Reverence for lifelong learning is a hallmark of our Jewish heritage.  To encourage this in our membership, we offer classes in:

• Hebrew Literacy
• Adult B’nai Mitzvah
• Torah Study
• Basic Judaism
• Hebrew in Less than a Week
• Adult Education programs
• Israel Chavurah programs
• Scholar-in-Residence
• Family Education programs

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Finding Traces of Family and Jewish History in Poland
The Adult Education Committee is presenting its’ next program Adult Ed Program - Finding Traces of Jewish History on Sunday, March 25th, 2012 from 9:30 am until noon at Temple Emanu-El.

Fred and Rhoda Feldman traveled to Poland in September 2011 and Fred will present a multi-media slide presentation of their trip. He will present his efforts to trace his family and search for remains of Jewish history in a country that was once a vibrant force in Jewish life and culture and was a center of Jewish religion. The presentation will cover “Finding Lost Generations,” “Tracing Family History,” and searching for the remains of Jewish life in a shtetl that was once home to a large Jewish population, whose neighbors had a long history of anti-Semitism and where some collaborated with the Nazis during WWII.

A center-point of the presentation will cover what happened when an effort was made to hold a memorial service in the town commemorating the anniversary of the liquidation of the town’s Jewish ghetto, when residents were pulled from their houses by the Nazis and sent directly to the death camp at Treblinka where they perished.
The presentation will also cover a visit to Krakow which was a major center of Jewish life for generations and where a number of synagogues still exist, many with beautiful Jewish artifacts and history and where the largest Jewish festival in Europe is now held annually.

Congregants and visitors are invited to a breakfast which will be served at 9:30 am. The presentation will begin at 10:00 am. Registration is not required, but attendees are asked to notify the Temple office of their interest in attending to facilitate planning. There is no charge for attendance.