Adult Education

Torah Study

Each week we read and discuss Torah on Saturdays at 9:00 AM. We examine Torah in the context of our lives and our ideas. Our explorations of the text always touch on world events as well as happenings in our Etz Chaim world. We avoid fancy, scholarly vocabulary, but our conversations regularly return to big themes such as leading Jewish lives in the modern world, our relationship with God, our understanding of truth, and our connection to the Jewish people and the land of Israel.

Drop in as much or as little as you’d like. You can register for Torah Study to get the link.

Congregational Choir

Explore our sacred texts and prayers through music. Our Congregational Choir meets on Sundays at 12:15 PM. Choir is open to any adult member of the congregation, post-B'nai Mitzvah through 120! The choir sings for monthly Shabbat and High Holiday services. No previous choir experience is necessary, just a love of Jewish music and a desire to lead our congregation in song. Contact Marla Aviva Bentley, RJE, Director of Lifelong Learning & Music, for more information. 

Lunch & Learn

Lunch and Learn takes place monthly on Wednesdays, starting at 12:30 PM for lunch and schmoozing (bring your own lunch) and the program begins at 1:00 PM. Topics this year include: Jewish Geneology of Illinois, Understanding the Signs of Alzheimer's and Dementia, Traditional High Holiday Melodies, Films, Music of Jewish Composers, Zumba, and more. All our welcome, bring a friend! 

Book Discussions and Author Talks

Join Rachel Kamins every other month on Mondays at 7:00 PM in-person or on Zoom for Book Discussions. Books for 2024-2025 include: "The Hebrew Teacher: Three Novellas" by Maya Arad, "On Her Own" by Lihi Lapid, "Songs for the Brokenhearted", "Your Presence is Mandatory" and more.

Join Nicole Coover-Thompson for a new Book Discussion geared toward people from their 20's-40's. Books for 2024-2025 include: "To & Fro" with a Talk by the author Leah Hager Cohen.