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SHMA is an innovative alternative to traditional Hebrew School, (now 2.0). It is an acronym for Soul, Heart, Mind Academy, a reflection of our goal to practice “whole person learning” in Jewish education.

We touch the Soul when we help our students find their own personal spirituality.
We touch the Heart when we foster a warm feeling toward Judaism and Jewish Values.
We touch the Mind when we pass along the great wealth of Jewish thought and heritage.
We call it an Academy because our students will leave our school with the skills to live a contemporary Jewish Life.

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Sat, February 27 2021
15 Adar 5781

Purim 2021

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Sunday ,
FebFebruary 28 , 2021

Debates Shaping Jewish Life led by Dr. Harvey Cohen
Sunday, Feb 28th 10:30a to 12:00p
February 28: Dr Harvey Cohen: Debates Shaping Jewish Life. Is Judaism a Religion of the Heart or the Mind – And Who Decides? Hasidism and its Opponents. March 14: Dr Harvey Cohen: Debates Shaping Jewish Life. What Do we Mean by Jewish Continuity? The Legacy of “Be Fruitful and Multiply”. (Sunday, 10:30 AM) March 21: Dr Harvey Cohen: Debates Shaping Jewish Life. How Much Should Tragedy Define Us? The Holocaust in Contemporary Jewish Life. (Sunday, 10:30 AM) April 18: Dr Harvey Cohen: Debates Shaping Jewish Life. Can Commitment & Critique Coexist? Teaching Israel in the 21st century. (Sunday, 10:30 AM)
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Tuesday ,
MarMarch 2 , 2021

Rabbi's Torah Study
Tuesday, Mar 2nd 10:30a to 11:30a
Zoom discussion with Rabbi Doug Sagal
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Friday ,
MarMarch 5 , 2021

First Fridays
Friday, Mar 5th 6:00p to 7:00p
Virtual Wine and Cheese followed by Kabbalat Service at 6:30pm
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Tuesday ,
MarMarch 9 , 2021

Rabbi's Torah Study
Tuesday, Mar 9th 10:30a to 11:30a
Zoom discussion with Rabbi Doug Sagal
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Thursday ,
MarMarch 11 , 2021

Rabbi Lila Kagedan: My Journey to the Orthodox Rabbinate
Thursday, Mar 11th 7:30p to 8:30p
Rabbi Kagedan is the first female Orthodox Rabbi in the US to be hired by an Orthodox congregation.
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Sunday ,
MarMarch 14 , 2021

Debates Shaping Jewish Life led by Dr. Harvey Cohen
Sunday, Mar 14th 10:30a to 12:00p
February 28: Dr Harvey Cohen: Debates Shaping Jewish Life. Is Judaism a Religion of the Heart or the Mind – And Who Decides? Hasidism and its Opponents. March 14: Dr Harvey Cohen: Debates Shaping Jewish Life. What Do we Mean by Jewish Continuity? The Legacy of “Be Fruitful and Multiply”. (Sunday, 10:30 AM) March 21: Dr Harvey Cohen: Debates Shaping Jewish Life. How Much Should Tragedy Define Us? The Holocaust in Contemporary Jewish Life. (Sunday, 10:30 AM) April 18: Dr Harvey Cohen: Debates Shaping Jewish Life. Can Commitment & Critique Coexist? Teaching Israel in the 21st century. (Sunday, 10:30 AM)
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Tuesday ,
MarMarch 16 , 2021

Rabbi's Torah Study
Tuesday, Mar 16th 10:30a to 11:30a
Zoom discussion with Rabbi Doug Sagal
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Sunday ,
MarMarch 21 , 2021

Debates Shaping Jewish Life led by Dr. Harvey Cohen
Sunday, Mar 21st 10:30a to 12:00p
February 28: Dr Harvey Cohen: Debates Shaping Jewish Life. Is Judaism a Religion of the Heart or the Mind – And Who Decides? Hasidism and its Opponents. March 14: Dr Harvey Cohen: Debates Shaping Jewish Life. What Do we Mean by Jewish Continuity? The Legacy of “Be Fruitful and Multiply”. (Sunday, 10:30 AM) March 21: Dr Harvey Cohen: Debates Shaping Jewish Life. How Much Should Tragedy Define Us? The Holocaust in Contemporary Jewish Life. (Sunday, 10:30 AM) April 18: Dr Harvey Cohen: Debates Shaping Jewish Life. Can Commitment & Critique Coexist? Teaching Israel in the 21st century. (Sunday, 10:30 AM)
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Tuesday ,
MarMarch 23 , 2021

Rabbi's Torah Study
Tuesday, Mar 23rd 10:30a to 11:30a
Zoom discussion with Rabbi Doug Sagal
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Friday ,
MarMarch 26 , 2021

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Friday, Mar 26th 6:00p to 6:30p
Family Shabbat Service designed for families and children with Shabbat Prayers, stories and songs and led by Rabbi Sagal. Zoom link will be sent out prior to services. Please note: there still will be a 7:30pm KAbbalat Service on Fourth Friday.
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Tuesday ,
MarMarch 30 , 2021

Rabbi's Torah Study
Tuesday, Mar 30th 10:30a to 11:30a
Zoom discussion with Rabbi Doug Sagal
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Friday ,
AprApril 2 , 2021

First Fridays
Friday, Apr 2nd 6:00p to 7:00p
Virtual Wine and Cheese followed by Kabbalat Service at 6:30pm
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Tuesday ,
AprApril 6 , 2021

Rabbi's Torah Study
Tuesday, Apr 6th 10:30a to 11:30a
Zoom discussion with Rabbi Doug Sagal
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Monday ,
AprApril 12 , 2021

Lecture by Brigid O' Keeffe
Monday, Apr 12th 7:30p to 8:30p
Esperanto: L. L. Zamenhof’s Hopeful Language for Russia’s Jews & the World Brigid O’Keeffe Associate Professor of History, Brooklyn College In 1887, L. L. Zamenhof launched Esperanto from the polyglot western borderlands of a tsarist empire in crisis. This presentation will explore Esperanto’s origins in the tsarist empire’s Pale of Settlement. Zamenhof came of age in an era of both global transformation and the pogroms that devastated Jewish communities in the Pale. As he wrestled with the Jewish Question, Zamenhof designed Esperanto as a universal language that would uplift Russia’s Jews and ultimately unite the whole world. Zamenhof intended for Esperanto to serve humanity as more than a practical utility to facilitate international communication. Esperanto was the foundation for what Zamenhof envisioned as a future global moral community of new, emancipated people – comfortable with their differences and equipped with an international auxiliary language designed explicitly to transcend those differences rather than efface them.
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Tuesday ,
AprApril 13 , 2021

Rabbi's Torah Study
Tuesday, Apr 13th 10:30a to 11:30a
Zoom discussion with Rabbi Doug Sagal
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Sunday ,
AprApril 18 , 2021

Debates Shaping Jewish Life led by Dr. Harvey Cohen
Sunday, Apr 18th 10:30a to 12:00p
February 28: Dr Harvey Cohen: Debates Shaping Jewish Life. Is Judaism a Religion of the Heart or the Mind – And Who Decides? Hasidism and its Opponents. March 14: Dr Harvey Cohen: Debates Shaping Jewish Life. What Do we Mean by Jewish Continuity? The Legacy of “Be Fruitful and Multiply”. (Sunday, 10:30 AM) March 21: Dr Harvey Cohen: Debates Shaping Jewish Life. How Much Should Tragedy Define Us? The Holocaust in Contemporary Jewish Life. (Sunday, 10:30 AM) April 18: Dr Harvey Cohen: Debates Shaping Jewish Life. Can Commitment & Critique Coexist? Teaching Israel in the 21st century. (Sunday, 10:30 AM)
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Tuesday ,
AprApril 20 , 2021

Rabbi's Torah Study
Tuesday, Apr 20th 10:30a to 11:30a
Zoom discussion with Rabbi Doug Sagal
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Friday ,
AprApril 23 , 2021

Please join us
Friday, Apr 23rd 6:00p to 6:30p
Family Shabbat Service designed for families and children with Shabbat Prayers, stories and songs and led by Rabbi Sagal. Zoom link will be sent out prior to services. Please note: there still will be a 7:30pm KAbbalat Service on Fourth Friday.
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Tuesday ,
AprApril 27 , 2021

Rabbi's Torah Study
Tuesday, Apr 27th 10:30a to 11:30a
Zoom discussion with Rabbi Doug Sagal
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Thursday ,
AprApril 29 , 2021

Lecture by Ben Carp
Thursday, Apr 29th 7:30p to 8:30p
The Fraught Path to Inclusion: Newport's Jewish and African-American Communities in the Revolutionary Era."
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Friday ,
MayMay 7 , 2021

First Fridays
Friday, May 7th 6:00p to 7:00p
Virtual Wine and Cheese followed by Kabbalat Service at 6:30pm
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Friday ,
MayMay 28 , 2021

Please join us
Friday, May 28th 6:00p to 6:30p
Family Shabbat Service designed for families and children with Shabbat Prayers, stories and songs and led by Rabbi Sagal. Zoom link will be sent out prior to services. Please note: there still will be a 7:30pm KAbbalat Service on Fourth Friday.
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