Jewish Education

Adult Jewish Learning

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The Jewish Community Center's Department of Adult Jewish Learning offers a range of inspiring opportunities that enable adults to become confident and comfortable Jewish learners. The Adult Jewish Learning programs are available without membership to the Center.

From monthly Feed Your Mind sessions to the ever-popular Melton Mini-School and accompanying graduate classes, quench your thirst for Jewish knowledge in a setting designed to appeal to adult learners-regardless of age, synagogue affiliation or Jewish knowledge.

Highlights of Our Offerings Include:

Florence Melton Mini-School: It’s not too early to think about 2010-11 classes, as we continue to partner with community synagogues to give you lots of opportunity for Melton learning.
Genesis: Programming for interfaith couples and families.
Melton Scholars Curriculum: Don’t stop after Melton graduation. A variety of new courses offered each semester.
Hebrew Classes: All levels - from beginning to advanced are available.
KC Melton Alumni Association: Your opportunity to support adult Jewish learning.
Feed Your Mind and Evening Educational Programs: Featuring recognized national presenters and local academics on a wide range of topics.
Mother’s Circle: Support and learning for non-Jewish women raising Jewish children.

If transportation issues are keeping you (or someone you know) from participating in one of our programs, check out JET express! This program, recently launched by Jewish Family Services, may be the solution.

Fall 2009 Adult Jewish Learning Brochure

Jews - The Chosen People?
Join the JCC's Department of Adult Jewish Learning as we welcome Rabbi Leigh Ann Kopans to our community, at a lunchtime "Feed Your Mind" event on Thursday, August 5, 12:15-1:45pm at the Jewish Community Center. There is no charge to attend this event, but please RSVP.

Rabbi Kopans's topic, "Jews - The Chosen People?" will engage attendees by exploring several texts on what it means to be "Chosen" and discussing our perceptions and experiences of what chosenness means to contemporary Jews.

Leigh Ann Kopans, a 2008 graduate of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, is excited to join the Kansas City Jewish community after serving as the rabbi at the Ohio State University Hillel since 2008. Encouraging, facilitating, and participating in Jewish education is her passion, and she believes that every Jew brings words of Torah into the world. She and her husband, David (who is an attorney at Lathrop & Gage) settled in Kansas city just this summer with their three children, Asher, 3; Rami, 1 1/2; and Nesyah, 3 months.
Date: Thursday, August 5
Time: 12:15 - 1:45 pm
Location: Jewish Community Center
Fee: free

To enroll, contact Jeff Goldenberg, Director of Adult Jewish Learning, at 913-327-4647 or jeffg@jewishkc.org.

'Day of Discovery' to Kick Off Year of Jewish Learning
Mark your calendar for an exciting, upcoming community program: "Day of Discovery - Explore the Joy of Jewish Learning in Kansas City." This event will be held from 8:45 am - 2:45 pm, at the Jewish Community Campus on Sunday, August 22. Learn, study, and discover some of the community's finest Jewish educators, rabbis, and cantors, who will lead sessions on a wide range of topics.

Take part in either an egalitarian or a traditional learner's minyan from 8:15-9:00. Registration and a continental breakfast begin at 8:45 a.m. Three study sessions will be offered throughout the day beginning at 9:30. Lunch is12:15 -1:00 p.m. and a dessert reception will conclude the day. The cost to participate in the "Day of Discovery" is $12 per person, which includes classes, continental breakfast and dessert. There is an additional charge of $6 per person for a Subway Kosher Deli box lunch, and for childcare.

The program is co-sponsored by The Rabbinical Association of Greater Kansas City, Jewish Community Center's Department of Adult Jewish Learning, CAJE/Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas City, Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy, and area congregations. Generous funding has been provided by The Dreiseszun Family Foundation.

For information, contact Annette Fish, Administrator/Program Director, Rabbinical Association of Greater Kansas City, by email at afprogram@aol.com or by phone at 913-327-4622 or visit www.kcrabbis.org.

They Were Just People: Holocaust Lessons for Today
Many have been moved by the remarkable and uplifting stories of Jews in Poland who survived the Holocaust with the help of their non-Jewish neighbors. Join Rabbi Jacques Cukierkorn and Bill Tammeus for a 3-part mini-course delving into their recently published book, “They Were Just People: Stories of Rescue in Poland During the Holocaust”. The course will focus on the rescuers, survival, life-shaping experience, and dilemmas in our own lives. A copy of the book is necessary for participation in this class, and it is available in bookstores as well online.
Oct 6 - Oct 20: Wed 7:00 - 8:30 pm

Community Adult Education Directory 2009-10

For more information on our Jewish Education Programs contact Jeff Goldenberg, Director of Adult Jewish Learning, at jeffg@jewishkc.org, 913-327-4647

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