Tot Shabbat
Next Tot Shabbat: not yet scheduled

BEGINNING RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING
Join us at our new monthly program for pre-schoolers and their parents. The first shabbat of every month, kids will engage in a fun and enriching Shabbat service complete with a mini-kiddush. A family-oriented kiddush will follow services.

Downtown Institute for Basic Judaism

The West Side Jewish Center is proud to be one of the partners in this wonderful new program aimed at helping provide basic knowledge about Judaism.

The classes will run from 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM on Wednesday evenings and will be structured as two 55 minute classes with 10 minute break in between.

The cost of the classes will be $100 per unit (units will be 5-6 weeks), however no one will be turned away due to inability to pay

For further information you may contact our office at: 212-502-5291.

Weekly and Daily Classes
Whatever, Whenever — There's Always Something to Learn!

We are still planning our fall courses. Please share any suggestions for topics and time slots with the Rabbi or in our office. You may share program ideas as well.

Torah Umesorah's Lectures for Women (Wednesdays at 10:30 AM)
The West Side Jewish Center is proud to host this series of lectures on Torah subjects for women, featuring a variety of great rabbis, speakers and teachers.
For more information, call Torah Umesorah at 718-234-5846.

Crash Course in Hebrew Reading
EVERY YEAR STARTING IN NOVEMBER
Read Hebrew America 2012 — Learn to read Hebrew in only Five Tuesdays!

LEVEL ONE: Coming Soon!

This is the remarkable course developed by Rabbi Ephraim Buchwald, founder and director of the National Jewish Outreach Program.

In only five 1-1/2 hour weekly sessions, you will learn to read Hebrew, and receive a free copy of NJOP's Reishith Binah Hebrew primer. A follow-up course to the Hebrew Reading Crash Course, the Level II class is offered to those who can recognize the Hebrew alphabet and would like to improve their Hebrew reading and comprehension skills in only five 1-1/2 hour weekly sessions.

Learn to read Hebrew -- the language of our people! Learn how to follow synagogue services, to be more involved in your children's Jewish education, or simply to enhance your own ties to Judaism.

Jewish Book Club
One Monday evening each month

Join our lively discussion group beginning at 7:00 and lasting about 1 1/2 hours. Light refreshments are served.

Here is our current schedule:

May 14, 2012 The Gifts of The Jews By Thomas Cahill

Rabbi Herman's Monthly Lecture
One Thursday a month at 7:30 pm

Eat dinner, learn Torah!
Once a month, Rabbi Herman gives a lecture on a Torah topic, connecting the timeless wisdom of our tradition to an issue of contemporary interest. Topics to be announced.
Join us for dinner before the lecture (7:00 pm).

The lecture is free. Dinner is $15.

Reserve: