This class is designed to explore the wisdom of the five megillot and the Book of Jonah with particular attention to how they might help us to consider key questions about what it means to grow older. Each session will focus on a specific book and will be organized around a big question that connects […]
Join CBE, Altshul, and the wider Brooklyn brownstone community for an egalitarian minyan. This is part of a larger effort to offer daily minyans — for those who want to participate regularly and for those who are mourning and saying kaddish. Even if you are new to daily services, we invite you to participate — […]
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.
Join CBE, Altshul, and the wider Brooklyn brownstone community for an egalitarian minyan. This is part of a larger effort to offer daily minyans — for those who want to participate regularly and for those who are mourning and saying kaddish. Even if you are new to daily services, we invite you to participate — […]
Join CBE, Altshul, and the wider Brooklyn brownstone community for an egalitarian minyan. This is part of a larger effort to offer daily minyans — for those who want to participate regularly and for those who are mourning and saying kaddish. Even if you are new to daily services, we invite you to participate — […]
The Amen Effect Study Group — with Rabbinic Intern Evan Traylor & CBE Ritual Committee Member Adam Greene In her book The Amen Effect, Rabbi Sharon Brous, Founder and Senior Rabbi of Ikar in Los Angeles, describes saying “amen” to another person as a “verbal affirmation, a kind of sacred witness: ‘Yes!’ we're saying. ‘I'm with […]
Join Rabbi Matt Green and CBE member Carrie Bloss for a special workshop designed for participants to write their own “spiritual autobiographies.” Never heard the term? A spiritual autobiography is a short essay about your life and how you’ve come to be who you are as a Jew. Our hope is that each participant will […]
Join CBE, Altshul, and the wider Brooklyn brownstone community for an egalitarian minyan. This is part of a larger effort to offer daily minyans — for those who want to participate regularly and for those who are mourning and saying kaddish. Even if you are new to daily services, we invite you to participate — […]
In 2023–24, Rabbi Green's beloved class will focus on prophetic texts from the Bible and rabbinic commentaries. This is a hybrid class, and you are welcome to join us in person or over Zoom. Join on Zoom here.
