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Shabbaton Experiment Surpasses All Expectations

 

This year’s Community Shabbaton -- jointly sponsored by SCM, Hebrew College and CJP’s Commission on Jewish Life & Learning -- took on a new, collaborative look with fabulous learning and the same sense of community and great davening/worship we’ve learned to expect from past Shabbat gatherings.

 

Based on the Meah learning model, our theme, “What About God,” was taught by four of Meah's amazing faculty members: Dr. Marc Brettler, Dr. Rabbi Shaye Cohen, Dr. Deeana Klepper and Dr. Jacob Meskin, who explicated  biblical, rabbinic, medieval and modern perspectives, respectively, on this important and provocative theme.

   

Pictured here are Alan Teperow (holding the kiddush cup for Havdallah) along with Steve Lipman (holding the Havdallah candle), Suzanne Hanser Teperow and Vice President Fred Cohen (in the background).

Dor L'dor - from Generation to Generation

This year's Bus Tour of Jewish Boston proved to be as uplifting and informative as in the past, with an important twist... Several college students from Tufts University joined us to explore how generations of Jews interact with one another.  In this picture Alan Teperow, SCM's Executive Director and an instructor at Tufts ExCollege exploring the American Jewish Experience, enjoys a moment with some of his students.

 

 

Close to 40 eager travelers came together on a beautiful Sunday in October for this annual excursion, marveling at the knowledge and erudition of our tour guide and historian, Ellen Smith, from Brandeis University.  This was a magnificent day of learning, engagement and visits to synagogues young and old that the attendees are not likely to forget. In fact, one of those historic synagogues is currently a Haitian Church in Roxbury.  As you can see in this photo, the group was fortunate to be at the church while the youth choir was rehearsing.  A real musical treat!

 

 

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The Synagogue Council of Massachusetts (SCM) is a pluralistic organization that brings Jews together across the spectrum of Judaism for learning, dialogue and collaborative action. The only organization of its kind in all of North America, the SCM provides services to 200 congregations and minyanim in Massachusetts, working beyond the typical silos of synagogue, denominational and organizational lines to strengthen our Jewish community.

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