Paired Learning Program

Connect with a friend or family member, near or far, by engaging in an exciting course of Jewish learning that you and your study partner choose.

Kick-off Orientation: Thursday evening, March 19th @ 8pm

Group Sharing and Celebration: Thursday, May 28th (Erev Shavuot)

10 weeks of study over 11 weeks

How will each pair study? Any way you want: at home, in a coffee shop, at Bet Torah, or via Skype, Facetime or Google Hangout. If technology is a challenge, we will teach you how to meet face-to-face over the internet so you can study with your partner whether you are 5 miles or 5660 miles apart (NY to Tel Aviv: 5660 miles).

Topics – Each pair selects from one of the following 8 courses (more selections are available at www.projectzug.org)

• The Torah of Music – Joey Weisenberg
• Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel and the Roots of Activism – Rabbi Michael Marmur
• A Food Tour of the Talmud – Rabbi Aviva Richman
• Intro to the Jewish Bookshelf – Rabbi Avi Strausberg
• Theology of Psalms: Praying Biblical Poetry – Rabbi Shai Held
• Purpose, Conflict, and Resolution: Leonard Cohen’s Vision – Dr. Stephen Arnoff The Prayerbook:
• New Interpretive Methods – Rabbi Elie Kaunfer
• Mindfulness and Judaism – Rabbi James Jacobson-Maisels

Cost – pay $36 to $180 per person, depending on what you feel you are able to. (Make checks payable to Bet Torah, with “Paired Learning” in the memo.)

LEARN MORE OR SIGN UP – Contact Rabbi Lisa Sacks to sign up or request further information. Sign up is easy: just let Rabbi Sacks know you want to participate and whether you want us to pair you with a study partner. Or fill out this simple form.