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Orange County Community Scholar Program (CSP)
Congregation Adath Jeshurun, dedicated to the Jewish value of learning for its own sake (Torah lishmah), is excited to announce a partnership with the Orange County Community Scholar Program (CSP). As a partner with CSP, we’ll join a small group of synagogues enjoying the best Jewish learning available. AJ has the distinction of being the first Pennsylvania synagogue to partner with CSP. You can see the CSP offerings for the current month here. Please note that times on CSP web pages are Pacific Time unless noted otherwise. If you register and can’t attend, a link will be sent to you after the event to a recording. There is also an archive of classes that you can view here.

AJWA Sisterhood Opening Brunch: Jewish Broadway Encore
Sunday, September 14 at 10:00 AM
Come sing, clap, and learn about the fabulous men and women of Jewish descent who made the Broadway stage their home as we do a Jewish Broadway Encore! $5 per person. To register, click here.

Adult Education: Trip to The Jewish Museum in New York City
Sunday, September 28
The AJ Adult Ed Committee will lead a trip to The Jewish Museum in New York City for a fascinating retrospective of the work of American Jewish icon Ben Shahn, entitled “Ben Shahn, On Nonconformity.” An acclaimed painter, illustrator, and photographer, to whom Judaism was foundational, Shahn maintained a prolific and progressive commitment to chronicling and confronting crucial issues of his era, spanning the period from the Great Depression to the Vietnam War. His work also highlights his devotion to depictions of spirituality and Jewish texts. According to The New York Times, “The effect is gripping, and feels utterly relevant for the troubled moment we are living in now.” Our tour at The Jewish Museum begins at noon and lasts roughly one hour. Admission is complimentary for members who register. Transportation to and from the Museum is up to individual members. There will be a few of us driving and leaving AJ at about 9:30 AM. A limited number of extra seats in vehicles are available, and we’re suggesting to those who are catching a ride with another that they make a contribution of $40/person to the driver to defray the costs of travel and parking. If you are able to drive and have extra seats, please call the AJ office. If you’d like to check on available seats, please call the AJ office and we’ll do our best to provide a match. You can also note on the registration form that you have or need a ride. There is a Kosher restaurant at the Museum, and some of us will be returning from the Museum at 3:00. Details should be worked out individually. Please register here by Monday, September 15. The trip is limited to 20 people. Registration is open for AJ congregants only but on September 17, if we still have spaces available, we will open registration for non-members.

Adult Ed Brunch 'n Learn with Rabbi Lance Sussman, PhD: "Jews and the Development of Religious Liberty in the American Revolution and Early Nation" 
Sunday, October 19 at 10:00 AM
The American War of Independence was also a revolution in Jewish history. Not since the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 CE had any country enfranchised Jews as citizens and the new nation was thus the first. Jews were the perpetual outsiders until July 4, 1776, when the Founding Fathers of the United States envisioned a new type of society, not yet free of the chains of slavery but aspirationally more inclusive than any other form of government. First at the federal level and then slowly by the states, Jews were fully enfranchised. A wall of separation between government and religion was built, challenged, and rebuilt, a sustained—and mostly successful—battle over the next 250 years.

Lance J. Sussman, PhD, is Rabbi Emeritus of Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel and a Past Chair of the Board of Governors of Gratz College. Sussman has taught at Princeton, SUNY Binghamton, and Hunter College. A prolific historian, Sussman’s most recent book,the third in his trilogy with Lynda Barness, is Portrait of a Rabbi-Historian: How Did We Get  Here.

Cost: AJ members, $10 per person. Non-AJ members, $18 per person. Click here to register.