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  • Gardening in the Soil of the Heart: Gratefulness, Courage, Compassion, and Joy with Rabbi Shefa Gold

    Join Pardes Hannah and Rabbi Shefa Gold in a virtual retreat, Gardening in the Soil of the Heart: Gratefulness, Courage, Compassion, and Joy. This retreat will be offered 11:15 am–1:00 pm on four consecutive Sundays starting August 23, 2020. Through chant, self-examination, conversation, prayer, and imagery, travel a path of intention that explores the qualities of gratefulness, courage, compassion, […]

  • JYP Baking Club: Ice Cream (in a Bag) Edition

    Burns Park Ann Arbor

    We will be celebrating the end of summer and welcoming new baking club members at a make-your-own-ice cream event. Everyone will make their own ice cream in a bag. JYP will provide the ingredients, including toppings. RSVP by Thursday 9/3 so we can be sure to have enough for everyone. https://forms.gle/hdUx7dFpv5sbeg2H9 Meet by the blue picnic […]

  • Take a Hike with JYP!

    West Lake Preserve 21598 Waterloo Road, Chelsea, Michigan

    Get back into nature and take a (socially-distant) hike with JYP! Before we are back to the indoors, join us and enjoy the lovely weather and great outdoors before it's too late. The hike is approximately 3 miles. We'll meet at 8.45am and start hiking at 9am. There is a small parking lot at the […]

  • A Taste of Age-ing to Sage-ing: Re-envisioning Elderhood

    A two-session program on Wednesdays: September 9 and September 16. Instructors: Lucinda Kurtz, M.A. and Oran Hesterman, Ph.D Description: Join us for this one or two part class that presents a taste of the inspiring teachings of Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi z"l, from his groundbreaking book, From Age-ing to Sage-ing: A Revolutionary Approach to Growing Older. Feed your soul […]

  • New-ish and Jew-ish

    Are you new to Ann Arbor? Looking to make new friends? Are you a seasoned Ann Arborite looking to be part of the Jewish Community other than your family’s Friday night dinners? No problem - JYP has you covered!! Celebrate the beginning of the Jewish New Year by joining us for a laid-back bonfire, casual […]

  • TBE’s Torah Study

    Join Rabbi Whinston for our weekly Torah Study, where we discuss the weekly Torah portion and gather for prayer.

  • PH Selichot

    Preparing and Attuning for the Days of Awe. Led by Reb Elliot. https://zoom.us/j/95881428699?pwd=NGs2ZjhtL2NmVzBhSTAxN0tEMHZSQT09    

  • ORT Opening Brunch

    A guest speaker on events of the day is accompanied by a meal prepared by members of the ORT book group and other cooks to welcome a new year. 

    $10

  • Gardening in the Soil of the Heart: Gratefulness, Courage, Compassion, and Joy with Rabbi Shefa Gold

    Join Pardes Hannah and Rabbi Shefa Gold in a virtual retreat, Gardening in the Soil of the Heart: Gratefulness, Courage, Compassion, and Joy. This retreat will be offered 11:15 am–1:00 pm on four consecutive Sundays starting August 23, 2020. Through chant, self-examination, conversation, prayer, and imagery, travel a path of intention that explores the qualities of gratefulness, courage, compassion, […]

  • Apples & Honey and lots, lots more!

    For more information on the event, please visit the website at https://jccannarbor.org/event/appleshoney/

  • 2020 Donor Appreciation: Rosh Hashanah Cooking Class with Michael Solomonov

    Featured

    Register here! Join Federations across North America and learn to make Kale, Apple, Walnut and Sumac-Onion Tabbouleh, Honey Glazed Chicken, and Apple Cake from Executive Chef and Co-owner of Zahav, the 2019 James Beard Foundation award winner for Outstanding Restaurant. Michael Solomonov will dazzle in this virtual cooking event. We hope you enjoy this Donor […]

  • A Taste of Age-ing to Sage-ing: Re-envisioning Elderhood

    A two-session program on Wednesdays: September 9 and September 16. Instructors: Lucinda Kurtz, M.A. and Oran Hesterman, Ph.D Description: Join us for this one or two part class that presents a taste of the inspiring teachings of Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi z"l, from his groundbreaking book, From Age-ing to Sage-ing: A Revolutionary Approach to Growing Older. Feed your soul […]

  • Rosh Hashanah

  • TBE’s Torah Study

    Join Rabbi Whinston for our weekly Torah Study, where we discuss the weekly Torah portion and gather for prayer.

  • PH Rosh Hashanah Service Day 1

    Traditional Jewish Renewal service, interweaving davvenen, chanting and simple movement, sharing Torah insights, shofar blowing (lifting up the sparks), Torah reading, standing in the space between life and death, and re-inscribing “To Life” in our hearts. https://zoom.us/j/95786246515?pwd=NS8wdnR4MHJpTFdHcHM0azR6VTdXdz09

  • PH Rosh Hashanah Service Day 2

    Meditation Service, Contemplative practice with Niggun & chanting practices, being called to the Torah, prayers for healing the soul and world. https://zoom.us/j/92976537335?pwd=b2l3Q0R6WFZ0QW5XWS9DVEh3SDI4UT09

  • PH Tashlich

    NOT a Zoom meeting Place TBA

  • UM Frankel Center Event: Translating Israel

    Jessica Cohen, Hebrew Literary Translator Jessica Cohen has translated major Israeli writers including Amos Oz, Etgar Keret, Ronit Matalon and Nir Baram, and in 2017 shared the Man Booker International Prize with David Grossman for her translation of A Horse Walks Into a Bar. In this talk, Cohen will address issues of cultural translation that […]

    Free

  • UM Frankel Center & Bentley Library Event: Making Michigan: “The Boundaries of Pluralism: The World of the U-M’s Jewish Students, 1897-1945”

    A conversation with Andrei Markovits and Ken Garner Learn about the evolution of Jewish life on the U-M campus from the late 1890s to the end of World War II. Join us for this Making Michigan event, as Terry McDonald and Gary Krenz from the Bentley Historical Library talk with authors Andrei Markovits and Kenneth […]

    Free

  • TBE’s Torah Study

    Join Rabbi Whinston for our weekly Torah Study, where we discuss the weekly Torah portion and gather for prayer.

  • PH Kol Nidre

    https://zoom.us/j/97105575989?pwd=VkpzS0luM3pDWHN1Z1N3a1lsdnpNQT09

  • PH Mincha Moment

    Walking Meditation and Gentle Embodied Practice https://zoom.us/j/92479919806?pwd=a0VNQ0djOFZrNWNPWjU1L1lUaXc5QT09

  • PH Yizkor and Ne’ilah

    https://zoom.us/j/96435455990?pwd=MHJIRm9OMkg2eCszWUJJRDRUUFFOUT09

  • Sukkot

  • TBE’s Torah Study

    Join Rabbi Whinston for our weekly Torah Study, where we discuss the weekly Torah portion and gather for prayer.

  • Zohar Study in a Virtual Sukkah

    https://zoom.us/j/95210711311?pwd=cmdiMElmV1d4SXBYZVU5MU5CMU0vZz09 The focus of these sessions will be the Zohar (Book of Radiance), surely the central (and most richly evocative) work of Spanish Kabbalah. While each session is self-standing, the sequence of courses is designed to cumulatively deepen your appreciation of this mystical masterpiece. Texts will be provided in English, Aramaic and Hebrew. For texts […]

  • TBE’s Torah Study

    Join Rabbi Whinston for our weekly Torah Study, where we discuss the weekly Torah portion and gather for prayer.

  • Chant Circle

    https://zoom.us/j/92040290739?pwd=MDVGL0xVUUx2N3NDYSs5TXZ5dmlmdz09

  • “Love Thy Neighbor”: Affordable Housing in Washtenaw County

    Event Title:  "Love Thy Neighbor": Affordable Housing in Washtenaw County Event Description: Join the Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor's JCRC & Temple Beth Emeth's Social Action Committee for a panel discussion exploring affordable housing in Washtenaw County and its connection to the Jewish concepts of community and the power of home. Panelists: Marquan Jackson, […]

  • UM Frankel Center Event: Between the World Wars: Great Creativity and Growing Crisis

    Todd Endelman & Zvi Gitelman, University of Michigan, with Jeffrey Veidlinger, Director of the Frankel Center of Judaic Studies, and Deborah Dash Moore, editor in chief of The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization Join a conversation with Todd Endelman, Zvi Gitelman, and Deborah Dash Moore to celebrate the publication of Crisis and Creativity […]

    Free

  • TBE’s Torah Study

    Join Rabbi Whinston for our weekly Torah Study, where we discuss the weekly Torah portion and gather for prayer.

  • Apple Picking and Fall Fun with JYP’s Baking Club

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    Spicers Orchard

    It's the Fall and that means it is time for JYP's annual Apple Picking trip! This year, Baking Club is taking the reins on this adventure with apple picking, pumpkin selection, cider and donuts, and maybe even a corn maze. We'll follow up the picking with an apple-focused baking event (date TBD so stay tuned […]

  • Major Gifts Event

    Featured

    From West Ann Arbor to the West Wing: A Conversation with Gene Sperling Sunday, October 18th, 5-6:30 pm via Zoom RSVP here by October 13th Questions? Contact taylor@jewishannarbor.org or (734) 773-3535  

  • UM Frankel Center Event: Translating the Sacred Word

    Aviya Kushner, Author and Language Columnist at The Forward In her prize-winning book "The Grammar of God" (Spiegel & Grau, 2015), Aviya Kushner recounts her experience of reading the Hebrew Bible in multiple English translations and the surprises and revelations she encountered along the way. Drawing from this book, as well as her current project […]

    Free

  • Frankel Institute Event Series: Stranger Still: Translating Contemporary Poetry from Israel/Palestine

    Online

    Rita Kogan, Alex Moshkin and Zackary Sholem Berger This series showcases the diversity of poetic voices from Israel/Palestine through the lens of translation. Each event features a multilingual poetry reading and a conversation between poets and translators on the careful negotiations that are involved in the act of translation, highlighting work that creates its own […]

    Free

  • PH Kabbalat Shabbat

    https://zoom.us/j/93916304997?pwd=cjlZU1RjejhpRzRJejVONGN1YXlkQT09