Erev Shabbat Services at CAH w/Guest Rabbi Tal Sessler

The Rabbi Search Committee has invited Rabbi Tal Sessler to lead services on Shabbat, February 16 and 17th.   He is a candidate to replace Rabbi J.B. Sacks and we are excited to have everyone in our congregation meet him and experience a Shabbat with him. Rabbi Sessler was born in...

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Limnot Yameinu Kein Hoda: Graceful Aging on Zoom

We have a new set of programs called Limnot Yameinu Kein Hoda: Graceful Aging. This program takes into account specific mental health issues and concerns related to today’s seniors (and those who love them!) and gives a variety of helpful ways for us to frame our our situation at this life juncture....

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Mussar: Deepening Our Character

In this class with Fran Lande, Lifelong Learning chair, We will be looking at Jewish Values and helping to create a life of meaning and purpose. Through a variety of materials, participants will have the opportunity to discover and wrestle with key Jewish concepts. No previous knowledge of Hebrew or...

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Speaker- Rabbi Moshe Druin, a recognized sofer/scribe

Rabbi Moshe Druin, a recognized sofer/scribe, came to Am HaYam this past summer. He will be speaking with us via Zoom about the provenance and scribal culture of our Sifrei Torah (Torah scrolls). In addition, he will speak about the work of scribes, as well as the importance of maintaining...

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Jewish Life through Music with Rabbi J.B. Sacks

Rabbi Sacks continues his course designed to help us to think more deeply about the American Jewish experience, and our own relationship to Judaism and Jewishness through stories of the evolving nature of Jewish music. Rabbi Sacks co-authored the curriculum used in this course, developed for Stories of Music, a...

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