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Join us for a New Year’s Eve celebration—Jewish Renewal style! This event, led by Rabbi Geela Rayzel Raphael, will feature a collage of different presentations including music, learning from authors of new books, and a celebration of four years of the Nechama Minyon! Expect the unexpected as we welcome in 2025!Register here: aleph.org/civicrm/event/register/?reset=1&id=578
We are hiring! Join our team in 2025 and apply within. ALEPH is seeking a full-time Development Director:The full-time Development Director will lead both strategy and implementation of ALEPH’s fundraising operations and grow ALEPH’s budget, currently around $2 million annually, including working with the AOP Deans, project directors, teachers, and partners to build ALEPH’s long term sustainability. Start date is January 1, 2025. Learn more here: aleph.org/jobs/
The ALEPH Ordination Program (AOP) is pleased to announce that registration is open for the Spring 2025 semester of Public Courses. Each video-conference course has 13 weekly meetings and is conducted live using Zoom. Our Spring 2025 semester starts on February 2; courses include: Omnibus Music Course - Yemenite and Yiddish SongLeynen for the Rest of UsBiblical Hebrew 101Biblical Hebrew 102Liturgical Hebrew 2Rabbinic Hebrew WorkshopJudaism Confronts ModernityModern Jewish Thought Yesh Sod L'Dvar: Themes of Jewish Mystical TraditionHasidic Spiritual PracticesFoundations of Jewish PracticeSecond Encounter with the Talmud and Midrash - from an Earth Based perspectiveParshat Ha'ShavuahTehillim (Psalms)If you have any questions, feel free to contact the AOP office: ordination@aleph.org or (215) 247-9700 x210💡learn more and register here: aop.aleph.org/public-courses/
Starting 🔜 40 Centuries of History of A People on the MoveDATES: Mondays, December 2, 9 and 16TIME: 7pm ET / 4pm PTLOCATION: Live on Zoom register now: aleph.org/civicrm/event/register/?reset=1&id=575Teacher: Rabbi Elca RubinsteinUsing 50 dated maps, this course will follow the travels of the Jewish people over 40 centuries of history, starting with Abraham’s father leaving Ur in the 20th century BCE and ending in the 20th century CE, when we find Jews spread across the world. We will examine the circumstances of each period and discuss the reasons behind each migration, identifying the key factors that led the Jewish people from one location to the next. It will be a fascinating exploration of how many different paths were taken to bring us to where we are today.