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Parasha Study
Join Rabbi Heather on Mondays and Rabbi Sass on Tuesdays for Parasha Study, a weekly drop-in space where JOCs can dive deep into learning the beauty of Torah, share their unique and inspiring takes on the week's Parasha (Torah portion), and build community.
Ice Cream and sweet learning | JOC Torah StudyBefore Shavuot, learn some joyous Torah in sweet affinity with Jews of Color in Brooklyn, Denver, and Boston, taught by Ammud’s Ambassador Rabbis. Ice cream's on us!
This program is an affinity space for adults who identify as Jews of Color.
Bekhol Et Uvekhol Sha’ah: Learning Ammud Torah on Your TimeSign up here to receive a 1-2 page learning guide from the weekly Torah portion, sent right to your inbox, so you can study Ammud Torah at any hour, on your time. Weekly emails begin Sunday, May 24th.
When do we pray? Exploring talmudic Prayer Times with a Crip LensThe very first page of Mishna in Tractate Berakhot asks the question: “from when do we say the evening Shema?” Our ancestors then offer a variety of viewpoints based on their own wisdom and prior rulings, but did any of them take Crip Time (the theory that time acts differently on disabled body-minds) into account? This teaching, led by educator Ari Fernandez, will apply a Critical Disability Theory lens to ancient wisdom from the Talmud.
JOC Hevruta Interest FormTorah is traditionally studied with a learning partner, a hevruta. Just as we are encouraged to consider Torah from many angles, we can invite another perspective into our learning by studying together. Some of the most praised hevruta teams among the ancient rabbis were known for bringing vastly different lived experiences and expertise to Torah text. Together, a hevruta pair can learn more about the texts, each other, and even themselves through open discussion.
JOC members looking to study Torah with a hevruta can fill out this interest form, and we will work to match you with someone who shares similar study goals.
Program History
Shavuot Ice Cream and Drinks
Receiving Wholeness From Multiple Sources: A Global New Moon Circle for Sivan
Sharing Our Torah: A Mindfulness Affinity Space for Jews of Color
Anaf Etz Avot - A Braided Branch: Embodied Healing at the Site of Interwoven Oppression
Kara Vo: Ammud's Intro to Hebrew Reading Class for JOCs
JOC Family Passover Celebration
Pathways of Transformation: Insights on the Counting of The Omer
Dip Twice: A Charoset Workshop and Self/Text Study
Passover: The Script, The Set, The Spectacle
Parasha Study Guest Teacher: Rebeca Carrillo
JOCs + Their Families Purim Celebration
Seriously Playful: Using Purim Torah to Reveal Big Lessons
Multiracial and Families of Color Havdalah Celebration
Siddur Skills: How to Open The Jewish Prayerbook and Know What’s Going On
Book Brunch: Hyphen: Jewish Stories in Our Own Words
Micro-Rest for a Big Reset: Expanding a Women’s Ritual of Hanukkah Rejuvenation
Keep Singing! 8th-Night Hanukkah Candle Lighting and the Many, Many Verses of “Maoz Tzur”
JOC Family Chanukah Celebration in partnership with the EDCJCC
8 Days of Menucha: Daily Hanukkah Texts and Rejuvenation Rituals
Torah Together: An Evening of Joy, Food, and Wrestling with Angels
Embracing Darkness: Torah Wisdom for Longer Nights
Brachot and Hakarat Hatov: Using Jewish Blessings to Recognize Good
If You Know You Know: Cultural Communication in Genesis 23
Ghosts, Werewolves, and Spirits: Torah Tales for Spooky Season
Culture Talks to Text: The Tower of Babel
JOC Family Sukkot Celebration in DC in Partnership with EDCJCC
JOC Joy in the Sukkah with Ammud: Boston + Denver
If Only I Trusted: Psalm 27, The Poem of Uncertain Belief
Kum Kra: 10 Minute Daily Study to Prepare for the High Holidays
Selichot: Seriously Seeking the Divine During the Month of Elul | JOCS + Ally Circle
Legend of Destruction | JOCs + Ally Circle | Boston
Legend of Destruction | JOCs + Ally Circle | NYC
Legend of Destruction | JOCs + Ally Circle | Denver
Fire Breathing Angels and the Sassiest 10 Commandments | JOCs
Fire Breathing Angels and the Sassiest 10 Commandments | JOC + Ally Circle
Preparing to Gather at Sinai, Preparing to Receive Revelation
Freedom as a Verb: Exploring Conversations for Our Seders
Veils of Revelation: Connecting Purim to Our True Selves
Tu B’Shvat: Celebrating the New Year of Trees
Ammud Hebrew Reading Test Class
Holistic High Holiday Prep
Deepening Our Roots
Unlocking the Mystical Wisdom of the Aleph Bet
Presuming Empowerment and Agency
Torah and Exploring Prayer Practice
Torah and Exploring Prayer Practice
Freedom as a Verb
Veils of Revelation
