Fall Semester is online. Spring Semester TBD

Fall Semester is online. Spring Semester TBD

Bob Dylan revolutionized popular music by bringing the great questions that have driven religious and spiritual quests for millennia to the radio. The riddle at the heart of his 1965 song Like a Rolling Stone—“How does it feel / to be on your own / no direction home?”—affirmed the search for spiritual meaning that defined rock and roll for all who followed him. While Dylan’s challenge to a generation of seekers is universal, it also resonates strongly with the continuing Jewish journey between home and exile in America. Dylan’s restlessness models how, even as Jews have felt more at home in America than perhaps any other country or kingdom in the past two thousand years outside of the Land of Israel, they have also wrestled with their individual and collective Jewish purpose in ways that intertwine with and influence not just rock and roll, but the American spirit as a whole. Dylan’s career-long search for a “direction home” is one of the essential creative journeys of his era. It is deeply Jewish, deeply American, and still deeply unresolved.

Fall Semester is online. Spring Semester TBD

Part 1: Friday night service and Shema section, beginning Jan. 10, for 10 sessions

These classes are taught by our rabbis, educators and by distinguished scholars and lay leaders within our community. In order to help create a class community, once a series begins, new students will not be allowed to join the class until the next series begins. Attendance will be taken in order to fulfill the requirements for conversion.

For Adult B'nai Mitzvah Group Only

This month we are reading Hum If You Don't Know the Words by Bianca Marais. Didn't read the book? Join us anyway for a great discussion. For more information, visit https://www.bethshalomaustin.org/learning/adults.

This month we are reading Hum If You Don't Know the Words by Bianca Marais. Didn't read the book? Join us anyway for a great discussion. For more information, visit https://www.bethshalomaustin.org/learning/adults.

This course looks to our sages to answer this important question. Sephardic Jewish textual wisdom speaks to the complex interactions between Jews and non-Jews today in Israel and around the world. Together we will explore Jewish views on racism and intolerance through the perspective of Sephardic sages whose teachings you may never have encountered before. REGISTRATION REQUIRED below. If you do not see a registration below, the class is closed. Members attend for free, nonmembers are required to pay $18.00. Donations are also appreciated!

In this 10-session course we will explore Jewish stories where our ancestors pushed back on the authority of their government and society, of their own Jewish leadership, and even of G-d. This class is for everyone and will lead to wonderful open discussions. REGISTRATION REQUIRED below. If you do not see a registration below, the class is closed. Members attend for free, nonmembers are required to pay $18.00. Donations are also appreciated!

Led by Cantor Abby Gostein and Rabbi Ellie Steinman A special group for Temple Beth Shalom members to connect. New to the group? Contact our office.

This course invites participants to look anew at the prayerbook, to investigate the Shabbat and weekday prayers, with an eye toward personal meaning. The course is intended not only for those with a prayer practice, but also for those interested in examining this rich literature from a personal perspective. REGISTRATION REQUIRED below. If you do not see a registration below, the class is closed. Members attend for free, nonmembers are required to pay $18.00. Donations are also appreciated!

This study group is guided by one of our rabbis, educators, or lay leaders. Contact us to receive more information about taking part in Torah Study. Free for members and non-members.