Feed Your Mind, Body, and Soul! TBI provides a range of Jewish cultural and educational experiences.
Programs and classes are open to all, and we welcome students from within TBI and from the larger community.
For more information and for Zoom links, please sign up for This Week @ TBI, our weekly e-newsletter.
In Jewish tradition, when someone asks “Ayeka? Where are you?” the response is “Hineni – I am here,” or “Here I am.”
Our congregational theme for 5783 is Hineni, Showing Up. Our Community Education offerings this year aim to provide pathways for us to show up – for ourselves, our community and our world. Together we will explore questions like: What is my Jewish mission? What makes prayer meaningful to me? How do I understand my “responsibility” to community? What does Torah have to add to my life and family? We invite you to explore this theme of Hineni, Showing Up, and what it means to you.
For questions or ideas, please contact RabbiSolomon@TBIEugene.org.
Do you have your finger on the pulse of Jewish culture and arts? Our TBI Community Education Team meets 4 times a year to plan wonderful experiences, speakers, and classes. We’d love your input and inspiration.
Are you looking for a guide in how to light Shabbat candles, attend a house of shiva or understand why a glass is broken under a huppah? Here is a list of resources to guide, inspire and deeper your Jewish practice:
bimbam.com/judaism-101/ – amazing DIY guides, weekly torah portion videos by contemporary thinkers and text resources from folktales to Talmud
ritualwell.org/ – from rituals for everyday holiness to healing and hard times, here you’ll find ways to make time sacred and have time for the sacred, powered by Reconstructing Judaism
hadar.org/torah-tefillah – vibrant NY based yeshiva for song, torah and community engagement, here you’ll find ways to learn, pray and music for the soul
onetable.org/resource-library/ – experts in creating shabbat, particularly for those who are interfaith and/or new to the experience of Shabbat, from pride to pickles, interviews to how to host, click here for fresh takes on Shabbat
myjewishlearning.com/category/celebrate/ – your guide to Jewish holidays, life cycle events, daf yomi (daily page of Talmud) and a place to say kaddish with a minyan (community)
Sundays, 10:00am, via Zoom (See the e-news for the Zoom link.)
with Deborah Green, Professor of Ancient Religion, Bible, and Rabbinic Interpretation
Learn about נ”ך (naḥ) – the Prophets and Writings parts of the Hebrew Bible. Deborah Green, professor of ancient religion, Bible, and rabbinic interpretation leads a weekly discussion on these two often overlooked sections of the Bible. Our ḥevruta (study group) reads together in English and explore one or two chapters each week. You need access only to a Jewish Bible in English, preferably the Jewish Publication Society translation, and an inquisitive mind.
Thursdays, Noon — via Zoom
All are welcome for an engaging discussion of this week’s Torah portion and how it impacts our lives. See the weekly e-news for the Zoom link.
Aug 16
Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships
by Nina Totenberg
Contact Martha Ravits for details
Saturdays via Zoom, 8:45 am
(8:30 am when b’nai mitzvah celebrated at Shabbat Services)
All are welcome to join a lively exploration of the weekly Torah portion. All levels of experience welcome. Text study is done in English, with occasional close examination of the Hebrew text in an inclusive manner.
Selected Saturdays 11am-noon
In person
Do you want to learn more about the Shabbat morning service? Expand your understanding of Jewish prayer or take a next step in your own spiritual or prayer practice?
Join Rabbi Solomon, once a month to unpack the Shabbat morning prayers. Questions, ideas and doubts welcome.
Part of our b’nai mitzvah family experience open to all of TBI and beyond.
Please register to receive handouts and to preview questions prior to each session, even if you don’t know which ones you’ll attend. Drop ins welcome. Dates TBD.
Shema U’Virchoteha – A Call for Oneness & the Process
Mi Chamocha – Meeting Our Limits & Being Accompanied
Amidah – Talking & Listening for Guidance, Inspiration and Hope
Kaddish – Choreography of Prayer & Our Ancestral Roots
Torah Service – Climbing the Mountain
3rd Sunday of the month, 3:00pm
Join the group for a monthly discussion with the Rabbi and non-Jews, new-Jews and any-Jews interested in exploration. All are welcome, but this is an especially good opportunity for people new to Judaism in general and TBI in particular to learn more and get to know fellow explorers in a welcoming, casual setting. Questions? Contact Mark Watson.
On hold until further notice
Yiddish, or mama-loshn, is one of several languages with which we Jews are blessed. Known for its warmth and wit, it may evoke memories for you, or perhaps be the gate to new knowledge and pleasures. Join us for leyenen (reading), shmuesn (that’s right—shmoozing!), lively debate, and almost always, music with heart-stirring lyrics. New learners encouraged!
Yes, absolutely! View brochures from the current and previous terms by clicking the images below.
Each program may have different registration details. View the individual program listing for details and contact information.
Fees or donations for programs scheduled on Shabbat must be paid in advance (or after Shabbat). We will not collect money on Shabbat.
No refunds will be given to registrants who drop classes after the registration deadline.
If classes or events are cancelled due to lack of enrollment (or other unforeseen circumstances), full refunds will be given to prepaid registrants.
All programs meet at Temple Beth Israel unless otherwise noted.
If you are interested in joining the Community Ed Committee or have ideas for teaching or for a class offering, please contact Rabbi Alyson Solomon.