The Temple Sinai Adult Education program has great plans for the 2009-2010 year.

Besides offering Hebrew I* (taught by Marcia Ellis) and Hebrew II* (taught by Betsy Hoover) on Wednesday nights from 6:30 to 7:30 pm. and Hebrew III* on Wednesday nights from 5:30 to 6:30 pm (all three classes will run through May, 2010), the Adult Education calendar is filled with events that will make you want to mark your calendars as well:

Sunday, October 25, 9:15 to 10:15 am – Rabbi Annie Belford will lead a discussion on "How Jews Pray", the first in the series: "Everything You Thought You Knew About Judaism But Forgot – Or Never Knew in the First Place!" (EYTYKAJBF)

Wednesday, November 11 – Steven Roberts will discuss his book "From Every End of the Earth:  13 Families and the New Lives They Made in America" in conjunction with the Jewish Book and Arts Fair

Sunday, December 6, 9:15 to 10:15 am – Rabbi Annie Belford will lead a discussion on "The December Dilemma", the second in the series EYTYKAJBF

Tuesday, December 8, 7 to 9 pm – Our own David Simon will discuss Jewish Genealogy

Sunday, January 17, 9am to 3pm – Keith Rosen will lead a Jewish Tour of Houston

Tuesday, January 19, 7 to 9 pm – Dr. Sidney Berger of the University of Houston Drama Department will regale us with tales of the Yiddish Art Theater (YAT).

Tuesday, February 2 and February 9, 7 to 9 pm – Rabbi Seymour Rossel will lecture on Jewish Mysticism and Spirituality

Sunday, February 7, 12:30 to 2 pm - Rina Mesarwi will lead a class on Israeli cooking

Friday, February 12 and Saturday, February 13 – Dr Miriam Bodian (Yom Limmud Scholar-in-Residence) will join us over Shabbat.  Throughout the weekend she will lead us in discussions about Spanish/Sephardic Jewry around the time of the Spanish Inquisition, in coordination with Yom Limmud on Sunday, February 14

Tuesdays, March 2, 9, 16, 23,   7 to 8:30 pm – Susan Ganc will lead us in a Nokh A Bisl Yiddish (A Lilttle More Yiddish)  This event has, unfortunately, been cancelled.

Sundays, April 4 and May 2, 12:15 to 1:45 pm – Rabbi Stuart Federow of Congregation Shaar HaShalom will talk to us about "Jewish Law of Shopping at a Mall" and "The Absolute Necessity of Missionizing Judaism to the World", respectively.  The cost is $5/participant per session.  Please RSVP to Cindy Crump by March 29 with a check made payable to Temple Sinai.

Sunday, April 11, 9:15 to 10:15 am – Rabbi Annie Belford will lead a discussion on "Jewish Views on Death and Dying", the third in the very popular series EYTYKAJBF.  Be sure to mark your calendar!  There is no charge for this discussion.

In addition, Rabbi Annie Belford will conduct Torah study the second Saturday of each month to coincide with services. 

Click here to download the Adult Education brochure for 5770. (4.5 MB PDF file)

Please check the Shofar monthly bulletin for more information or contact Cindy in the Temple office at 281-496-5950.

On Sunday, April 18 from 12:15 p.m. to 6:15 p.m., Keith Rosen will lead a bus tour of Jewish Houston.  This is a repeat of the trip taken by 11 congregants on January 17, and is highly recommended.  The cost is $60/participant.  Please RSVP to Cindy Crump by April 12 with a check payable to Temple Sinai.

On Thursdays, April 22 and 29 from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. our own Michael Brandt will present "Kabbalah for Life, Health and Healing."  It is a myth that Kabbalah is mostly esoteric, too "out there" or too technical-theoretical and has little to do with practical, everyday life significance.  Come learn why/how Kabbalah consciousness has everything to do with the prominent issues of our day and how you may use it to live a happier, healthier, more vibrant and fulfilling life.  Please RSVP to Cindy Crump by April 15 with cash or a check for $10/participant.

Please contact Diane Statham at (281) 496-5950 if you would like to participate.