Join Us for Rabbi Noach’s Adult Study Classes
For the Rest of 2025!

• Reflecting Torah’s Heart: Judaism’s Call to Empathy and Allyship

  Wednesday evening 6/18, 7:30 pm, for National Pride Month,

  and Sunday morning 8/24, 10:30 am during Religious School, adjacent to Bloomington PrideFest

  
  

• Existentialist Joy: The Wisdom of Sukkot

  Wednesday evening 10/8, 7:30 pm,

  and Sunday morning 10/12, 10:30 am during Religious School

  Part of our Exploring Judaism series

  
  

• Nefesh: Judaism’s Wisdom for Mental Health — Session 3: Judaism’s Morning and Evening Prayers As Mental Health Practices

  Sunday morning 10/26, 10:30 am during Religious School (makeup date from series this past March)

  Part of our Mental Health Initiative

  
  

• Making Justice Real: The Exodus Story’s Insights for Challenging Times

  Weekly this winter with pauses for Thanksgiving and winter break time:

  Sunday mornings, 10:30 am during Religious School, 11/16, 12/7, 12/14, 1/11, and 1/18;

  Wednesday evenings, 7:30 pm, 11/19, 12/3, 12/10, 1/7, and 1/14

For All Classes:

• No preparation necessary; we will read out loud together

• Join for any or all sessions; each will stand alone, all will be thematically linked

• All levels of background are invited, from journey-beginners to veteran hikers of the great landscape of Jewish texts

• We are committed to ensuring that Torah in all forms can connect all of us in the ways that are most accessible and convenient for each of us. In this spirit, all classes are offered hybrid in-person and on Zoom, with our new large-screen TV so in-person participants can see and hear Zoomers, and our new 360° camera so Zoomers can see and hear those speaking in-person. Please feel welcome to invite friends and family outside of Bloomington to join us!

• Class recordings are made available afterward to members only to preserve privacy.

• Whenever possible, classes are offered both on Wednesday evenings and Sunday mornings during religious school hours – come when works best for you.

If you’re interested in receiving more details when the classes come around, please click here to email Administrative Assistant Chuck Roldan at assistant@bethshalom-bjc.org with the subject line: “Interested in Classes.”

To watch recordings of classes, please click here to email Administrative Assistant Chuck Roldan at assistant@bethshalom-bjc.org with the subject line: “Interested in Class Recordings”; recordings are shared with members only to preserve privacy. Prior class recordings and source packets are available for the two-part series Journeys of Transformation: The Book of Ruth and Harvest: What the Book of Ruth Shows Us About Kindness (May-June 2025), and Compass for the Exodus: Exploring Our New Haggadah (April 2025). Source packets are also available for Nefesh: Judaism’s Wisdom for Mental Health (February-March 2025) and New Song • Shir Chadash: Modern Jewish Song Lyrics (August-September 2024) (these sessions were not recorded).

With appreciation and joy for sharing in discussion,

sharing ideas and emotions together,

and sharing the year together.