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Whether age one or one hundred, lifelong learning is at the core of Temple Ohabei Shalom.

Ansin Religious School

Our students come from many different neighborhoods and backgrounds, learning together as one vibrant and caring community. As innovators, we break the traditional Hebrew school mold allowing students feel at home the minute they walk through the door. We offer individualized learning plans and accommodations for students with special needs, whether Jewish studies, Hebrew, or bar/bat mitzvah instruction. Schoology.com allows parents, students and teachers to learn about upcoming events, happenings in class, what homework is due and even share in on-line group discussions! Religious School information is found here.

Bar and Bat Mitzvah Study

Temple Ohabei Shalom has called young Jews to the bimah for 175 years. Working with our capable teachers, Rabbi Audrey Berkman, Rabbi Daniel Schaefer, and our teachers spend a thoughtful year preparing your child for this most precious of occasions.

Our historic Sanctuary as backdrop adds just the right amount of tradition to innovative and inspiring B’nei Mitzvah services. With full caterer’s kitchens and banquet halls, our Event Production Coordinator is ready to help you plan your family’s special day.

Trust Center for Early Education

TCEE fosters the intellectual, social, emotional, physical and spiritual growth of small children in a safe, loving, nurturing environment infused with Jewish values. TCEE exists to impart a love of learning; to develop children’s skills, independence, and self-confidence; and to engage families in our vibrant Jewish community. Our unique all-day early childhood program supports and contributes to our mission of lifelong Jewish learning: building and enhancing our extended Jewish community.

Awards and Accolades

- In March 2012, Brookline Patch readers named the Trust Center Brookline’s Best Preschool/Daycare.
- In 2011 two of our teachers received a Technology Fellowship from Combined Jewish Philanthropies.

Lifelong Learning

Wisdom is a lifelong pursuit. We learn through serious engagement in sacred texts and finding wisdom in all opportunities that life presents. Below is a partial list of our adult learning opportunities and informal learning occurs during events and in other less structured environments around our campus. Find your jumping off point and grow! See our 2019-2020 Lifelong Learning catalog here.

Shabbats and Lecture Series

Joining Rabbi Berkman and Rabbi Schaefer to complement our worship, we are privileged to have a diverse group of teachers and lecturers share their perspectives on special Shabbat evenings. Enjoy lively discussions after services joined with visiting teachers. Rooted in Hasidism, Talmud, feminist thought Social Action and more, our lecturers and scholars offer profound and refreshing insights into Torah.

One Saturday morning each month we have Shabbat Morning B'yachad. These mornings include tot shabbat, Torah study, services, and a Kiddush lunch.

Please check the calendar for a complete description of upcoming Shabbats. Child care is provided on Friday nights from the Fall through the Spring, and on Shabbat Morning B'yachad mornings.

Mindfulness and Meditation – Shabbat Mornings

Held one Saturday each month with Donna Rubenoff at 9:00am before Shabbat morning services in the Leibovitch Conference Room, together we learn how to bring more meaning to our Judaism through meditation, as well as explore how meditation can quiet the mind and encourage positive thought in support of mind body healing. By incorporating themes from Torah, Jewish texts and stories, and quotes from Jewish scholars into our meditations, we will deepen our understanding of Judaism through a spiritual connection. Check our calendar for exact dates.

B’nei Mitzvot for Adults – Select Shabbat Mornings
Select Saturday mornings in the Library. Schedule for the coming year is forthcoming. Please sign up with Naomi at nfisher@ohabei.org, or 617-277-6610.

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Our Lifelong Learning Catalog

Check out our Lifelong Learning Opportunities for the rest of the year. You'll find everything from Torah study (at Shabbat Morning B'yachad) to learning about the seasons of the Jewish Year, the Shema, and much, much more. Open the catalog here.

Upcoming Events

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Monday
Jan 20

Family Volunteering for MLK Day
Monday, Jan 20th 2:00p to 4:00p
Join the Social Action Committee and the Jewish Community Relations Council for volunteering on Martin Luther King Jr. Day! We’ll be at City Hall in Cambridge from 2-4 pm, helping put together personal care kits with toiletries for homeless teens and adults, creating activity kits for children waiting in hospital emergency rooms, and making Valentine’s Day cards for elderly and homebound adults.
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Thursday
Jan 23

Transformational Torah: Learning Torah for the Inner and Outer Self with Ryan Leszner
Thursday, Jan 23rd 6:30p to 8:00p
This three-session series will focus on Jewish texts from Rabbinic sources, Mussar, and modern sources, as a way to discuss our responsibility to the world around us and to ourselves. We will talk about Jewish responsibility, current social justice issues, ethics, and how we can use a Jewish approach to individual and communal change.
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Friday
Jan 24

2020 Weekend Kallah: An Appreciation of Our Musical Heritage
Friday, Jan 24th 5:00p to Sunday, Jan 26th 2:00p
TOS Musical Director David Sparr will serve as our Resident Scholar, leading sessions exploring ancient and medieval Jewish music, Reform movement composers and modern day Jewish music. The weekend will otherwise include worship, Torah study, conversation, fun and games (including Jewish Name That Tune!) and good food.
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Monday
Jan 27

Housing Justice in Brookline
Monday, Jan 27th 7:30p to 8:30p
We need more voices to stand up for integrated, multifamily housing affordable to households of all types! Please join TOS, in partnership with Temple Beth Zion, Temple Israel, Temple Sinai, and the Washington Square Minyan, for our next meeting. Learn about the issues, plan interfaith outreach, and strategize for Brookline’s next Town Meeting in May 2020!
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Tuesday
Jan 28

The Climate Crisis: What's Our Role in 2020?
Tuesday, Jan 28th 7:00p to 8:30p
Do we really only have 11 years to reverse climate change? Should we recycle, compost, and switch from fossil fuels — or demand policy change from countries and corporations? Join TOS members Kelly Levin (pictured here), a climate policy expert at the World Resources Institute, and Alan Christ (also pictured), principal at Alan Christ Architects, with Mark Dwortzan from Temple Beth Zion's Climate Action Group, to learn more about what's happening at the global level and what we can do locally. RSVP to socialaction@ohabei.org.
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In the Works Now: Israel Trip!

Planning is underway for our next congregational trip to ISRAEL! The trip will take place from approximately February 11-21, 2021 (this is during the February school vacation week). Our member David Seldin is chairing the planning committee, along with Rabbi Berkman. Details.

About Ohabei Shalom

Progressive in attitude yet traditional in practice, Temple Ohabei Shalom is an inclusive Jewish community committed to nurturing, sustaining, and touching Jewish lives through lifelong learning, joyful worship, and repair of the world in word and deed.

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