our tradition, stories from the Talmud and stories from Hasidic sources. We will study a variety of powerful and transformative stories that animate our tradition while asking the questions: how do these stories surface essential questions and help us uncover nourishing truths about where we are and who we want to become?
Open to all.
May 2, 16, 23, & 30, 2019
$20 drop in fee per class | $75 for all 4 classes Click Here

The Stories that Shape Us: a 4-part class with Rebecca Minkus-Lieberman
Join us for a 4-class series exploring central stories from our tradition, stories from the Talmud and stories from Hasidic sources. We will study a variety of powerful and transformative stories that animate our tradition while asking the questions: how do these stories surface essential questions and help us uncover nourishing truths about where we are and who we want to become?
Open to all.
May 2, 16, 23, & 30, 2019
$20 drop in fee per class | $75 for all 4 classes Click Here

The Stories that Shape Us: a 4-part class with Rebecca Minkus-Lieberman
Join us for a 4-class series exploring central stories from our tradition, stories from the Talmud and stories from Hasidic sources. We will study a variety of powerful and transformative stories that animate our tradition while asking the questions: how do these stories surface essential questions and help us uncover nourishing truths about where we are and who we want to become?
Open to all.
May 2, 16, 23, & 30, 2019
$20 drop in fee per class | $75 for all 4 classes Click Here

Kavannah 5779: Why does God love Moses?
with Jane Shapiro
In this class we will practice a slow reading and discussion of the life of Moses., exploring his relationships with his family, with Pharoah, with God, and with his own developing sense of himself as a shepherd and leader of the Jewish people.
11:30 -12:00 Bag Lunch | Study from 12:00-1:00
Mondays January 7, 21, February 4,11, March 4, 18, 25, April 1, 15
$20 per class drop in fee | $200 10-week session Click Here

Kavannah 5779: Why does God love Moses?
with Jane Shapiro
In this class we will practice a slow reading and discussion of the life of Moses., exploring his relationships with his family, with Pharoah, with God, and with his own developing sense of himself as a shepherd and leader of the Jewish people.
11:30 -12:00 Bag Lunch | Study from 12:00-1:00
Mondays January 7, 21, February 4,11, March 4, 18, 25, April 1, 15
$20 per class drop in fee | $200 10-week session Click Here

Turning Towards Love: Exploring Song of Songs (Week 8)
Turning Towards Love: Exploring Song of Songs
Class with Rebecca Minkus-Lieberman
Thursday mornings - 10:00 - 11:30 am | February 7, 14, 21, 28, March 14, 21, 28, April 4
Mallinckrodt Community Center 1041 Ridge Road Wilmette, IL 60091
In this class, we will study this remarkable book of love and sensuality, bring it into conversation with our own lives and try to understand its place in the body of Jewish wisdom. This class will bring warmth to these winter months and carry us towards a new relationship with the holiday of Passover. All are welcome. Sign up for the full session or join us on a drop-in basis.
Students should bring a Hebrew-English Tanach to class. If you need suggestions about a version to purchase, please email Rebecca at: orotchicago@gmail.com
8-week session: $140
Drop-in fee: $20/class

Kavannah 5779: Why does God love Moses?
with Jane Shapiro
In this class we will practice a slow reading and discussion of the life of Moses., exploring his relationships with his family, with Pharoah, with God, and with his own developing sense of himself as a shepherd and leader of the Jewish people.
11:30 -12:00 Bag Lunch | Study from 12:00-1:00
Mondays January 7, 21, February 4,11, March 4, 18, 25, April 1, 15
$20 per class drop in fee | $200 10-week session Click Here

Turning Towards Love: Exploring Song of Songs (Week 7)
Turning Towards Love: Exploring Song of Songs
Class with Rebecca Minkus-Lieberman
Thursday mornings - 10:00 - 11:30 am | February 7, 14, 21, 28, March 14, 21, 28, April 4
Mallinckrodt Community Center 1041 Ridge Road Wilmette, IL 60091
In this class, we will study this remarkable book of love and sensuality, bring it into conversation with our own lives and try to understand its place in the body of Jewish wisdom. This class will bring warmth to these winter months and carry us towards a new relationship with the holiday of Passover. All are welcome. Sign up for the full session or join us on a drop-in basis.
Students should bring a Hebrew-English Tanach to class. If you need suggestions about a version to purchase, please email Rebecca at: orotchicago@gmail.com
8-week session: $140
Drop-in fee: $20/class

Kavannah 5779: Why does God love Moses?
with Jane Shapiro
In this class we will practice a slow reading and discussion of the life of Moses., exploring his relationships with his family, with Pharoah, with God, and with his own developing sense of himself as a shepherd and leader of the Jewish people.
11:30 -12:00 Bag Lunch | Study from 12:00-1:00
Mondays January 7, 21, February 4,11, March 4, 18, 25, April 1, 15
$20 per class drop in fee | $200 10-week session Click Here

Turning Towards Love: Exploring Song of Songs (Week 6)
Turning Towards Love: Exploring Song of Songs
Class with Rebecca Minkus-Lieberman
Thursday mornings - 10:00 - 11:30 am | February 7, 14, 21, 28, March 14, 21, 28, April 4
Mallinckrodt Community Center 1041 Ridge Road Wilmette, IL 60091
In this class, we will study this remarkable book of love and sensuality, bring it into conversation with our own lives and try to understand its place in the body of Jewish wisdom. This class will bring warmth to these winter months and carry us towards a new relationship with the holiday of Passover. All are welcome. Sign up for the full session or join us on a drop-in basis.
Students should bring a Hebrew-English Tanach to class. If you need suggestions about a version to purchase, please email Rebecca at: orotchicago@gmail.com
8-week session: $140
Drop-in fee: $20/class

Kavannah 5779: Why does God love Moses?
with Jane Shapiro
In this class we will practice a slow reading and discussion of the life of Moses., exploring his relationships with his family, with Pharoah, with God, and with his own developing sense of himself as a shepherd and leader of the Jewish people.
11:30 -12:00 Bag Lunch | Study from 12:00-1:00
Mondays January 7, 21, February 4,11, March 4, 18, 25, April 1, 15
$20 per class drop in fee | $200 10-week session Click Here

Turning Towards Love: Exploring Song of Songs (Week 5)
Turning Towards Love: Exploring Song of Songs
Class with Rebecca Minkus-Lieberman
Thursday mornings - 10:00 - 11:30 am | February 7, 14, 21, 28, March 14, 21, 28, April 4
Mallinckrodt Community Center 1041 Ridge Road Wilmette, IL 60091
In this class, we will study this remarkable book of love and sensuality, bring it into conversation with our own lives and try to understand its place in the body of Jewish wisdom. This class will bring warmth to these winter months and carry us towards a new relationship with the holiday of Passover. All are welcome. Sign up for the full session or join us on a drop-in basis.
Students should bring a Hebrew-English Tanach to class. If you need suggestions about a version to purchase, please email Rebecca at: orotchicago@gmail.com
8-week session: $140
Drop-in fee: $20/class

Kavannah 5779: Why does God love Moses?
with Jane Shapiro
In this class we will practice a slow reading and discussion of the life of Moses., exploring his relationships with his family, with Pharoah, with God, and with his own developing sense of himself as a shepherd and leader of the Jewish people.
11:30 -12:00 Bag Lunch | Study from 12:00-1:00
Mondays January 7, 21, February 4,11, March 4, 18, 25, April 1, 15
$20 per class drop in fee | $200 10-week session Click Here

Turning Towards Love: Exploring Song of Songs (Week 4)
Turning Towards Love: Exploring Song of Songs
Class with Rebecca Minkus-Lieberman
Thursday mornings - 10:00 - 11:30 am | February 7, 14, 21, 28, March 14, 21, 28, April 4
Mallinckrodt Community Center 1041 Ridge Road Wilmette, IL 60091
In this class, we will study this remarkable book of love and sensuality, bring it into conversation with our own lives and try to understand its place in the body of Jewish wisdom. This class will bring warmth to these winter months and carry us towards a new relationship with the holiday of Passover. All are welcome. Sign up for the full session or join us on a drop-in basis.
Students should bring a Hebrew-English Tanach to class. If you need suggestions about a version to purchase, please email Rebecca at: orotchicago@gmail.com
8-week session: $140
Drop-in fee: $20/class

Turning Towards Love: Exploring Song of Songs (Week 3)
Turning Towards Love: Exploring Song of Songs
Class with Rebecca Minkus-Lieberman
Thursday mornings - 10:00 - 11:30 am | February 7, 14, 21, 28, March 14, 21, 28, April 4
Mallinckrodt Community Center 1041 Ridge Road Wilmette, IL 60091
In this class, we will study this remarkable book of love and sensuality, bring it into conversation with our own lives and try to understand its place in the body of Jewish wisdom. This class will bring warmth to these winter months and carry us towards a new relationship with the holiday of Passover. All are welcome. Sign up for the full session or join us on a drop-in basis.
Students should bring a Hebrew-English Tanach to class. If you need suggestions about a version to purchase, please email Rebecca at: orotchicago@gmail.com
8-week session: $140
Drop-in fee: $20/class

Turning Towards Love: Exploring Song of Songs (Week 2)
Turning Towards Love: Exploring Song of Songs
Class with Rebecca Minkus-Lieberman
Thursday mornings - 10:00 - 11:30 am | February 7, 14, 21, 28, March 14, 21, 28, April 4
Mallinckrodt Community Center 1041 Ridge Road Wilmette, IL 60091
In this class, we will study this remarkable book of love and sensuality, bring it into conversation with our own lives and try to understand its place in the body of Jewish wisdom. This class will bring warmth to these winter months and carry us towards a new relationship with the holiday of Passover. All are welcome. Sign up for the full session or join us on a drop-in basis.
Students should bring a Hebrew-English Tanach to class. If you need suggestions about a version to purchase, please email Rebecca at: orotchicago@gmail.com
8-week session: $140
Drop-in fee: $20/class

Kavannah 5779: Why does God love Moses?
with Jane Shapiro
In this class we will practice a slow reading and discussion of the life of Moses., exploring his relationships with his family, with Pharoah, with God, and with his own developing sense of himself as a shepherd and leader of the Jewish people.
11:30 -12:00 Bag Lunch | Study from 12:00-1:00
Mondays January 7, 21, February 4,11, March 4, 18, 25, April 1, 15
$20 per class drop in fee | $200 10-week session Click Here

Turning Towards Love: Exploring Song of Songs (Week 1)
Turning Towards Love: Exploring Song of Songs
Class with Rebecca Minkus-Lieberman
Thursday mornings - 10:00 - 11:30 am | February 7, 14, 21, 28, March 14, 21, 28, April 4
Mallinckrodt Community Center 1041 Ridge Road Wilmette, IL 60091
In this class, we will study this remarkable book of love and sensuality, bring it into conversation with our own lives and try to understand its place in the body of Jewish wisdom. This class will bring warmth to these winter months and carry us towards a new relationship with the holiday of Passover. All are welcome. Sign up for the full session or join us on a drop-in basis.
Students should bring a Hebrew-English Tanach to class. If you need suggestions about a version to purchase, please email Rebecca at: orotchicago@gmail.com
8-week session: $140
Drop-in fee: $20/class

Kavannah 5779: Why does God love Moses?
with Jane Shapiro
In this class we will practice a slow reading and discussion of the life of Moses., exploring his relationships with his family, with Pharoah, with God, and with his own developing sense of himself as a shepherd and leader of the Jewish people.
11:30 -12:00 Bag Lunch | Study from 12:00-1:00
Mondays January 7, 21, February 4,11, March 4, 18, 25, April 1, 15
$20 per class drop in fee | $200 10-week session Click Here

Kavannah 5779: Why does God love Moses?
with Jane Shapiro
In this class we will practice a slow reading and discussion of the life of Moses., exploring his relationships with his family, with Pharoah, with God, and with his own developing sense of himself as a shepherd and leader of the Jewish people.
11:30 -12:00 Bag Lunch | Study from 12:00-1:00
Mondays January 7, 21, February 4,11, March 4, 18, 25, April 1, 15
$20 per class drop in fee | $200 10-week session Click Here

Kavannah 5779: Why does God love Moses?
with Jane Shapiro
In this class we will practice a slow reading and discussion of the life of Moses., exploring his relationships with his family, with Pharoah, with God, and with his own developing sense of himself as a shepherd and leader of the Jewish people.
11:30 -12:00 Bag Lunch | Study from 12:00-1:00
Mondays January 7, 21, February 4,11, March 4, 18, 25, April 1, 15
$20 per class drop in fee | $200 10-week session Click Here

Kavannah 5779: Loving with Heart, Soul and Might in the Weekly Torah Reading (Week 9)
Kavannah 5779: Loving with Heart, Soul and Might in the Weekly Torah Reading
Weekly class with Jane Shapiro
In this class, we will examine love in all its forms throughout the year: love of nature. of others, of self, of family, of God. Love of the journey, of challenge, of sadness and distress.
We will focus on a select passage in the weekly parsha cycle and consider how to take the message of the week back into our lives. You do not need prior experience with Torah study to be part of this group.
Mondays 11:30 Bag Lunch, Study from 12:00-1:00
1 Northfield Plaza, 2nd floor, Northfield
September 17, October 22, 29, November 5,19, 26, December 3, 10, 17

Kavannah 5779: Loving with Heart, Soul and Might in the Weekly Torah Reading (Week 8)
Kavannah 5779: Loving with Heart, Soul and Might in the Weekly Torah Reading
Weekly class with Jane Shapiro
In this class, we will examine love in all its forms throughout the year: love of nature. of others, of self, of family, of God. Love of the journey, of challenge, of sadness and distress.
We will focus on a select passage in the weekly parsha cycle and consider how to take the message of the week back into our lives. You do not need prior experience with Torah study to be part of this group.
Mondays 11:30 Bag Lunch, Study from 12:00-1:00
1 Northfield Plaza, 2nd floor, Northfield
September 17, October 22, 29, November 5,19, 26, December 3, 10, 17

Kavannah 5779: Loving with Heart, Soul and Might in the Weekly Torah Reading (Week 7)
Kavannah 5779: Loving with Heart, Soul and Might in the Weekly Torah Reading
Weekly class with Jane Shapiro
In this class, we will examine love in all its forms throughout the year: love of nature. of others, of self, of family, of God. Love of the journey, of challenge, of sadness and distress.
We will focus on a select passage in the weekly parsha cycle and consider how to take the message of the week back into our lives. You do not need prior experience with Torah study to be part of this group.
Mondays 11:30 Bag Lunch, Study from 12:00-1:00
1 Northfield Plaza, 2nd floor, Northfield
September 17, October 22, 29, November 5,19, 26, December 3, 10, 17

Kavannah 5779: Loving with Heart, Soul and Might in the Weekly Torah Reading (Week 6)
Kavannah 5779: Loving with Heart, Soul and Might in the Weekly Torah Reading
Weekly class with Jane Shapiro
In this class, we will examine love in all its forms throughout the year: love of nature. of others, of self, of family, of God. Love of the journey, of challenge, of sadness and distress.
We will focus on a select passage in the weekly parsha cycle and consider how to take the message of the week back into our lives. You do not need prior experience with Torah study to be part of this group.
Mondays 11:30 Bag Lunch, Study from 12:00-1:00
1 Northfield Plaza, 2nd floor, Northfield
September 17, October 22, 29, November 5,19, 26, December 3, 10, 17

Kavannah 5779: Loving with Heart, Soul and Might in the Weekly Torah Reading (Week 5)
Kavannah 5779: Loving with Heart, Soul and Might in the Weekly Torah Reading
Weekly class with Jane Shapiro
In this class, we will examine love in all its forms throughout the year: love of nature. of others, of self, of family, of God. Love of the journey, of challenge, of sadness and distress.
We will focus on a select passage in the weekly parsha cycle and consider how to take the message of the week back into our lives. You do not need prior experience with Torah study to be part of this group.
Mondays 11:30 Bag Lunch, Study from 12:00-1:00
1 Northfield Plaza, 2nd floor, Northfield
September 17, October 22, 29, November 5,19, 26, December 3, 10, 17

What is Real: Learning to Love what is True through the Book of Ecclesiastes (Week 6)
What is Real: Learning to Love what is True through the Book of Ecclesiastes
6-class series with Rebecca Minkus-Lieberman
The Book of Ecclesiastes, read each year on the holiday of Sukkot, is an enigmatic and provocative exploration of what is true and real about our human lives. In this class, we will use the questions and wisdom found in this text as a doorway to explore the most central questions of life: who are we? Why are we here? How do we shape the lives we want?
The class will use the Book of Ecclesiastes as the centerpiece and also incorporate other sources of complementary wisdom, both Jewish and secular. No previous learning experience required.
Thursdays - 10:00 - 11:30 am
Mallinckrodt Community Center: 1041 Ridge Rd, Wilmette
October 11, 18, 25, Nov. 1, 8, 15
series cost: $100
drop-in cost: $20/class

What is Real: Learning to Love what is True through the Book of Ecclesiastes (Week 5)
What is Real: Learning to Love what is True through the Book of Ecclesiastes
6-class series with Rebecca Minkus-Lieberman
The Book of Ecclesiastes, read each year on the holiday of Sukkot, is an enigmatic and provocative exploration of what is true and real about our human lives. In this class, we will use the questions and wisdom found in this text as a doorway to explore the most central questions of life: who are we? Why are we here? How do we shape the lives we want?
The class will use the Book of Ecclesiastes as the centerpiece and also incorporate other sources of complementary wisdom, both Jewish and secular. No previous learning experience required.
Thursdays - 10:00 - 11:30 am
Mallinckrodt Community Center: 1041 Ridge Rd, Wilmette
October 11, 18, 25, Nov. 1, 8, 15
series cost: $100
drop-in cost: $20/class