Taste of Torah
February 1, 2020
Congregation Beth El - Norwalk

PRE-REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED - WE STILL HAVE PLENTY OF ROOM - WALK-IN'S WELCOME

Breakout Sessions:

Rabbi Marcelo Kormis – Beth El Fairfield
Chapter 1:  In the Beginning and In the Image: The Torah 

Rabbi Evan Schultz – Bnai Israel, Bridgeport
Chapter 2: The Process of Judaism: Questioning, Debating and Interpreting
To be Jewish is not only to act in a certain way but  to speak in a particular register. We question, we hold multiple opinions, we read our texts with a critical eye. Join with Rabbi Schultz to explore chapter 2 of Sarah Hurwitz's book on the process of Judaism. 

Rabbi Elana Nemitoff-Bresler - Temple Israel, Westport
Chapter 3: Freeing God from “His” Human-Shaped Cage in the Sky. So many of us grew up learning that God was a man in the clouds with a beard. If that isn’t the God we as Jews believe in, who/what/how is that God? Together we’ll explore different ways to experience and connect with “God” however you might conceive God...

Rabbi Greg Wall, Beit Chaverim, Westport
Chapter 7:  Not Doing Shabbat
 “More than Jews have kept Shabbat, Shabbat has kept the Jews”  -Ahad Ha’am
Shabbat is one of the most misunderstood Jewish encounters. We will dig a little deeper and try to unlock the secrets of Shabbat, the sacred domain of Am Yisrael, the Jewish people.

Rabbi  Ita Paskind  - Beth El Norwalk
Chapter 8 - A Well-Placed Banana, Tomato, and Orange:  Making Our Holidays Meaningful Today
Jewish holidays are perhaps the most well-known Jewish observances, and they often get a bad rap for being long and boring (think Yom Kippur services and the never-ending seder).  But they've endured because they have inherent meaning and beg to be reinterpreted in every generation.  We will look at some modern, perhaps surprising, ways we might reengage with the Jewish holidays through the lens of the seder.

Rabbi  Jeremy Wiederhorn - TCS, Westport 
Chapter 9 - Did We Get it Right?  Examining the Jewish Approach to Death and Mourning
Of all the Jewish rituals, people often say that those associated with death and mourning make a lot of sense.  But do they really?  Let's take a closer look and we'll let you decide. 

Rabbi Jason Greenberg -Temple Shalom, Norwalk
Jews and Tattoos
The official Jewish stance on tattooing is that it is forbidden, even among liberal Jewish movements, yet more and more Jews are getting tattoos as the practice has become safer and more widely accepted in mainstream culture. Come and join Rabbi Greenberg as we study and discuss Jewish sources, concepts, myths, and stories relevant to tattooing in our times.  

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