Our conversion program includes attendance at our "Introduction to Judaism" course, which meets twice a month from September 2010 to May 2011. If you are unable to make the class, you are welcome to meet privately with an educator that we recommend. The course combines evening lectures and holiday events, for a spectrum of didactic and experiential learning.

In addition to the course, candidates have an individual meeting with Rabbi Hyman. After going through a year of living Jewishly-experiencing the full cycle of holidays-when the candidate is ready to do so, he or she will go through the conversion ritual at the mikveh after meeting with a beit din. If you are beginning this process when the class is not in session, you may still meet with Rabbi Hyman and explore the diversity of Jewish life in the Bay Area, so that you may find the community that best suits you. Then you can join the class when it begins again.

2010-2011 Intro to Judaism Tentative Course Dates

(dates subject to change)

Thursday, September 2, evening
Sunday, September 26, morning and early afternoon (Sukkot)
Thursday, October 7, evening
Friday, October 22, evening (Shabbat)
Thursday, November 4, evening
Tuesday, November 9, evening (at JCCSF)
Sunday, December 5, afternoon (Hanukkah)
Thursday, December 16, evening
Thursday, January 6, evening
Thursday, January 20, evening (Tu B'Shevat)
Friday, February 25, evening (Shabbat)
Thursday, March 17, evening (Ta'anit Esther)
Saturday, March 19, evening (Mincha)
Thursday, April 14, evening
Thursday, May 5, evening
Sunday, May 22, day (Lag B'Omer picnic)

For more information, or to register for the 2010-2011 program, please email Jill Pettegrew in the synagogue office.

Mikveh: ritual bath
Beit din rabbinic court of three rabbis