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Adult Jewish Learning

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ThursdayThu, 24 AprApril, 2025

 
 
60+ Lunch Series: April

Thursday, Apr 24th 12:00p to 1:30pMembers of the TBE community aged 60+ are invited to enjoy a delicious lunch and hear a compelling speaker at our monthly series. This month we have a presentation on Alzheimer’s from Amy Angelo, Senior Program Manager at the Maine Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association. Amy will talk about warning signs, the importance of early detection, and new advances in research and therapies. Then, Madeleine Segal and Adam Seigal from the JCA will talk about the JCA’s collaboration with the Alzheimer’s Association and ways to get involved. Feel free to bring a friend, Jewish or not! RSVPs are due by Monday, April 21st.

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SundaySun, 27 AprApril, 2025

Maine Jewish Meditation Circle

Sunday, Apr 27th 9:00a to 10:00aWe live in a society where stress and distress have become the norm. Our Jewish tradition offers us frameworks and tools to choose a different path, a path of more clear-eyed, open-hearted, wise living in relationship with ourselves, each other, and the Divine. ‌ Carrie Watkins, a Center for Small Town Jewish Life rabbinical student apprentice, has been leading meditation circles across Maine over this year. Each session combines guided, silent meditation with song, Jewish learning, and time for mindful group reflection. Everyone is welcome, whether you’ve never meditated or have had a rich practice for years. ‌ Carrie Watkins is a practitioner, organizer, and teacher of Jewish Meditation. A fourth year Rabbinical Student at Hebrew College, Community Manager for Or HaLev, and Rabbinic Apprentice for the Center for Small Town Jewish Life, Carrie has been teaching meditation and mindfulness for startups, on silent retreats, for teenagers on backcountry trips, from her living room, and from other peoples’ living rooms, for the last 7 years. A systems thinker with a Master in City Planning from MIT, Carrie is attentive to the ways meditation and mindfulness can bring healing both our own internal systems and to the communal, societal, and ecological systems of which we’re a part. Carrie has a certificate in Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy and is in her third year of the Gates of Awareness: Jewish Meditation Teacher Training program.

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SundaySun, 4 MayMay, 2025

 
 
In the Beginning: Torah for Adults

Sunday, May 4th 10:00a to 11:00aAre you ready to go back to the beginning? In this class, we'll start learning Torah "In the beginning" and proceed at a pace determined by the group as we explore what the text says and what it might mean to each of us. This class is open to adults of all ages, perspectives, and backgrounds and will meet when KBE is in session. Facilitated by Rabbi David Freidenreich.

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SundaySun, 11 MayMay, 2025

 
 
In the Beginning: Torah for Adults

Sunday, May 11th 10:00a to 11:00aAre you ready to go back to the beginning? In this class, we'll start learning Torah "In the beginning" and proceed at a pace determined by the group as we explore what the text says and what it might mean to each of us. This class is open to adults of all ages, perspectives, and backgrounds and will meet when KBE is in session. Facilitated by Rabbi David Freidenreich.

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WednesdayWed, 14 MayMay, 2025

 
 
Judaism through the Lens of Israel

Wednesday, May 14th 7:00p to 8:00pNot everyone can walk the land, but we can all visit it from the comfort of our homes. This series will take us on a tour of the history, people, and sites of Israel, and tell how Israel's stories are relevant to us today. Each session combines a site visit with text as well as Jewish practice and values to elucidate how Israel can help us better understand ourselves and our Judaism. 

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SundaySun, 18 MayMay, 2025

 
 
In the Beginning: Torah for Adults

Sunday, May 18th 10:00a to 11:00aAre you ready to go back to the beginning? In this class, we'll start learning Torah "In the beginning" and proceed at a pace determined by the group as we explore what the text says and what it might mean to each of us. This class is open to adults of all ages, perspectives, and backgrounds and will meet when KBE is in session. Facilitated by Rabbi David Freidenreich.

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SundaySun, 1 JunJune, 2025

 
 
In the Beginning: Torah for Adults

Sunday, Jun 1st 10:00a to 11:00aAre you ready to go back to the beginning? In this class, we'll start learning Torah "In the beginning" and proceed at a pace determined by the group as we explore what the text says and what it might mean to each of us. This class is open to adults of all ages, perspectives, and backgrounds and will meet when KBE is in session. Facilitated by Rabbi David Freidenreich.

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ThursdayThu, 5 JunJune, 2025

 
 
Spirits & Spirits

Thursday, Jun 5th 5:00p to 6:30pSpirits & Spirits is now at Freedom’s Edge Cider (31 Diamond St.) and starts at 5pm! Join Rabbi Estrin for an evening of spirited and thoughtful discussion over some delicious beverages. L’chaim!

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SundaySun, 8 JunJune, 2025

 
 
In the Beginning: Torah for Adults

Sunday, Jun 8th 10:00a to 11:00aAre you ready to go back to the beginning? In this class, we'll start learning Torah "In the beginning" and proceed at a pace determined by the group as we explore what the text says and what it might mean to each of us. This class is open to adults of all ages, perspectives, and backgrounds and will meet when KBE is in session. Facilitated by Rabbi David Freidenreich.

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WednesdayWed, 11 JunJune, 2025

 
 
Judaism through the Lens of Israel

Wednesday, Jun 11th 7:00p to 8:00pNot everyone can walk the land, but we can all visit it from the comfort of our homes. This series will take us on a tour of the history, people, and sites of Israel, and tell how Israel's stories are relevant to us today. Each session combines a site visit with text as well as Jewish practice and values to elucidate how Israel can help us better understand ourselves and our Judaism. 

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Wed, April 23 2025 25 Nisan 5785