Join us for our outstanding education program for adults.
Torah Discussion with the Rabbi on Saturday mornings, 9-10am
No experience necessary. Come any time.
Read the portion of the week on Shabbat morning and discuss the many different translations and commentaries. All in English. Commentaries provided.
Guest Speaker Wednesday July 7th - Yad Vashem
Zvi Bernhardt will be speaking at Etz Chayim. The public is invited.
Zvi Bernhardt is an Assistant to the Director of the Hall of Names and Deputy Director of the Reference and Information Unit at Yad Vashem, the Jewish people’s living memorial to the Holocaust in Israel.
Zvi has been involved in the development of Yad Vashem’s Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names, and is a liaison to the genealogical community. Zvi has spoken in numerous venues in Israel and around the world about the process of collecting and computerizing details of Shoah victims, the tools Yad Vashem has built into the Database of Shoah Victims’ Names to facilitate searches, and additional resources in the Database for searching for the fate of victims at Yad Vashem and in other institutions. He has an M.A. in Contemporary Jewry from Hebrew University.
As the Jewish people’s living memorial to the Holocaust, Yad Vashem safeguards the memory of the past and imparts its meaning for future generations. Established in 1953, as the world center for documentation, research, education and commemoration of the Holocaust, Yad Vashem is today a dynamic and vital place of intergenerational and international encounter.
Date: July 7th
Time: 7:30 pm
No charge.
Wellness and Anti-Aging Faire
Sunday, July 11th
12:00pm - 5:00pm
For more details, call the office.
Musical Diaries from the Ghetto
Music composed by Jews living in Nazi Ghettos provides both personal and historical testimonies. The presentation includes an overview on various forms of music-making such as partisan, Yiddish, lullaby, cabaret and classical music. We will discuss the power of music to create hope, comfort and even save lives at a time of complete despair. We will witness such music-making as seen in rare music recordings, documentary films, interviews and original art.
Session I: Music in Terezienstadt
Discover the importance of music and music making in the camps through the eyes of a young boy in Terezinstadt. This is a rare and moving testimony of ‘musical memories' from the camps by Holocaust survivor Frank Grunwald. The presentation includes a discussion about the Brundibar opera and its productions in the camp (music by Hans Krasa, libretto by Adolf Hoffmeister) and works by classical composers Viktor Ulmann, Pavel Haas and Gideon Klein.
Session II: Music in Reaction to the Holocaust
Explore music and art postwar and in response to the Holcaust. We will hear examples of works by leading composers such as Dimitri Shostakovich, Phllip Glass and Steve Reich as we discuss the emotional impact of the Holocaust on various contemporary artists.
Nurit Jugend is an accomplished composer who has authored more than a dozen published works that have been performed and broadcast worldwide. She works internationally with leading performance groups such as the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra under Maestro Zubin Mehta, St. Lawrence String Quartet, EurOrchestra under Maestro Francesco Lentini, and the Slovenian Symphony Orchestra under Maestro Sean Edwards, among others. Dr. Jugend completed her doctorate at Stanford University (USA), Masters in Art at the Hochschüle der Künste (Germany) and Bachelor in Music and Art at the Jerusalem Rubin Academy for Music and Dance (Israel).
2 Sessions: Wednesdays, October 13 & 20 at Etz Chayim
The Mitzvah Initiative is a year-long program of over 50 congregations nationwide examining the roots of Jewish desicion making: our passion for and commitment to social justice and to those customs we decide to do, and decide not to do.
CURRENT SESSION Thursday evenings 7:00-8:30pm
Schedule is now on the web at trop.salzedo.com
Would you like to chant from the Torah? Does mastering the trop seem out of reach?
You don’t read Hebrew - you can chant in English.
You think you can’t carry a tune - let me surprise you.
Is your child becoming Bar/t Mitzvah soon? You can get a piece of their action and chant a portion too.
If you missed a few sessions, don't worry. It is never too late to join this class.
IT IS NOT THAT HARD. Jonathan can demystify it in a few evenings. No prerequisites, only an open mind and the desire for enjoyment.
Want to know more? Call (408 245 6901) or email (jonathan@salzedo.com) or just show up.
People of the Books - an Etz Chayim Book Group
People of the Books, an Etz Chayim book group
The next meeting will be
September 26, 2010 from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm .
We usually meet on the third Sunday of the month, from 10:30 until noon. Our meetings are replete with scintillating discussion, a variety of opinions, and book-themed snacks. If you would like to be on our mailing list, please email us at:
