Adult Education

Please join us for a tour of the Sixth Man Center and a talk by Philadelphia Youth Basketball (PYB) co-founder Kenny Holdsman. PYB is a holistic youth development and community empowerment organization established in 2015 with a mission of creating access and opportunities for thousands of young people to self-determine in positive ways. Built by, […]

Join Steve and Elaine for an evening of dinner theater based on Steve’s book, When Bible Meets History, describing how the Torah narrative and actual history can be reconciled. Eve, Rebecca, Jacob, Joseph, Joshua, Miriam, and even Moses, will take the stage to explain their roles in creating both history and Torah. A few mystery […]

Learn about and tour the Open Waters Mikveh, used by RS members for conversion and other sacred events. Since biblical times, the mikveh has provided spiritual elevation and comfort. Today, it continues to offer inspiration, strength, and renewal at meaningful moments in life. To see our class schedule, click here To learn more about our […]

Join for 90 minutes of Jewish-inspired songs performed by Cantor Hyman, Jon Broder, his sister Melissa, and Louis Bernstein. To see our class schedule, click here To learn more about our presenters, click here To register for classes, click here

The notion that God gave the Jewish people special status is a basic idea of Judaism. It is also one of the most perplexing issues we face. Why would God do such a thing? Is it a privilege or a burden? What did terms such as “chosen people,” “treasured possession,” and “light of nations” mean […]

Confused by the number of Israeli political parties, what each stands for, and how it fits into the government? Join Fred Strober as he sorts out this hodgepodge and offers insights about each party, how it evolved, and who leads it. The landscape seems to change weekly, and Fred will take us to the plenum […]

Circumnavigate the globe for 4 ½ months with a rabbi, a priest, and a minister, accompanied by Jeffrey, his wife, and 1,000 other passengers on a Holland America Line ship, MS Zuiderdam, which visited 27 countries, 42 ports, and rerouted around a shooting war with the Houthis. To see our class schedule, click here To […]

Visit three Philadelphia landmarks. Our first stop will be the Mikveh Israel Cemetery to learn about prominent Jews of the Revolutionary War period, including Haym Salomon, a principal financier of the American Revolution. Next, visit the Christ Church burial ground and learn about David S. Franks, an aide-de-camp of Benedict Arnold. Finally, tour Woodford Mansion […]

Join Rabbi Ari Moffic (Ellen Poster’s daughter) the co-author of the newly released book, Just Like Queen Esther, for a conversation about children, gender and Purim! This is one of the first children’s books featuring a Jewish transgender child. Ari will talk about the impetus for this book. Learn what allyship can mean in this […]

Susannah Trubman, the Learning and Media Center Educator of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, will use archival materials to tell the story of the Jewish inhabitants of the Vilna Ghetto and the cultural resistance efforts of a group known as “The Paper Brigade.” Learn about the everyday life of Jews under the Nazi occupation […]