Adult Education

Kehillat Beth Israel is proud to offer a full slate of learning opportunities for our diverse and engaged community. Topics run the gamut from Torah study, to issues of local interest, to developments affecting Israel and the wider world. We are proud to welcome speakers of national and international renown and to provide unique and dynamic programs open to the entire Jewish community of Ottawa. Cantor Green regularly runs classes and provides opportunities for personal study and ritual learning. Please check our calendar for upcoming offerings: click here.

Women’s Torah Study Course 2023-2024
What does our Torah say about our lives: as women, Jews, and learners?
This weekly online course dives into each week’s Torah portion, or parasha, to uncover our tradition’s stories and how they relate to the world around us. Lara Rodin is a course leader completing her rabbinic studies at the Jewish Theological Seminary, and Rabbinic Intern at Beth Tzedec and at Robbins Hebrew Academy in Toronto. She has a Masters degree in Jewish Education from Jerusalem’s Pardes Institute. She’s a cycling and hiking enthusiast, focused on the Rockies near her Calgary hometown. She says: “Exploring Jewish values in the outdoors, I bring people closer to Torah, to themselves, and to each other.” To register please send an email to jeremy@kehillatbethisrael.com

Cantor Green’s Shul School 2023-2024
Learn the Trope symbols and music for reading the Torah in a group setting. This course requires some Hebrew reading proficiency and is cumulative. Attendance at all classes is highly recommended.

Classes take place in the Lottner Library. Free to members. $25 for Non-members of KBI

For questions, email cantor@kehillatbethisrael.com

Registration at: https://www.kehillatbethisrael.com/Shul-School-2023-2024

Register for new classes now!

Tuesdays, March 12, 19 and April 2, 9 (Online & In-person)

5:00 pm: Being and Becoming by Rabbi Adina Lewittes

7:30 pm: Everyday Ethics by Rabbi Adina Lewittes

Registration HERE.

Wednesdays  (Online & In-person)

March 20, 7:00 pm

  • A Community Conversation about Conservative Judaism by Rabbi Adina Lewittes

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April 3, 7:00 pm

  • 7:00 pm – Rav Soloveitchik on the Haggadah by Rabbi Adina Lewittes

Register HERE.

April 10 (Online & In-person)

  • 5:00 pm – Preparing the Modern Kitchen for Pesah by Rabbi Adina Lewittes

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  • 7:00 pm – Art and Faith: An Evening with Rabbi Lewittes and artist Dr.Karen Dover (limit 20 people) Enjoy an evening in a local gallery space with artist Karen Dover exploring the connection between “omanut” (art) and “emunah” (faith), and creative expression as a language of healing and hope. (In-person only)

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Thursdays, March 14, 21 and April 4, 11 (Online & In-person)

7:00 pm – Hartman Peoplehood Series by Rabbi Adina Lewittes

Judaism is defined both by a set of beliefs and values and by identification with the Jewish people. The massacre on October 7, 2023, and the ensuing and ongoing war with Hamas have highlighted the notion of peoplehood — intensifying it for those long immersed in the Jewish community, and reawakening it for those distanced or estranged.

Register HERE.