Designed especially for adults ages 25–50, the Jewish Futures Circle offers an intimate, in-person space to explore the questions and issues shaping our lives, our communities, and the Jewish future with Goldstine Distinguished Scholar Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson.
Each gathering will focus on a different topic, using Jewish wisdom as a lens for conversation, reflection, and discovery. Rabbi Artson will help open the conversation, but the experience is designed to be interactive – an opportunity to engage with ideas, ask questions, share perspectives, and learn from one another.
Come as you are and bring your Jewish self. Difficult questions are welcome, different perspectives can be explored, and meaningful relationships can grow.
No particular level of Jewish knowledge or learning experience is required. Come with curiosity and a willingness to engage your mind, heart, and soul.
Participation Requirement
Participation requires your commitment to a minimum household gift of $1,000 to AJU during the current fiscal year.
Dates & Locations
The Jewish Futures Circle will alternate between the Westside and the Valley, with both breakfast and lunch gatherings.
Westside location: 350 S. Beverly Drive, Suite 200, Beverly Hills, CA 90212
Valley Location: 5000 Van Nuys Blvd., Suite 400, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
Nov 20
God’s Suffering, Our Suffering: Vulnerable Together
BH
Lunch 12 – 1:30 PM
Dec 1
Why Are There Two Stories of Hanukkah?
Valley
Breakfast 8 – 9:30 AM
Jan 8
Responding to Destruction
BH
Lunch 12-1:30 PM
Feb 5
Turn It & Turn It: Torah’s Wisdom for Today’s Challenges
BH
Lunch 12 – 1:30 PM
Mar 2
Love & Hate: the Case of Elisha ben Abuya
Valley
Breakfast 8 – 9:30 AM
Apr 9
Passover: Five Facets of Freedom
BH
Lunch 12 – 1:30 PM
May 4
Concealed & Revealed
Valley
Breakfast 8-9:30 AM
June 13, Sunday
Year End All Circles Celebration
At a home
Picnic/BBQ 11 – 1:30 PM
Cohort Chairs
Aaron Aftergood, Zach Laine
Questions? Contact:
Mitch Hamerman
VP of Advancement & Chief Development Officer
mitch.hamerman@aju.edu
Office: 310-440-1204
