EIE Summer Institute
July 20, - August 3, 2008

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Adult Study Retreat
Retreat July 9-13, 2008
Pre- Seminar July 8-9, 2008

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10 Minutes of Torah sends you a daily e-mail page of study on the topics of Reform Voices of Torah, Hebrew Connections, Building a Reform Jewish Community, and Jewish world. Sign up for any or all five weekdays by providing your e-mail address.

Reform Voices of Torah is a weekly liberal commentary on the Torah portion of the week (distributed on Mondays as part of 10 Minutes of Torah), Reform Voices of Torah is written by four scholars and features additional commentaries by rabbis, cantors and educators.

Eilu V'eilu- These and those-This point/counterpoint model involves a dialogue between two scholars on issues of concern to the Reform Movement and encourages your active participation. 

Significant Jewish Books is a project of Reform Judaism Magazine and the Department of Lifelong Jewish Learning. Each issue of Reform Judaism magazine features two selected books, including reviews and additional background information.

Intensive Adult Study Opportunities-Throughout the year, the Union presents a variety of intensive study experiences with the finest scholars and experts in their field.  These retreats and kallot are held in our camps, on college campuses and in Israel.  

Reform Judaism Magazine Online- Read select articles from current and past issues, access discussion guides focusing on major topics, take interactive quizzes to test your Jewish knowledge, vote your view on the issues of the day, research by keyword articles published since 1990, and more.

Scholar-in-Residence Database
More than 100 Reform rabbis, cantors and educators have agreed to become Union scholars, available to teach your congregants in their chosen fields. Three indexes--Last Name, State or Province and Area of Expertise--make for quick and easy selections. All financial and logistical arrangements will be negotiated between scholar and synagogue. Don't pass up this opportunity to bring master teachers to your community!

Congregation of Learners Award Program has been established to recognize those synagogues that provide an exceptional atmosphere of varied and comprehensive learning opportunities, those that have imbued their synagogue communities with a culture of learning .

The following brochures describe the adult learning programs that received recognition through the Congregation of Learners Award:
Buliding Congregations of Learners: Best Practices in Adult Study, 2007
Building Congregations of Learners: Best Practices in Adult Study, 2005
Building Congregations of Learners: Best Practices in Adult Study, 2003

The Nachshon Award Since each synagogue is at a different point as it journeys to become a Congregation of Learners, the Department of Lifelong Jewish Learning has developed the Nachshon Awards to recognize congregations in the process of transformation. The award, which is given for the first time in 2007, is named after the Israelite Nachshon, who the Talmud describes as the first to step forward and go down into the Red Sea, with Pharaoh’s army in hot pursuit.

The KEVA program recognizes and honors adults in Reform congregations who accumulate 100 hours of Jewish study, exemplifying ongoing study as a fixed habit.

Adult B'nei Mitzvah : Affirming Our Identity This guide is for program facilitators, rabbis, cantors and educators who are developing intensive study programs for adults. It provides the tools you need to begin teaching this program and worthwhile suggestions to bring to you already-existing course of study. Each chapter speaks to a different aspect of the adult b'nei mitzvah program.

Anfei Ha-Etz (Branches of the Tree) : A Congregational Adult Education Manual

Lilmod Ul'lameid : To Learn and to Teach: URJ Adult Study Tools (2003) A handbook of adult learning resources, programs, videos and curricula developed by departments throughout the Union. The programs are arranged thematically under the following headings: Prayer, Ethics, Hebrew, Israel and Social Action.

Live Together, Learn Together: A Congregational Kallah /Retreat Manual is designed to help you start your own congregational retreat programs.

SOFER: Jewish Writer's Workshop is a weekend of learning at celebrating the craft of writing. 
March 6-9, 2008

American Jewish World Service offers a number of adult education modules on a variety of social justice topics.

Live from NY's 92nd Street Y : This program brings live satellite broadcasts to non-profit groups throughout North America.

The Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania offers an online resource for book clubs andindividualreaders interested in reading works of modern Jewish literature. This resource includes introductory remarks and discussion questions for a number of noteworthy books

Nextbook.org: Provides a Jewish cultural gateway.

Jewish Women's Archive
-Go & Learn: Primary Documents and Lesson Plans: This resource from the Jewish Women's Archive features primary documents and lesson plans for Jewish educators.
-Resources for use with the online exhibit "Jewish Women and the Feminist Revolution"

For more information, contact the Department of Lifelong Jewish Learning by telephone, (212) 650-4110 or e-mail educate@urj.org.