May 2009 - Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington
May 2009 - Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington
May 2009 - Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington
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JEWISH FAMILY<br />
LIVING & LEARNING<br />
Shabbat at the JCC<br />
Saturday, <strong>May</strong> 16<br />
Celebrate Shabbat with us.<br />
OUR GIFT TO THE COMMUNITY – EVERYONE IS WELCOME!<br />
2-3 p.m.<br />
Children come and enjoy: Snacks, games and activities for “Green Kids Who Care”<br />
Adults come and learn: Can the fluttering <strong>of</strong> a butterfly’s wings in Brazil set <strong>of</strong>f a<br />
tornado in Texas? Nina Natelson, founding director <strong>of</strong> Concern for Helping Animals<br />
in Israel (CHAI), presents, “Our Lifestyles and Global Warming.”<br />
3-3:30 p.m.<br />
Enjoy a light nosh<br />
For more information, contact Oshrat Schaffer at oschaffer@jccgw.org or visit www.jccgw.org.<br />
Foundation for <strong>Jewish</strong> Studies Lunch and Learn Bible Series<br />
Elisha Ben Abuya: The Heretic and His Torah<br />
Wednesdays, <strong>May</strong> 20-June 10 • 12-1:30 p.m. at the JCCGW<br />
Elisha ben Abuyah embodies the struggles <strong>of</strong> many contemporary Jews. He searched for<br />
his path to God within <strong>Jewish</strong> texts and also within the Greco-Roman world in which he<br />
lived. He always remained a master <strong>of</strong> <strong>Jewish</strong> sources even as he challenged God’s judgment<br />
and questioned his peers, the scholars <strong>of</strong> his age.<br />
In this class led by Rabbi Lyle Fishman <strong>of</strong> Ohr Kodesh Congregation, we will closely<br />
read many <strong>of</strong> the rabbinic sources about Elisha — aka Acher/The Other — in search <strong>of</strong> our<br />
own evaluation <strong>of</strong> his place among or outside the Rabbinic society <strong>of</strong> the first centuries CE.<br />
Lunch is from 12 to 12:30 p.m., and study is from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Please bring a Bible<br />
and a bag dairy or pareve lunch. C<strong>of</strong>fee and tea will be available.<br />
The fee is $30 for JCC or FJS members, and $40 for the general public. For more information<br />
or to register, please call the Foundation for <strong>Jewish</strong> Studies at 301-770-4787.<br />
Kathe W. Schwartzberg Memorial Lecture<br />
Female Strangers in a Strange Land<br />
What Can Archaeology Tell Us About the Bible’s Foreign Women?<br />
Wednesday, <strong>May</strong> 20 • 8 p.m.<br />
Foreign women — both heroines and villainesses — figure prominently in the Biblical<br />
text. They came from Egypt, Midian, Phoenicia, Philistia and Moab, among other places,<br />
to intertwine their lives with patriarchs, prophets, kings and ordinary Israelites. How does<br />
the Biblical text describing these women relate to the archaeology <strong>of</strong> the regions from which<br />
they came? Does the Bible <strong>of</strong>fer reliable clues on the actual relationships between Canaan/<br />
Israel and other civilizations in the region? This lecture, led by Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Sandra Scham and<br />
sponsored in part by the Kathe W. Schwartzberg Memorial Fund, will address these questions<br />
and more.<br />
The fee is $8 for JCC and ASOR (American Schools <strong>of</strong> Oriental Research) members<br />
and for Archaeology Series benefactors, and $13 for the general public. Refreshments will<br />
be served. Reservations are not required. For more information, contact Debbie Sokobin at<br />
301-348-3760 or dsokobin@jccgw.org. (Code 09WJA005)<br />
Remembering Sholem Aleichem<br />
Sunday, <strong>May</strong> 17 • 7:30-9 p.m.<br />
Sholem Aleichem, Yiddish author and humorist, is considered by many to be the <strong>Jewish</strong> Mark<br />
Twain. In his will — one <strong>of</strong> the first modern ethical wills — Sholem Aleichem asked that<br />
people honor him not with monuments, but by gathering on his yahrzeit (the anniversary <strong>of</strong> his<br />
death) and reading his freylekhe mayses (stories), as Yiddish <strong>of</strong> <strong>Greater</strong> <strong>Washington</strong> has been<br />
doing in the wonderful Café K programs for more than 25 years. The fee is $3 for members<br />
<strong>of</strong> the JCC and Yiddish <strong>of</strong> <strong>Greater</strong> <strong>Washington</strong>, and $5 for the general public. Refreshments<br />
will be served. For more information, please contact Kandy Hutman at 301-348-3864 or<br />
khutman@jccgw.org. (Code 09WJK005)<br />
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