J1. Hebrew Through Music
Wednesdays, 10:00-11:15
Dates: June 10, 17, 24, July 2
- Instructor: Cantor Amy Kanarek
- 4 sessions in person or online. Please specify preference when registering.
- Cost: $75
Have you always wanted to learn Hebrew, or improve your skills, but just didn’t know how? Do you love to sing, and listen to music? Join us as we make language learning fun! We’ll start with familiar songs that you may be singing without comprehension. We’ll use a combination of Hebrew songs and prayers, depending on the students’ preferences and current skill level. All levels from beginner and up are welcome.
J2. Understanding G-d
Thursdays, 10:00-11:15
Dates: May 28, June 4, 11, 18
- Instructor: Rabbi Molly Karp
- 4 sessions in person or online. Please specify preference when registering.
- Cost: $75
Martin Buber was born in Vienna in 1878, and was a utopian Zionist. He is best-known for his book I and Thou, which focuses on how people relate to the world. For Buber, our relationship with the Divine, and as much as possible with each other, should be I-Thou rather than I-It relationships.
Abraham Joshua Heschel was a widely read Jewish theologian whose most influential works include Man is Not Alone; God in Search of Man; The Sabbath; and The Prophets. Heschel explores the ways that Judaism allows us to encounter the ineffable, along with the radical amazement people feel when experiencing the presence of the Divine. Heschel was also one of the great champions of the Black Civil Rights movement; after marching to Selma with Martin Luther King, he said, “When I marched in Selma, my feet were praying.”
This course will explore the central G-d ideas of both of these important Jewish thinkers.
Instructor Bios
Cantor Amy Kanarek is an experienced educator who enjoys combining her love of language with her love of music. She holds Master’s degrees in Jewish Education and Sacred Music from the Jewish Theological Seminary. As part of her studies at JTS, she spent a year living and learning in Jerusalem. As an undergraduate, Amy attended the University of Pennsylvania, and earned her BA in French. She taught French and Spanish to high school students for ten years, and was privileged to spend a year teaching in a French school as a Fulbright Exchange teacher. More recently she has developed courses to teach language through music, which she successfully piloted in Rockland County. Amy also expresses herself artistically as the principal artist and designer for her jewelry business AmyKanarekDesigns.com.
Rabbi Molly Karp is a deep listener, a skilled counselor and a pluralistic rabbi, passionate about teaching Torah, Hebrew and many other facets of Judaism. Rabbi Karp holds a Master’s degree in Jewish Education from HUC-JIR in New York and a BA in Judaic Studies from SUNY Binghamton. She spent ten years in doctoral studies in Hebrew Bible at the Jewish Theological Seminary, and was later ordained as a rabbi at the Academy for Jewish Religion in Riverdale, NY. Rabbi Karp offers an extensive catalogue of online courses in Bible, Jewish studies and Hebrew language courses for adult learners in her organization S.A.J.E. Senior Adult Jewish Education, a community of learners. Her training in Mindfulness Practice and Jewish Spirituality is at the heart of all of her work.
Financial need scholarships and spouse discounts are available.
For more information, contact Barry Kanarek at [email protected] or (845)362-4200 ext 170.