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The Ellen Jeanne Goldfarb Community Learning Center is now open! The Center is open to anyone doing Judaic research or study.
The new Learning Center has Judaic resources located in one space and easily accessible. Over 13,000 volumes are held in the Deborah Library, making it one of the largest synagogue libraries in Connecticut. The Center also houses the Abraham J. Feldman Museum and the synagogue’s archives, two treasures with artifacts of classic Reform Judaism in Connecticut from the past 160 years. The Center includes the Miller Media Center, with free wifi and public access computers, and an AV room, with a wide-screen monitor for projecting PowerPoint presentations, as well as for movies, Internet, and dish tv. There is also a bright and attractive children’s room with a mural hand-painted by local artist Carolann Dvorak.
For more information, contact Jane Zande or call 233-8215 x230.
Hours
The Ellen Jeanne Goldfarb Community Learning Center, which houses the Deborah Library, is open Sunday - Thursday.
Sunday 9 am to 1 pm (when Religious School is in session)
Monday 9 am to 7 pm
Tuesday 9 am to 6 pm
Wednesday 9 am to 6 pm
Thursday 9 am to 5 pm
Friday 9 am to 1 pm
Adult Education
Currently, our Adult Education programs include:
Adult Hebrew
Ever feel that you would like to help your child with
their Hebrew language skills but feared you were inadequate
to do so? Well, here's your chance. Come and study on a
Sunday morning with one of our qualified Hebrew Language
teachers.
Learn the Aleph Bet, simple Shabbat prayers
with a smattering of conversation, for
preparation for a trip to Israel, or a trip to the
Bima with your child.
In the Fall of 2008, we offer the following classes,
open to the community:
| Beginner's Hebrew |
Sundays |
10:45 - 11:30
a.m. . |
Class fee is $75 per semester.
Contact Amanda Alfonso , 860-233-8215
x233 for more information.
Dr. Robert A. Kramer S.A.G.E. Programs
Seniors
for Arts, Growth, and Education
(open to all ages)
OUR SCHEDULE OF
WEEKLY TUESDAY ACTIVITIES
10:15 AM to 11:00 AM
Tai Chi - For Everyone!
11:15 AM to 12:15 PM
Discussion Group
12:30 PM
Light Lunch and Dessert
Members $4.00, Guests $6.00
Reservations required for lunch!
Please call Libby & Julian Adler 236-4452
1 PM
Program
See our archived Monthly Bulletin for the program schedule.
Torah Study
Torah
Study is a highlight at Beth Israel. A lively debate
about the week's parshat is led by a member of the clergy
every Saturday morning from 9:30 to 10:30. Opinions abound
among the 20 to 30 particpants, and the hour is never
enough time to explore all of the questions that rise
from our readings.
Museum
The Abraham J. Feldman Museum was established in 1968 in honor
of Rabbi Abraham J. Feldman, who served as rabbi to the congregation from
1925 to 1968. Fanchon Hartman Title became the driving force,
and along with her co-workers made this dream become reality.
Today the Museum houses both antique Judaica donated by members of our congregation,
and items purchased since the museum was established. The museum represents both
the symbolic and ritual aspects of our observances plus other unusual items that
have a Jewish background.
We also have preserved in our archives the original records and translations
(from German) of the Temple minutes from 1870's-1890's that show the growth of
our changing from an Orthodox German speaking congregation to the adoption of
the Reform Movement.
