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Past Kleinstein Scholar Sessions

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Kleinstein Scholar Dr. Robert Alter: Illuminating the Bible with Literary Brilliance
Tuesday, March 5, 2024 at 7:00pm

If you missed the live discussion, please click here for a recording of the lecture.
For additional information on Dr. Alter, click here.

Kleinstein Scholar Professor Harold Foster: The Jewish Story in To Kill a Mockingbird
Tuesday, November 15, 2022 at 12:00pm

Documents for scholar series, download here.
For additional supplements, download here.

Kleinstein Scholar Rabbi Julie Saxe-Taller
Tuesday, February 15, 2022 at 12:00pm

If you missed the live discussion, please click here for a recording of the lecture.

From Urgency to Impact - Finding Our Way in the Climate Crisis:
We look at resources in Jewish tradition and text for support as we respond to the climate crisis as individuals and as a Jewish community.

Rabbi Julie Saxe-Taller is the Lead Organizer for RAC-CA, the California Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, where she works with clergy, congregational leaders and coalition partners to build power to implement just public policies in California and beyond. From 2004-2017, she served as a rabbi at Congregation Sherith Israel in San Francisco. She also served on the Bay Area council of Bend the Arc and was a co-chair of the J Street Rabbinic Cabinet. Rabbi Saxe-Taller's original prayer melodies are available at https://www.juliesaxetaller.com/, and her chapter, "Waking Up to Climate Change" is in the new Social Justice Torah Commentary.

Open to All Parents

As part of the Kleinstein Lecture Series, we are excited to offer a session specifically for our Religious School parents. The lecture will be hosted by Rabbi Julie Saxe-Taller, please read below for more information.

We ask that you invite other parents outside of the Beit Haverim community to join us. This is geared towards parents, not children.

January 30, 2022 at 2:30pm
If you missed the live discussion, please click here for a recording of the lecture. Enjoy!

Jewish Parenting in a Time of Crisis (for parents of all ages from birth through young adults):

The climate crisis is one of several major upheavals that are shaping the world in which we and our children live. These challenges demand action as well as thoughtful parenting. There is no mold or formula to follow, but Jewish tradition offers wisdom, structure, and spiritual resource to support us and our families.

Rabbi Sanford Seltzer Lecture Series, October 2021

THE JEWISH ROOTS OF CHRISTIANITY
Adoption, Adaptation, Rejection

Three Sessions: October 12, 19 and 26 at 12:00pm
Live on Zoom

Oct 12
How It All Began: A Synagogue Centered Judaism And The Early Church: Some Notable Controversies and Similarities

Oct 19
Peter (Shimon -Hebrew, Cephas -Aramaic, Petra -Greek) Paul (Shaul -Hebrew) and the Two Mary's (Miriam) Revisited

Nov 2
Jesus Of Nazareth, Teacher, Prophet, Son of God, Savior, Heretic? Jewish and Christian Perspectives

Documents:

The Jewish Roots of Christianity - October 12 session
The Jewish Roots of Christianity - October 19 session
The Jewish Roots of Christianity - November 2 session

Our call with Arlo was amazing! His stories were not only entertaining, but we learned so much. If you missed the Zoom call with Arlo, please click here to view it.

Arlo Guthrie is our August Kleinstein Scholar
Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 12:00pm

Stories, thoughts, memories, and maybe some singin’!

From Woodstock to Alice’s Restaurant to City of New Orleans to (over 40) concerts in Portland to Beit Haverim.