Jewish Community Center offerings

Friday, September 4, 2009

Jewish Community Center offerings

Of course one of the richest sources of adult programming in the area is right at the JCCNV. Anyone--whether affiliated with a synagogue or not, whether you know Hebrew or not, whether you're Jewish or not--with an interest in adult Jewish education should make a habit of regularly checking the website. In particular, take a look at the Adult and Senior Services neighborhood.

For example, upcoming films include:

Wednesday, September 16, 10:30am, Beth El Hebrew Congregation, Alexandria,"Yiddish Theater: A Love Story." Also featuring a special concert of Yiddish music with Beth El Cantor Sharon Steinberg. Cost: $2 JCCNV Member/ $3NM and you can pay at the door.

Sunday, November 22 at 7pm, JCCNV, "The Beetle," a delightful Israeli film (it's about the car, not the insect). Cost: $4 JCCNV Member / $5NM. Includes a post film discussion, coffee and dessert. You can pay at the door.

And of course there's the great Active Seniors program with "branch offices" throughout Northern Virginia.

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About Mike

I have lived in Northern Virginia since 1973. Adult Jewish education is my second career and I do it first because teaching is, for me, the best motivation for learning and now that I have the time for learning, there is nothing that is more enjoyable. But the other reason is that teaching adults about the Jewish tradition is an important part of helping with Jewish continuity: the more that Jewish adults know, the more we can teach our children and grandchildren. And the more that non-Jewish adults know about the Jewish tradition, the fewer stereotypes and negative images they're likely to hold and transmit to others.

I have taught Jewish history, philosophy and mysticism at adult education programs at a variety of locations in the Baltimore-Washington, DC area. Additionally, I lecture on topics that include Reconstructionism, Jewish Mysticism, Jewish music, Jewish Ethics, and Jews in the Hellenistic period. I have been a lay leader of Conservative, Reconstructionist, and independent services. In 2001, I edited Kabbalah and the Art of Being, by Dr. Shimon Shokek, published by Routledge Press.

Friday, September 4, 2009