We meet in our Library to study the weekly Torah portion on Tuesday mornings.
While the discussion will be in English, we will refer to the Hebrew text and a variety of classic commentaries to enhance our appreciation of the portion. All are welcome! Please join us it is a great experince.
Join us for Kabbalat Shabbat Services every Friday evening followed by a brief kiddush and oneg. All are welcome.
Services at Congregation Eitz Chayim are traditional and egalitarian. Although we lean towards a relatively conservative style, we are open to change and always willing to challenge established practices. For our Shabbat services we use a non-denominational prayer book which is rich with contemporary English translations, traditional and contemporary Hebrew text as well as complet...
Karen Frostig: The Exiled Memory Project: Art and Holocaust Legacies
Speaker(s):
Karen Frostig
Start:
10:00 am
End:
12:00 pm
Location:
Eitz Chayim's Community Room
Description:
As described by Karen Frostig:
The Exiled Memory Project deals with three intersecting timelines: my grandparents’ murder in the death camps of eastern Europe, my father’s narrow escape from Vienna following his arrest by the Gestapo, and my emerging transnational identity as an Austrian citizen working with Holocaust memory. I have developed a series of eighteen memory panels which represent a post-witness account, including my narrative of retrieval. Mixing image with text, and voice with...
We meet in our Library to study the weekly Torah portion on Tuesday mornings.
While the discussion will be in English, we will refer to the Hebrew text and a variety of classic commentaries to enhance our appreciation of the portion. All are welcome! Please join us it is a great experince.
Join us for Kabbalat Shabbat Services every Friday evening followed by a brief kiddush and oneg. All are welcome.
Services at Congregation Eitz Chayim are traditional and egalitarian. Although we lean towards a relatively conservative style, we are open to change and always willing to challenge established practices. For our Shabbat services we use a non-denominational prayer book which is rich with contemporary English translations, traditional and contemporary Hebrew text as well as complet...
Jacob's Cane - A Family Memoir Spanning 5 Generations
Speaker(s):
Elisa New
Start:
10:00 am
End:
12:00 pm
Location:
Eitz Chayim's Community Room
Description:
Drawn to an image of her great-grandfather’s ornately carved cane, Harvard professor Elisa New embarked on a journey to discover the origins of her precious family heirloom. Tracing the paths of her ancestors over 5 generations, she traveled from Baltimore to Lithuania to London in order to find and understand a Jewish immigrant world that was profoundly affected by the enlightenment, industrialization and German culture. The memoir captures the rich texture of life on several continents as the...
We meet in our Library to study the weekly Torah portion on Tuesday mornings.
While the discussion will be in English, we will refer to the Hebrew text and a variety of classic commentaries to enhance our appreciation of the portion. All are welcome! Please join us it is a great experince.
Join us for Kabbalat Shabbat Services every Friday evening followed by a brief kiddush and oneg. All are welcome.
Services at Congregation Eitz Chayim are traditional and egalitarian. Although we lean towards a relatively conservative style, we are open to change and always willing to challenge established practices. For our Shabbat services we use a non-denominational prayer book which is rich with contemporary English translations, traditional and contemporary Hebrew text as well as complet...
J Street: The Middle East Peace Process & the Debate Among American Jews
Speaker(s):
Janette Hillis-Jaffe
Start:
10:00 am
End:
12:00 pm
Location:
Eitz Chayim's Community Room
Description:
Janette Hillis-Jaffe will discuss current developments in the Middle East peace process, the controversy in American Jewish communities over how to engage with Israel, and how J Street is helping shape the debate in Washington and our communities. In addition to lobbying, J Street is engaged in grassroots efforts, campus programs, a PAC that endorses candidates, and an education fund. Janette will have the latest on the peace process from the March 14 & 15 J Street Leadership Summit in Washin...
We meet in our Library to study the weekly Torah portion on Tuesday mornings.
While the discussion will be in English, we will refer to the Hebrew text and a variety of classic commentaries to enhance our appreciation of the portion. All are welcome! Please join us it is a great experince.
Join us for Kabbalat Shabbat Services every Friday evening followed by a brief kiddush and oneg. All are welcome.
Services at Congregation Eitz Chayim are traditional and egalitarian. Although we lean towards a relatively conservative style, we are open to change and always willing to challenge established practices. For our Shabbat services we use a non-denominational prayer book which is rich with contemporary English translations, traditional and contemporary Hebrew text as well as complet...
Come for a review of old favorites and learn some new tunes from Jewish communities all over the world! Includes fun songs for kids (with hand motions!) as well as interesting music for all ages.
Debby Gelber is a Cantorial Soloist and Bar/Bat Mitzvah tutor who loves world music. She has been the Cantor at High Holiday services at Eitz Chayim for 5 years and has been preparing children for Bar/Bat Mitzvah for 10 years.
We meet in our Library to study the weekly Torah portion on Tuesday mornings.
While the discussion will be in English, we will refer to the Hebrew text and a variety of classic commentaries to enhance our appreciation of the portion. All are welcome! Please join us it is a great experince.