Posts by Jewish Community Foundation
God’s Telling Choice
God deliberately chose an individual with a disability to lead the Jewish people through the most climactic moments of Jewish history.
Read MoreTen Paths to God – Cohort 2
SOLD OUT! Due to high demand, Rabbi Schiff is offering a second cohort of this course in an exploration of “Ten Paths to God.”
Thursdays, June 24 – Dec. 16, 2021.
Readiness: The Tishrei Holyday Seminars
REGISTRATION IS OPEN:
Join Rabbi Schiff in these three seminars to learn about Rosh HaShanah, Yom Kippur and Sukkot, and what they each have to offer in this unprecedented year.
Wednesdays, Sept. 16, 23, 30.
21C Reform Responsa
REGISTRATION IS OPEN: What has Reform Responsa taught us about twenty-first century Judaism?
Wednesdays, Oct. 7 – Nov. 11.
Young Adult Melton Core 2
REGISTRATION IS OPEN: Explore ethical issues such as justice, life and death, sexuality and community, with case studies from Talmudic, rabbinic and contemporary literature.
Mondays, Oct. 12, 2020 – May 24, 2021.
Melton Core 1
REGISTRATION IS OPEN: Discover the central ideas and texts which inform our daily, weekly and annual rituals as well as life cycle observances.
Tuesdays, Oct. 20, 2020 – June 1, 2021.
Continuing Legal Education
REGISTRATION IS OPEN: Join Rabbi Schiff as he dives into a range of “tense topics” – difficult and troubling issues that are both powerfully emotional subjects and have substantive legal ramifications at the same time.
Thursdays Oct. 15, 2020 – Jun. 17, 2021.
Pittsburgh Rabbis on Jewish Belief
REGISTRATION IS OPEN: Rabbi Schiff will host 14 Pittsburgh rabbis, each teaching a session on fundamental aspects of Jewish belief.
Sundays, Oct. 18, 2020 – Mar. 14, 2021.
Haftarah
REGISTRATION IS OPEN: Rabbi Schiff will seek to imbue meaning in these powerful prophetic passages.
Mondays, Oct. 19, 2020 – Mar. 15, 2021.
Mishna
REGISTRATION IS OPEN: In this 13-session survey course, Rabbi Schiff will provide a comprehensive overview of this singular, foundational work.
Thursdays, Oct. 22, 2020 – Mar. 11, 2021.
From Sinai to Seinfeld
SOLD OUT! Jewish jokes are deeply revealing sign posts along the Jewish journey.
Tuesdays, Nov. 10, 2020 -Mar. 9, 2021.
Israel In Depth
REGISTRATION IS OPEN: Rabbi Schiff hosts a series of six classes about the realities of Israeli society in 2021.
Wednesdays, Apr. 21 – May 26, 2021.