Shir Tikvah values Jewish learning as a life-long process.   With this in mind, adult education is incorporated into all aspects of community prayer, celebration, and study.

The goal of Shir Tikvah’s adult education program is to initiate and support your life long exploration of Judaism.

Adult-oriented classes are held throughout the week, and cover topics from introductory Hebrew to Talmud and Shabbat Torah Study.

The quarterly Shabbatonim are Shir Tikvah community-wide educational experiences intended to provide multigenerational learning as well as generation-specific activities.

Ask about our classes and study groups and check the Calendar.

More information on individual classes and events:

Shir Tikvah’s Torah study: Torah Study (link)

Spring 5770 Learning Calendar for Adult Education (link)

Overview of Adult Learning 5770 (link)

Spring Semester

Feb 21-Class #1: From shul to shul-community
Mar 7-Class #2: “Serious Judaism”
The confidence that one knows it well enough to teach it to a child
text: Telushkin’s “Ethics”: “It’s a mitzvah”
Mar 14-Class #3: Jewish sound bites
What do you want your child to know?
Torah, Avodah, G’milut Hasadim I:words
Mar 21-Class #4: The Pesakh story- what do you believe?
They are us-the role of growth and change in learning at any age
text: Four Children
Apr 11-Class #5: Embodiment: the Jewish ethical past
Role modeling and “physical Judaism”
text: Cordovero’s Tomer Devorah
Apr 18-Class #6: Three basic Jewish ideas you can carry
Torah, Avodah, G’milut Hasadim II: concepts
text: Telushkin’s Love Your Neighbor As Yourself
Apr 25-Class #7: Three basic Jewish acts to frame your spirituality
Torah, Avodah, G’milut Hasadim III: practices
A conversation about one more Jewish act to add to your family’s life 
May 2-Class #8: The Shavuot moment:what do you accept?
Belonging, behavior, and belief-the place of practice in Jewish life

Fall Semester: Jewish Parenting Decisions
Text: Becoming a Jewish Parent: How To Explore Spirituality and Tradition with your Children, author Daniel Gordis available at Powell’s Books: http://www.powells.com/biblio/1-9780609805268-4

Oct 11 – class #1:  Jewish parenting is also about our own journey
Oct 18 – class #2:  A mini-dictionary
Oct 25 – class #3: Memories and identity
Nov 1 – class #4:  Jewish life as marking time
Nov 8 – class #5: Ritual and spirituality
Nov 15 – class #6: Talking about God
Nov 22-class #7: Exploring Shabbat
Nov 29 – no class; Thanksgiving weekend
Dec 6 - class #8: The December Dilemma