Join Tamid of Hebrew College to explore the Music of Freedom with rabbinical student Marni Loffman.
Enjoy some snacks in the sukkah beginning at 3 pm and meet other adult learners and members of the Tamid of Hebrew College team. Learning begins at 4:15 pm. This program will take place at Hebrew College, 1860 Washington Street, Newton, MA.
Monday, October 7, 7:00 p.m. | Wang Theatre
Amid ongoing heartache and devastation, we’re proud to partner with CJP, the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston, the Israeli American Council (IAC), the Consulate General of Israel to New England, and others across Greater Boston ( including Hebrew College) to commemorate the first anniversary of October 7 together with our entire community.
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The event will feature stories from those most directly affected on or by October 7, music to heal our souls, inspiring speakers to remind us of the resilient spirit of Israel and Israelis, and opportunities to mourn, honor survivors and heroes,and fill one another with strength and hope for our collective future.
Visit cjp.org/RemembranceandHope for more info.
As the High Holy Day season approaches, we are reminded that remembrance is integral to the Jewish experience. JF&CS is dedicated to offering a Jewish response to suicide loss, remembering those who have died and supporting those who live with this unique loss.
On Monday, September 30, from 6:30-7 p.m. EST, we will gather virtually as a community for a special Yizkor moment, a gentle remembrance of those who have died by suicide. The event will be led by Rabbi Suzanne Offit `09 and Chaplain Nancy Smith.
This event was created in collaboration with Hebrew College.
Tamid of Hebrew College (formerly Adult Learning) is offering a Jewish Discovery Tour of Central Europe from May 5–15, 2025. Led by Hebrew College Tamid educator Rabbi Leonard Gordon & Keshet Educational Tour Guide Danny Ehrlich, together we will explore and trace the story of Ashkenazi Jewry, using the major centers of Prague, Vienna and Budapest to remember and learn about the past and to better understand the complex nature of our own contemporary Jewish identity, belief and practice.
Trip Information Session
Interested? Join us on Tuesday, November 19 at 7 pm for an in-person trip information session with Danny Ehrlich from Keshet. You may also attend online Check out the full tour details including itinerary, pricing and FAQs at this link.
Reserve your spot
Reserve your spot on this trip TODAY with no financial commitment! Click on the button on the website link above to register your interest.
Questions?
Contact Terri Swartz Russell, Tamid Team member, at tsrussell@hebrewcollege.edu
“I have posted watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem; they will never be silent day or night” (Isaiah 62:6).
You are invited to an enlightening presentation by Dr. Yehiel Zelinger, senior archaeologist at the Israel Antiquities Authority. Join us for an immersive journey through history as Dr. Zelinger reveals the fascinating fortifications surrounding Jerusalem — past and present. Event co-sponsor: Israel Antiquities Authority
Dr. Yehiel Zelinger is a senior archaeologist at the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), recently serving as the scientific advisor for the Jerusalem region. He received his Ph.D. in archaeology and history from Bar Ilan University in 2010, focusing on rural settlements in the Second Temple period in the Lod/Lydda region.
Since 1991, Dr. Zelinger has led significant excavations across Israel, particularly in Jerusalem and the Modi’in region. Notable projects include a Second Temple period rural settlement along Highway 6, Zedekiah’s Cave under the Old City of Jerusalem, and Mount Zion’s fortifications.
Dr. Zelinger has published numerous articles in both Israeli and international journals and co-edited 12 collections on Jerusalem and Judea’s archaeology. As an expert in Jerusalem’s archaeological excavations, he provides valuable insights into the city’s heritage.
Join us for Tamid of Hebrew College Adult Learning’s free, monthly GROW series. For our December program, we will examine Hanukkah. We hope you will spend an hour with us for this and future programs in our series, to gather, reflect, observe, and wrestle with topics that will deepen your Jewish learning.
Program: “Kabbalah, Darkness, and Light — Hanukkah’s Season of Balanced Hope”
Date: Wednesday, December 18, 2024 | 12-1 PM/9-10 AM PST | Zoom
Instructor: Yaakov Ginsberg-Schreck
Join us: Register now
As far back as the Garden of Eden, we humans have feared the dark and yearned for periods of light. This Hanukkah season, for our people’s ancient winter solstice celebration, what darkness are we being asked to release in order to rededicate our lives and communities in the light of eternal hope?
Taking the traditional Hanukkah candle blessings as our starting point, we will explore the historical and mythic layers of “miracles for our ancestors” at “this time” of year. Through a lesser-known but fundamental Hanukkah origins story recorded in the Talmud, in which the season of Hanukkah is linked explicitly to the winter solstice, this conversation will invite reflection, warmth, and a dose of humanity around the inevitable and mysteriously generative experience of winter in our lives. Reference to the canon of Kabbalah will illuminate an enduring Jewish metaphysics of hope in darkness, both literal and poetic.
Where is darkness a burden in your life? Where does light shine through? How do we intentionally kindle and follow light, and how can darkness, in its most nurturing forms, give us the space to discover new depths of the natural world? Like other indigenous cultures, Israelite society used the rhythms of heavenly bodies to animate their sacred calendar. Today, our Jewish heritage offers well-preserved, vital tools to draw wisdom from both darkness and light, whose relationship shifts dynamically over time.
Buoyed by text study and blessed by expert mentorship, Yaakov Ginsberg-Schreck has guided RUACH‘s growth from a breath-focused project proposal into one of the most exciting Jewish startups in the nation (UpStart UpLift Summer 2024 Cohort).
Applying his education in American Studies (BA Yale ’15, magna cum laude, concentration in Cultural Theory), his experience with social movement organizing, and his belief in the healing nexus of science and spirituality, Yaakov began RUACH as a rabbinical student project at Hebrew College. From 2020-2022, he worked with Hebrew College’s senior leadership to design Beit Neshama (“House of Breath”), the first Jewish movement and meditation studio in the country, on the school’s collaborative campus. In 2023, after four transformative years of learning, RUACH incorporated as its own nonprofit, and Yaakov left the rabbinical program to move into full-time organizational leadership, serving as RUACH’s Managing Director before being appointed Executive Director by RUACH’s board in 2024. RUACH is now one of Hebrew College’s shared campus partners.
Tamid of Hebrew College is your home for Jewish learning and exploration for your mind, body, heart and soul. The Hebrew word Tamid, which can be translated as “continuous” or “eternal”, links us to our past, honors our present, and connects us to the future. We believe in a continual process of growth and learning and are excited to offer our you a wide array of courses and experiences to expand your thinking, build connection to Jewish tradition and the Jewish people, and nourish your soul. Explore our programs and online course catalog.
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