2015

December 2015

Friday 4 December 2015

Humanistic Judaism Shabbat

Fri 4 Dec, 7:30-9 pm. Kahal B'raira offering a nontheistic alternative since 1975. Celebrate Shabbat with a Humanistic Service followed by a presentation by Rabbi Chalom: What They Don’t Teach in Sunday School. We will end the evening with a dessert buffet. 765 Concord Avenue, Fresh Pond, (Share building w/ Fayerweather School), Cambridge, 02138. 617-431-3994. FREE. Kahal B'raira - Congregation for Humanistic Judaism - [events]

Saturday 5 December 2015

From Cult to Culture: The Evolution of Judaism

Sat 5 Dec, 9 am-12 pm. From many gods to monotheism; Second Temple Jewish Pluralism; destruction of Jersualem Temple and birth of rabbinic Judaism; medieval poetry, philosophy and mysticism; the varieties of Jewish culture with Humanistic Rabbi Adam Chalom. Register on website. 765 Concord Avenue, Fresh Pond, (Share building w/ Fayerweather School), Cambridge, 02138. 617-431-3994. Kahal B'raira - Congregation for Humanistic Judaism - [events]

Challenges and Choices of Emancipation and Enlightenment

Sat 5 Dec, 1-4 pm. The price of freedom; the power of new ideas; the emergence of Jewish religious denominations; modern anti-Semitism and Jewish responses; secular Jewish responses; Zionism and Yiddishism with Humanistic Rabbi Adam Chalom. Register on website. 765 Concord Avenue, Fresh Pond, (Share building w/ Fayerweather School), Cambridge, 02138. 617-431-3994. Kahal B'raira - Congregation for Humanistic Judaism - [events]

Sunday 6 December 2015

Limmud: Why Bother Being Jewish in the Twenty-First Century?

Sun 6 Dec, 9-10 am. The transformation of Jewish life in the 20th century; the Jewish labor movement; the Holocaust; the shortcomings and successes of Zionism and the State of Israel. Why be Jewish today, and tomorrow?Part of the Limmud conference: see limmudboston dot org. Location TBA. 617-431-3994. Kahal B'raira - Congregation for Humanistic Judaism - [events]

Sunday 20 December 2015

Humanistic Judaism Adult Meeting & Sunday School

Sun 20 Dec, 9:15 am-12 pm. Kahal B'raira offering a nontheistic alternative since 1975. Join us for a morning that includes our school Pre-K through 7th graders, a humanistic service for adults, and Klezmer concert for all. 765 Concord Avenue, Fresh Pond, (Share building w/ Fayerweather School), Cambridge, 02138. 617-431-3994. FREE. Kahal B'raira - Congregation for Humanistic Judaism - [events]