Midrash Ve’Ma’Asseh, The SWFS Center For Community Learning

As a historic center of Reform Judaism, Stephen Wise Free Synagogue has developed a life-long learning and action-oriented approach to education, instilling a strong, positive Jewish identity, providing the tools required to lead active Jewish lives.

SWFS offers many programs, a variety of ongoing courses and discussion groups, exploratory series on issues in the US, in Israel and around the world, and special events, scheduled daytime and evenings.

Weekly Adult Programs include Torah study and Hebrew courses. Monthly programs include book and short story discussion, Torah commentary and other sacred text study. Rabbi Hirsch, Cantor Singer, and Rabbi Dena Klein teach classes on Jewish topics; special panel discussions and lectures are scheduled regularly.

Exciting Programs Coming Up!

Parashah for Parents with Rabbi Dena Klein
Wednesdays, April 29, and May 6, 9:15am
Use lessons from the weekly Torah portion to become a better parent, spouse, sibling, & friend. Great for beginners!

5 Scholars on the 5 Books
Professor Adriane Leveen of Hebrew Union College
Monday, May 4, 7pm
Numbers and the Shaping of Memory in the Wilderness
Numbers has been called the most neglected book of the Torah. We will address that neglect by studying the fascinating challenges faced by the generation newly liberated from Egypt. We will discover the ways in which the memory of that long journey came to be preserved in the stories of loss and celebration told by its children.

5 Scholars on the 5 Books
Professor Avivah Zornberg of Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies
Monday May 18, 7pm
Why I? Rebecca Seeks God
A look at the complex phenomenon of pregnancy as it is reflected in Rebecca's cryptic question: "If so, why then I?" Rebecca emerges as an enigmatic and conflicted figure, the first human being to seek God.

Adult B'nai Mitzvah Class of 5770
Tuesdays 6:30-8:30pm
Fee: $350/year
Taught by Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch, Cantor Dan Singer, Rabbi Dena Klein, and Student Rabbis Jennifer Gertman and Diana Fersko

Adult Intermediate Hebrew
Tuesdays, 7:30-8:30pm
Fee: $250/$300 non-members

Download the Fall Center for Community Learning brochure