Join Goldstine Distinguished Scholar Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson for an intimate, in-person Learning Circle that brings people together to explore the questions and issues shaping our lives, our communities, and the Jewish future.
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.
Participation Requirement
Participation requires your commitment to a minimum household gift of $1,800 to AJU during the current fiscal year.
Location
American Jewish University
Sherman Oaks Conference Room
5000 Van Nuys Blvd., Suite 400
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
Time: 6:00–7:30 p.m.
Dates:
Nov 16
God’s Suffering, Our Suffering: Vulnerable Together
Dec 14
Why Are There Two Stories of Hanukkah?
Jan 11
Responding to Destruction
Feb 8
Turn It & Turn It: Torah’s Wisdom for Today’s Challenges
Mar 15
Love & Hate: the Case of Elisha ben Abuya
Apr 12
Passover: Five Facets of Freedom
May 17
Concealed & Revealed
June 13
Year End All Circles Celebration (Details TBD)
Circle Chairs
Amy & Harold Masor, and Dr. Claudia & Sandy Samuels
Dinner & Parking
A kosher dinner will be provided.
Parking is available in the building; enter the parking area from Addison Street. The building’s main entrance near the bank locks at 6:00 p.m. The after-hours entrance, accessible from the east side of the parking area, remains open until 6:30 p.m.
Questions? Contact:
Mitch Hamerman
VP of Advancement & Chief Development Officer
mitch.hamerman@aju.edu
Office: 310-440-1204
