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• Vaquita by Edith Pearlman: The First 4 Short Stories

  Mondays at 10:00am

  May 11, 18, 25 June 1

  Taught by Rabbi Elana Kanter

  Comfort During Corona:  Edith Pearlman’s Short Stories through Zoom
  Lift your spirits and join women from a diverse cross-section of the Arizona Jewish Community and other places.  We’ll be reading the first four stories of Edith Pearlman’s short story collection, Vaquita.  The remaining stories will be read, God willing, in the fall.

  May 11 Vaquita;  May 18 Cavalier ;  May 25 Donna’s Heart;  June 1 Charity

   

  
  Enroll - $125

• A. Tea and Torah: The Heart of Torah, Rabbi Shai Held

  Mondays at 4pm

  November 5, 12, 19, 26,

  Taught by Rabbi Elana Kanter

  Join us for Tea and informal Torah conversation on Essays from Rabbi Shai Held’s book, The Heart of Torah.

  Nov. 5, Parshat Toldot

  Nov. 12 Parshat Vayetze

  Nov. 19 Parshat Vayishlach

  Nov. 26 Parshat Vayeshev

  
  Enroll - $125

• 1. Halutzot – Israeli Women who are Changing Judaism in Israel

  Wednesdays at 9:00am

  November 9th, 16, 30th, December 7, 14

  Taught by Rabbi Tracee Rosen

  Women’s lives in Israel are at best a conundrum. While they enjoy legal civil rights as progressive as any first world country, including in politics and in the military, socially they are often constrained by cultural and religious barriers. Judaism, especially of the ultra-Orthodox variety, has not generally been welcoming of women’s participation in the public sphere. This class will study five women / groups of women who have been pioneers (Halutzot) in the area of women’s participation in the Jewish life of the country, the impacts they have had on society in general, and the work that is still left to do. We will also look at their readings of classical texts which have informed their vision of Judaism and the modern State of Israel.

  
  Enroll - $150

• C. America and I, ed. Joyce Antler.

  Mondays at 10:00am

  Jan. 4, 11, 25 Feb. 1, 8, 15 Mar. 1, 8, 15 22 Make Up April 5 if needed

  Taught by Rabbi Elana Kanter

  Joan’s Class: Short Stories by American Jewish Women Writers.

  We will study stories from Joyce Antler’s anthology, America and I: Short Stories by American Jewish Women Writers.

  Jan. 4:   Seven Candles
  

  Jan. 11: Missis Flinders
  

  Jan. 25: Room in the World
  

  Feb. 1:  Second Blood
  

  Feb. 8: Old Stock

  Feb. 15:  I Stand Here Ironing
  

  Mar. 1:  Zmira

  Mar. 8:  L’Olam and White Shell Woman

  Mar. 15:  Sour or Suntanned
  

  Mar. 22:  The Place
  

  April 5:  Make-up if needed

  
  Enroll - $250