Fall 2025 Classes:
Hebrew 101: Decoding with Roz Koch
Mondays, beginning 9/29 | 7 p.m. | Boardroom
This course is designed for true beginners and anyone who needs a brush up from Hebrew School. In ten sessions, you will learn how to “decode” Hebrew, which means you’ll be able to read from any Hebrew text with vowels. Cost is $180 for members/$240 for non-members. Register here.
Heschel’s “On Prayer” Study Group with Rabbi Timoner
Fridays 10/10 & 10/17 | 6 p.m. | Boardroom
More information and registration to come.
Spiritual & Practical Preparation for End of Life with Lisa Grant
Sundays once a month, beginning 10/19 | 3:30 p.m.
Though most would agree in principle that it is important to talk about our needs and wishes as we approach the end of our lives, few actually have these conversations. This 8-part series offers the opportunity to explore both the practical and spiritual sides of preparing for death in a safe and supportive space. We will study Jewish traditions around death, dying, and mourning, share our wishes for end-of-life care and funeral planning, and hopefully find ways to articulate our values and the moral legacy we hope to pass on to those we love. Register here.
Adult B’nei Mitzvah Cohort with Rabbi Evan Traylor
Monthly sessions and tutoring, beginning 11/19
In addition to monthly classes exploring Judaism and Jewish identity, students will participate in regular tutoring sessions to learn how to chant Torah and Haftarah. All students are expected to participate in the CBE community, including attending Shabbat services, volunteering with Chesed, and participating in a social justice effort.
This program is for members of CBE. Learn more about membership here. Express your interest in this class here.
Ongoing Classes & Series:
Drop-in Welcome: Lunch and Learn with Rabbi Matt Green
Every other Thursday, beginning 10/6 | 12:30 p.m. | Boardroom and Zoom
Rabbi Green’s beloved class will focus on prophetic texts from the Bible and rabbinic commentaries.
This is a hybrid class. You are welcome to join in person or on Zoom.
Drop-in Welcome: Chevrah Torah Study with Rabbi David Kline
Saturdays | 11:15 a.m. | Zoom
Following the cycle of the weekly parashah, we select passages from Torah/Pentateuch and Haftarah/Prophets. We do close reading and open discussion. Our object is to get acquainted with our earliest ancestors through their writings about the world, God, our people, and moral values.
Meditation Group
Thursdays | 7:30 p.m. | Zoom
CBE hosts a meditation class every week on Zoom. The group is open to people with all levels of experience and our participants span the range. Beginners will be completely comfortable. Those with experience will also enjoy our wonderful teachers. Email cbemeditationgroup@gmail.com to get on the mailing list for a once a week Zoom link notice. Open to members and non-members.
Mussar
Tuesdays | 7:30 p.m. | Zoom
Check our calendar for specific dates
Zoom links are updated weekly. For up to date information and links, please email Gary Shaffer at mussar@cbebk.org
Mussar seeks to improve our relations with others and ourselves. The class is discussion based and focuses on character traits, or middot, such as patience, generosity, gratitude, anger, and humility. The method is to study these traits and put into practice what we study. The goal is to make us not just more insightful, but to effect a change in behavior by making the heart feel what the mind knows. We draw upon both classic and modern Mussar writings, though no prior knowledge of Mussar or Hebrew is required.
Coming Soon:
- Basic Judaism at Center for New Jewish Culture
- Triumph of Life Reading Group with Rabbi Rachel Timoner
- Jewish Life and Politics in the Interwar Period (1918-1939) with Adam Gaynor
- Understanding Kabbalat Shabbat Prayers with Rabbi Evan Traylor
- Intergenerational Conversations on Israel/Palestine with Rabbi Lisa Grant and Rabbi David Adelson
- Spiritual Autobiographies with Rabbi Matt Green
- Hebrew 201 with Roz Koch