Weekly Parashah Study
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Weekly parashah study class meets every Saturday after Shabbat morning services unless there is Israel Chavurah.
Please refer to the Temple calendar for weekly parashah studies. |
Israel Chavurah
The Israel Chavurah meets once a month on Saturday in lieu of the weekly parashah study. Each session begins with a Kiddush/luncheon following the Shabbat morning service. Join with other members of the community to help develop a better understanding of the issues concerning Israel and the Middle East.
Upcoming Israel Chavurah meetings:
November 10, 2018, with Rav Mona
December 1, 2018, with Cantor Vera
On December 1, please join us for a combined Israel Chavurah/book club meeting. We will be discussing Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor, by Yossi Klein Halevi. In this book, the author tries to connect with the Palestinians who share his homeland in order to learn each other’s stories and narratives in the hope of reaching a better understanding.
Copies of the book are available through the Merrimack Valley Library Consortium, various New Hampshire libraries, local bookstores, and Amazon. (Don’t forget to use the Temple’s link for Amazon purchases!)
We will also discuss a New York Times opinion piece (available at https://nyti.ms/2D7MKVc ) written by Raja Shehadeh in
response to Mr. Halevi’s book.
Cantor Vera and Rav Mona recently attended a program with Mr. Halevi and Walid Issa, executive director of The American Palestinian Hope Project. Together, with some laughter and some sorrow, Mr. Halevi and Mr. Issa spoke about the personal and political accommodations they feel both Israelis and Palestinians must make to move toward peace and to truly become neighbors. On December 1, we’ll have a chance to discuss some of their insights and how these ideas sit with us. Can we, as they challenge their own communities, separate “right” from “return”? Is it possible to make space for the truth of other, conflicting, lived stories without relinquishing our own? The table is set and the discussion is waiting. Join us for it.
Upcoming Israel Chavurah meetings:
November 10, 2018, with Rav Mona
December 1, 2018, with Cantor Vera
On December 1, please join us for a combined Israel Chavurah/book club meeting. We will be discussing Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor, by Yossi Klein Halevi. In this book, the author tries to connect with the Palestinians who share his homeland in order to learn each other’s stories and narratives in the hope of reaching a better understanding.
Copies of the book are available through the Merrimack Valley Library Consortium, various New Hampshire libraries, local bookstores, and Amazon. (Don’t forget to use the Temple’s link for Amazon purchases!)
We will also discuss a New York Times opinion piece (available at https://nyti.ms/2D7MKVc ) written by Raja Shehadeh in
response to Mr. Halevi’s book.
Cantor Vera and Rav Mona recently attended a program with Mr. Halevi and Walid Issa, executive director of The American Palestinian Hope Project. Together, with some laughter and some sorrow, Mr. Halevi and Mr. Issa spoke about the personal and political accommodations they feel both Israelis and Palestinians must make to move toward peace and to truly become neighbors. On December 1, we’ll have a chance to discuss some of their insights and how these ideas sit with us. Can we, as they challenge their own communities, separate “right” from “return”? Is it possible to make space for the truth of other, conflicting, lived stories without relinquishing our own? The table is set and the discussion is waiting. Join us for it.