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Click here to watch a video from Cantor Vladimir Lapin who will become Fairmount Temple’s new cantor July 1, 2020.

Please join us for these upcoming Shabbat Services and Special Programs….

Special Shabbat Learning Series with our Clergy
Friday, Jan. 24, Shabbat Evening Service, 6:15 p.m.; Saturday, Jan. 25, Shabbat Torah Study, 9:15 a.m.
At Shabbat Evening Service and Shabbat Torah Study, Rabbi Robert Nosanchuk will teach about Does God REALLY Hear Our Suffering?: Lessons from Torah and Modern Jewish Experience.
Friday, Jan. 31, Shabbat Service, 5 p.m. Please note the service time is earlier due to Shabbat Across Fairmount Temple.
Saturday, Feb. 1, Shabbat Torah Study, 9:15 a.m.
At the Shabbat Torah Study, Rabbi Jordana Chernow-Reader will teach about How To Respond to Signs from God: Answers From Our Text and Our Lives.
Friday, Feb. 7, Shabbat Evening Service, 6:15 p.m.; Saturday, Feb. 8, Shabbat Torah Study, 9:15 a.m.
At Shabbat Evening Service and Shabbat Torah Study, Rabbi Joshua Caruso will teach  about How Do Our Words Hurt and Heal?             

Books and Beyond Discussion, Monday, Jan. 27, 7 p.m. Palaces for the People by Eric Klinenberg.
This new book, which is the One Community Reads community book selection, suggests a way forward from today’s deep divisions of polarized Americans to forming connections in shared spaces, including religious institutions. This session is co-facilitated by Rabbi Nosanchuk and Julianna Senturia, former Shaker Heights City Council member. Click here for flyer on this series.

For more information about other community programming around this book selection, described as “Northeast Ohio’s Largest Book Club,” click here for details about film screenings, and an author talk.   To RSVP or learn more, contact Staci Cohen at 216-464-5890 or by email. 

Shabbat Across Fairmount Temple with dinners in the homes is Friday, Jan. 31. RSVPs are closed, but if you have questions, reach out to Wendy Jacobson at wjacobson@fairmounttemple.org.  Please note that Shabbat Evening Service on Friday, Jan. 31, will begin early at 5 p.m. and is abbreviated.

The “Oys” and “Joys” of Raising Teens: Tools and Strategies for Parenting During the Teenage Years, Feb. 10, March 30
This free series is designed to help parents create a toolbox for dealing with the challenges and joys of raising teenagers.  In partnership with the Jewish Educational Center of Cleveland (JEC) and Bellefaire JCB, each session features a local expert on teens. We are proud to have received an innovation grant from the JEC for this program.  All sessions, which are open to the community, will be held in the Arthur J. Lelyveld Center for Jewish Learning and will be co-facilitated by Fairmount Temple clergy.  Click here for flyer with details on all sessions.To RSVP, contact Staci Cohen, Director of Adult Learning and Teen Engagement, at 216-464-5890 or scohen@fairmounttemple.org.

Click here for our Temple Calendar to see what’s happening every week.  

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    To learn more about these programs or other opportunities for learning, worship and social action at Fairmount Temple, click on the website calendar,  the Bulletin newsletter, or call us at 216-464-1330.