Beth El and Trinity Avenue Presbyterian Church are co-sponsoring interfaith book discussions to provide our congregations with an opportunity to discuss novels whose themes highlight both Jewish and Christian values.  The first book discussion will be on The Glad River by Will D. Campbell on Wednesday, May 15, at TAPC. The second reading group will discuss Dara Horn's All Other Nights on Wednesday, June 5 at 7:00 pm at TAPC. All participants are encouraged to read the books prior to the discussions. For more information or questions, contact Norma Gindes. Please register here in advance.

Rabbi Greyber is offering a class to congregants of Beth El and TAPC to learn about the Passover Seder.

Dr. Marc Dollinger holds the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Endowed Chair in Jewish Studies and Social Responsibility at San Francisco State University. Professor Dollinger is author of four scholarly books in American Jewish history. His next project traces his own experience fighting campus anti-Semitism. Just for fun, Professor Dollinger helped actress Helen Hunt learn about her Jewish roots on the NBC program, “Who Do You Think You Are?”

Register here: http://jccfed.wufoo.com/forms/beth-el-author-series-dr-marc-dollinger/

Rabbi Michael Gisser is a former U.S. Army Chaplain and holds Masters Degrees in Marriage and Family Therapy, Religion and Educational Leadership and a Bachelor's degree in Management. He studied at the Institute for Traditional Judaism and completed his ordination at Kollel Ayshel Avraham in Spring Valley. He has served as the Executive Director of the Holocaust Museum and Study Center in Spring Valley, New York; as Associate Dean of Jewish Studies at the American Hebrew Academy; founding Jewish Chaplain at Wake Forest University, Director of Israel and Jewish Programs at Fairleigh Dickinson University, and adjunct faculty in the School of Education at UNC. He has also taught at High Point University in the Religion Department and is a frequent speaker at Jewish and Holocaust related events.

Learning sessions led by Rachel Galanter, Elise Goldwasser and Elyzta HaLev. This session is open to anyone and will explore how language impacts our davening. We will use materials from the Shaarei Zahav siddur and the Kohenet siddur.

Additional dates: February 16 and March 16 (Attend one or all 3)

The 2019 State of North Carolina Holocaust Commemoration will be held Sunday, April 14, 2019, in Raleigh at Temple Beth Or (Satisky Hall), 3-5pm. The Featured Speakers will be

Esther Gutman Lederman, who survived as a hidden teenager with a Catholic family in Poland. Ms. Lederman’s memoir is Hiding for Our Lives: The Wartime Memoirs of Esther Gutman Lederman and Ezjel Lederman (2007).

Mark Werner, son of Harold Werner, a Jewish partisan fighter in occupied Poland, whose memoir is Fighting Back: A Memoir of Jewish Resistance in WWII (1994).

The Annual Commemorations feature

A Holocaust survivor or scholar as the guest speaker

Student writing, artistic creations, vocal and dramatic performances, and other Holocaust projects.

Presentations by state officials, clergy, and others

A candle-lighting ceremony.

Source:: http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/holocaust-council/commemoration/?&print=true