Relax into a meditative and healing Shabbat morning experience with Heidi Saltzman and Bonnie Houghton utilizing chant, body movement and singing bowl meditation. 9:30 a.m. Saturday, July 29, CBE patio.

August 1, 7PM

We are asking for feedback on a series of questions around this topic.

• Are there things which are unforgivable?
• Are there any acts or events that are all bad or all good?
• Can a nation or people forgive another nation or people or is forgiveness purely personal?

Elul and Tishrei are the months in which we seek forgiveness, but are there things which cannot or should not be forgiven? Our splendid, nifty and utterly charming group made up of Nanci Hale, Betty Ann Taylor, and Joanne Greenberg would like to have as wide a discussion as possible on this topic for the Tisha B’Av event.

August 6, 2PM

Amusing. Seductive. Stimulating. We’re talking about the Talmud? That’s right. Take fifty actual Talmudic discussions, mix in pithy sayings (appropriate and inappropriate) by luminaries from Mae West and Amy Schumer to George Washington and Gandhi, add a few cartoons, and voila—delighted and enlightened readers will come away with a new perspective on what the ancient Jewish sages say about our most intimate relationships.

In this lighthearted, in-depth tour of sexuality within the Talmud, come eavesdrop at the first rabbis’ locker-room door as they discuss every aspect of sexual relations—how, when, where, with whom—often in startlingly explicit fashion. Author Maggie Anton reveals how Jewish tradition is more progressive in many respects, and more bawdy, than one might think. The award-winning historical novelist’s first foray into nonfiction is likely to leave her fans going OMG, WTF, and even LOL.

Read further information at the author’s website