A community partnership for adult Jewish learning with
Congregation Bet Ha’am, Temple Beth El, Sha’arey Tphiloh, Etz Chaim Synagogue - Portland, Congregation Etz Chaim – Biddeford, and the Jewish Community Alliance (JCA)
FALL 2018 – SPRING 2019 Courses
Advanced registration required.
Courses are offered with a suggested tuition.
For more information and to register, please visit WWW.SHALOMME.COM or call (207) 879-0028.
Courses subject to change or cancellation pending minimum enrollment.
HOST ORGANIZATIONS:
Congregation Bet Ha’am
81 Westbrook Street
South Portland
(207) 879-0028
www.bethaam.org
Temple Beth El
400 Deering Avenue
Portland
(207) 774-2649
www.tbemaine.org
Jewish Community Alliance
1342 Congress Street
Portland
(207) 772-1959
www.mainejewish.org
American Jewish Film
With Anna Wrobel
Tuesday mornings: Jan. 22, 29; Feb. 5, 19; March 5 - REGISTRATION NOW CLOSED
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: JCA
Suggested tuition: $60
5 sessions
Enrollment: Minimum 14 /Max. 22
Registration deadline: Friday, December 28
This film class explores the spectrum of Jewish American life and experience. Themes to be illuminated include migration, adaptation, acculturation, alienation, antisemitism, group diversity and division, Jewish humor, philosophy and more. Jewish roles in the film industry, and American responses to it, will also figure into our discourse.
American Anti-Semitism: Tropes, Memes and History
With Matt Goldfarb
Tuesday evenings, Jan. 15, 22, 29; Feb. 5, 12, 19 - REGISTRATION NOW CLOSED
6:30 - 8:00 PM
Location: Temple Beth El
Suggested tuition: $72
6 sessions
Enrollment: Minimum 10 /Max. 22
Registration deadline: Friday, December 28
Who started anti-Semitism? What do events in Charlottesville, Kansas City and the State of Maine have in common? We will examine current events and identify hostile voices in contemporary America.
Welcome to Judaism Led by congregational rabbis
Tuesday evenings - Feb. 26, March 5, 12, 19, 26 - REGISTRATION NOW CLOSED
6:00 - 8:00 PM
Location: JCA 
Free! Registration deadline: February 12
This free course is for those who are new to Judaism as well as those looking to renew their connection and deepen their knowledge. Dinner, babysitting (with advance registration) and all course materials will be provided.
A Food Tour of the Talmud
Presented by Project Zug: Online Partnership Learning; Co-sponsored by The Center for Small Town Jewish Life and the Jewish Community Alliance of Southern Maine
Course Tuition: $36
Special Scholarship Discount Opportunity: The first 20 registrants will receive a 50% discount off the $36 tuition fee. To apply the scholarship use the code First20 in your registration. Discount applies to the first 20 registrants ONLY. That's ten weeks of high caliber learning for just $18!
Food is a powerful force at the center of ritual, community and ethics. This class will explore all of these aspects of food by studying passages on food found across the Talmud. How can the act of eating become a practice of gratitude? Who should receive food as charity, and how much? What rights do field-workers have? Jumping into the lively debate of Talmud will pave the way for rich discussion to affirm, challenge, and transform our own approaches to food. This online course is facilitated by Rabbi Aviva Richman of the Hadar Institute, New York.
How this course works:
Sign up with Project Zug to gain access to the full course materials when the course launches on February 3rd. You'll learn online with a chavruta - a traditional-style study buddy: You can either list your study partner when you register, or write "Match Me" to have us pair you with another Mainer! We'll send you updates about the course, but the two of you can work through it at your own pace. We'll have a kickoff event at Beth Israel Congregation in Bath on Sunday, February 3rd, and a siyyum (a capstone event) at this June's Maine Conference for Jewish Life in Waterville - so you and your chavruta have a chance to learn together in person!
What do you need?
You'll need a computer with internet connectivity (a camera is very helpful, but can be worked around), and the desire to engage meaningfully with Jewish texts!
No prior experience with text study or chavruta learning?
No problem! The Project Zug experience ensures that this curated material will be amplified and explained by renowned teachers. This 10-week course can take the 10 weeks allotted - or you and your partner might take a slower pace, to account for your schedules or to spend more time with the texts. How long your study sessions are, whether you prepare individually or work through everything together - the decisions are yours. This is an amazing opportunity to build our Maine Jewish community, and enhance our relationships to one another, through traditional learning - and to do it from the comfort of our own homes!
The Center for Small Town Jewish Life and the JCA are thrilled to be partnering with Project Zug to bring the Maine Jewish community an amazing learning opportunity at an incredible price. If you need some tech support, we are here to help. We encourage learners of all backgrounds to dive in. Registrants will receive emails with all details, including the date that the first materials will be released online.
Questions about this program?
We're happy to talk to you! Email Melanie Weiss at maweiss@colby.edu
Register online at: https://colbycollegejewishlife.regfox.com/project-zug