December 10, 2025 GROW December: The Tapestry of Jewish Peoplehood Today

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Join us online for our next Tamid of Hebrew College free GROW program on December 10, 2025, when Rabbi Neal Gold will speak about “The Tapestry of Jewish Peoplehood Today.”

Professor Simon Rawidowicz famously called the Jews “The Ever-Dying People,” constantly fearing that theirs would be the last generation of Jewish life. Instead, each generation finds new ways of living and expressing Judaism and Jewish tradition. This GROW session explore the complex web of cultures, ideologies, ethnicities, and experiences that make up contemporary Jewish life. We’ll also puncture a few myths (including self-made myths) about Jewish peoplehood along the way toward a better understanding of who we are and where we may be going.

GROW is Tamid of Hebrew College’s free, monthly adult learning program, offering an hour with us to Gather, Reflect, Observe, and Wrestle with topics that will deepen your Jewish learning.

Rabbi Neal Gold

Rabbi Neal Gold teaches and writes about Jewish texts, Israel, and the intersections between Jewish spiritual life and the contemporary world. In 2020, he created a rapidly expanding online platform for adult Jewish learning called “A Tree with Roots.” He is adjunct faculty Hebrew College, and in 2023 became the spiritual leader of Am HaYam—Cape Cod Havurah.

Neal is the Immediate Past President of the Massachusetts Board of Rabbis. In 2021, he became an inaugural JJGI [J.J. Greenberg Institute for Advancement of Jewish Life] Fellow at Hadar Institute in New York. He received smicha (rabbinic ordination) from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, where he also received a Doctor of Divinity honoris causa degree in 2022. In 2018 he earned a second Master’s Degree in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies from Brandeis University. He is the author of many academic and popular writings about Judaism and Israel, and he is the editor of Radiance: The Collected Prose and Poetry of Danny Siegel, published by the Jewish Publication Society in 2020.

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Upcoming GROW Sessions

JANUARY

Topic: “After Me”: The IDF and Israeli Society
Date: Wednesday, January 21, 2026 from 12-1 PM ET
Instructor: Joel Chasnoff, IDF lone soldier
Where: Online
Cost: Free
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FEBURARY

Topic: Jewish Teachings for the End of Life
Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2026 from 12-1 PM ET
Instructor: Rabbi Allison Berry
Where: Online
Cost: Free
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