Upcoming Classes
Learning with Rabbi Sid
The Triumph of Life: The Narrative Theology of Rabbi Yitz Greenberg
A Four-Week course with Rabbi Sid culminating with a Q and A with Rabbi Yitz from Jerusalem on March 15th
Sundays, February 22nd – March 15th
10:30 AM – 12 PM
Rabbi Irving (Yitz) Greenberg is one of the most important Jewish thinkers of the past century. He is credited with launching the field of Holocaust studies in the early 1960’s. In 1974 he founded and served as President of Clal for over 20 years, one of the Jewish community’s most prominent think-tanks. An Orthodox rabbi who has always been deeply committed to Jewish pluralism and women’s equality, Yitz’s books, articles and public lectures have had a profound influence on the shape of American and world Jewry. Now, in his early 90’s, he has published his magnum opus, The Triumph of Life: A Narrative Theology of Judaism.
Rabbi Yitz is also one of Rabbi Sid’s most important mentors. The course will explore the book’s three sections: A Vision of Life in a Redeemed World; Covenant as a Method of World Repair; and The Covenant in the Third Era. Participants will be asked to pre-order the book and so that they can read each section in advance. Rabbi Sid will also help to “translate” Yitz’ theology in a Reconstructionist key. The fourth and last session will be a video Q and A with Rabbi Yitz from Jerusalem.
Fight Like a Mensch: Strengths for Fighting Authoritarianism
January – June 2026
Feeling frozen by the pain of all that’s going on around us? Are you working every way you can for democracy, but yearning for a sense of spiritual rootedness in your efforts? Do you seek the stamina and skills to navigate charged situations and conversations in these fraught times?
Adat Shalom is pleased to be one of many communities nationwide to host Fight Like a Mensch, a pilot, peer-facilitated program rooted in Mussar (applied Jewish ethics) and Chassidut (applied Jewish mysticism), and designed by Rabbi David Jaffe (our 2023 Adrienne Kohn Program for Spiritual Growth guest speaker) and his colleagues at Kirva. Our series will be co-facilitated by Minna Scherlinder Morse and Polly Panitz, with training and support from Kirva, and additional support within Adat Shalom from Rabbi Scott, Martha Hare, and others. Read this flyer for more information on the pilot.
Participants will meet biweekly over the first half of 2026, and with chevruta/study-partners in between, while focusing on character strengths (middot) that speak to this moment and learning important practices for self-regulation, de-escalation, discernment, courage, and change-making. Sessions will begin on Saturday, January 31st. Click here to view the scheduled dates and time, and complete the interest form.