Beth Sholom offers a range of courses, interactive and casual learning opportunities, and social gatherings for adults.  A sampling of our adult education classes includes Torah Study, Talmud Study, Torah Trope, Learners' Minyan, and more.  

We help expand our social and cultural horizons with visiting Jewish scholars and professors, Judaic art and photography exhibits, Jewish authors, musicians, political pundits and humorists, artists and journalists, rabbis, and more. For a current schedule, contact the office. 

Beth Sholom plays a proactive role in the Bay Area Jewish Community, co-sponsoring special lecture events, cultural and political presentations and more with other Jewish and community-based organizations.

Click on the class titles listed below for more information:

Weekly Torah Study with Rabbi Micah Hyman
Shabbat Talmud Study
Mincha and Class "What's In a Name?"
Intro to Judaism with Rabbi Micah Hyman
Women's Book Group
Dr. Ernest M. Weitz Breakfast Club
Learners' Minyan
Yoga with Carrie Staller
Kabballah Class with Ovid Jacob
Makom Sholom Meditation Practice

ongoing classes
 

weekly Torah Study with Rabbi Micah Hyman
THURSDAYS, 8 A.M. and Saturdays, 9:30 a.m., Board Room
drop-in/no charge

Our ancient texts illuminate the issues of today. There is no charge for the class. All are welcome.

Shabbat Talmud Study

Shabbat mornings, after Kiddush
Drop-In/No Charge

The study text is from the Artscroll Talmud--an English translation with the original text included. No knowledge of Hebrew or Aramaic is required. Contact Henry Hollander for information on the group and to get on the mailing list.

Mincha and Class: "What's In a Name?"

November 19, 2011 through March 10, 2012

5 p.m. - Mincha

5:40 p.m. - Class and Seudah Shlishit (light meal)

6:30 p.m. - Havdallah

Bring your Hebrew or Yiddish name and the names of family members. Over the weeks, we will look at the origins and meanings of all these names using Biblical and other sources.

Rabbi Pam Frydman is a scholar and mystic. She serves as Director of the Holocaust Education Project for the Academy for Jewish Religion, California. She was the founding rabbi of Or Shalom Jewish Community in San Francisco and has been affiliated with Congregation Beth Sholom for almost a decade.

Intro to judaism with rabbi micah hyman
thursdays, 7:30 p.m., september 2011-may 2012

Click here for more information on the 2011-12 Intro to Judaism class.   

women's book group
Third thursday of the month, 7:30 p.m., rabin library

Complete details here: Women's Book Group.

dr. ernest m. weitz breakfast club
second sunday of the month, 9 a.m., koret hall

Complete details here: Breakfast Club.

learners' minyan with david malman and ellen shireman
Shabbat mornings: 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.

December 3, December 10 & December 17

The Learners' Minyan eight-class series opens the door to greater participation and access to the Shabbat morning service. Come explore the prayers and develop a personal connection to the spirituality of this service.

Torah yoga with carrie staller

Shabbat mornings: 11 a.m.-12 p.m.
January 28
February 4, 11 & 25
March 3 & 31
April 14 & 28
May 5 & 12

KABBALLAH CLASS WITH OVID JACOB

February 4, 11, 25 & March 3.
At first thought, physics and Kaballah could not be further apart. But this is not necessarily so when we look at how physics and Kabblah look at the creation of the world. Come to this four week class on cosmological  and Kabbalistic creation and explore the similarities and difference between physics and kabbalah.