Description: Justice and redemption. Good vs. evil. Heroism and cowardice. The courage to boldly share one's vision with a dark and disillusioned world. These aren't just headlines from the 2024 election cycle; they are the well-worn teachings of our biblical prophets, passed down through the generations. Join Rabbi Jaclyn Cohen for this multi-session class exploring the wisdom of the prophets through a modern lens: what can Amos, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Micah and their peers teach us today? How can their stories guide us toward lives rooted in equality, purpose, and the pursuit of a more just society? No prior experience studying TaNaKh (Torah, Prophets, Writings) necessary. Open to adults of all ages. Participants will receive a copy of "The Prophets" by Abraham Joshua Heschel.

Join for a quick monthly 45-minute gathering to explore the upcoming Jewish month and set our intentions and goals. We will use teachings from Rabbi Dalia Marx's new book "From Time to Time: Journeys in the Jewish Calendar", although it is not necessary for you to have the book to participate.

More than 1200 years ago, the Masoretes, a group of Torah scribes and scholars, created two systems to aid in the interpretation and the oral presentation of Torah: the vowels (nikudot) and a system of cantillation (ta’amei mikra). We will learn how trope/cantillation helps to interpret the text and how to use the trope to bring Torah to life. In just a few short sessions with Cantor Randall Schloss, we will all learn how to chant Torah!

For people in bereavement, a monthly gathering to share and learn with one another.

A Conversation with Steve Oney, author of And the Dead Shall Rise: The Murder of Mary Phagan and the Lynching of Leo Frank. In 1913, 13-year-old Mary Phagan was found brutally murdered in the basement of the Atlanta pencil factory where she worked. The factory manager, a Jewish man named Leo Frank, was arrested, tried, and convicted in a trial that seized national headlines. When the governor commuted his death sentence, Frank was kidnapped and lynched by a group of prominent local citizens. This event shaped the development of the Anti-Defamation League and spurred the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan. We will delve into the story with Steve Oney whose acclaimed account includes in depth detail and research, and a Dickensian pageant of characters.

Reweaving Our Lives is a community within Temple Isaiah of people who are living with or have lived with cancer.

We invite those who are living with or have lived with cancer to attend a unique gathering with the loving spirit of Cacao.

Immerse yourself in Cacao’s powerful heart-opening, clarity-inducing and love-infusing power for a 2.5 hours ceremony guided by Ido Grinberg.

Cacao is an ancient plant medicine that has been used ceremonially for thousands of years in different cultures like the Mayans and the Oztecs.

This plant alloy teaches us to unlock our hearts and open our minds while guiding us to remember the true beauty of our souls.

This spiritual experience will include drinking the sacred medicine of cacao, guided meditation, music, herbal healing, sound healing, Zen wisdom teaching and more.

Did you think being a Reform Jew meant doing whatever you want? Think again! Responsa literature - in which rabbis answer questions about halacha (Jewish law) - is alive and well in Reform Judaism. Informed by Jewish law and Reform history, Reform Jewish Responsa instruct us how to approach cremation, Torah reading on a Friday night, celebrating Valentine's Day in the synagogue, and many other 21st century challenges that define our modern Jewish lives. Join Rabbi Frimmer for a serious examination of these questions and responses.

Join for a quick monthly 45-minute gathering to explore the upcoming Jewish month and set our intentions and goals. We will use teachings from Rabbi Dalia Marx's new book "From Time to Time: Journeys in the Jewish Calendar", although it is not necessary for you to have the book to participate.

A conversation with Caroline Light (Professor of Women, Gender and Sexuality at Harvard University), author of That Pride of Race and Character: The Roots of Jewish Benevolence in the Jim Crow South, about the American Jewish tradition of charity and its southern roots. Drawing from confidential case files and institutional records from various southern Jewish charities, Light relates how southern Jewish leaders and their immigrant clients negotiated the complexities of “fitting in” in a place and time of significant socio-political turbulence, post-Civil War. Ultimately, the southern Jewish call to benevolence bore the particular imprint of the region’s racial mores and left behind a rich legacy.

About the film: When five Howard University students sat on a segregated Maryland carousel in 1960, the arrests made headlines. When the largely Jewish community near Glen Echo Amusement Park joined the Black students in picketing, the first organized interracial civil rights protest in US history was born. The pickets attracted Nazis, Congressman, and a press avalanche. Picketing together for these unlikely allies led to partying together, and union organizers mentored student activists. With never-before seen footage, and immersive storytelling by Emmy-award winning director Ilana Trachtman, four living protesters rescue this untold story, revealing the price, and the power, of heeding the impulse to activism. Discussion with director to follow