Unit Gimmel – Jews as aN American Minority

2 class sessions (January 2016)

January 16, 2016
Jews and Americans – Jewish American Rituals – Making the American Experience Jewish
Thanksgivukah!
Who we are:
How individualism allows us to be Jews and Americans
Reading on adapting Americanism into Judaism:
From The American Judaism of Mordecai Kaplan, Emmanuel S. Goldsmith, Mel Scult, Robert M. Seltzer (eds), pp. 25-26
How we do it:
Jewish Thanksgiving observance
Readings for Thanksgiving:
Family Blessings, from Kol Haneshamah: Songs, Blessings, and Rituals for the Home, pp. 4-5
Readings for Thanksgiving, from Kol Haneshamah: Shabbat Vehagim, pp. 824-826
Readings for Chanukah:
Strassfeld, A Book of Life, pp. 284-289 - Hanukkah
Chanukah Blessings and Songs, from Kol Haneshamah: Songs, Blessings, and Rituals for the Home, pp. 100-107

January 23, 2016
December Dilemma and other questions
Living with families from multiple traditions
Reading:
Rabbi Jonathan on December Issues
Supplemental material -
Modern Jewish Movements - quick summaries by Rabbi Jonathan
A look at Judaism Today, by Seymour Rossel

Recommended TBE experiences

January 15, 2016, 7:00 PM - MLK Shabbat Evening Service

January 24, 2016
Tu biShvat Seder - join the TBE Community Family for this celebration of the New Year of the Trees, Sunday evening, at 5:00 PM