Cultural center 

With generous support from the United Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh and private donors, we offer a varied menu of programs designed to bring together local residents from different backgrounds for the exploration of Jewish texts and their relevance to current issues, in a pluralistic setting. All programming is conducted in Hebrew. Herewith is a sampling of offerings for 2009. If you'd like to participate,call our office for details of time and place.

• Film series: short films by Israeli directors focusing on issues of life in Israel - accompanied by a discussion with the director.
  
• Bar/Bat mitzvah workshops for parents and children, at various communities in the region
• Lectures, batei midrash, and holiday workshops, in various communities in the region
• Community-wide events connected to the Jewish calendar: Tu Beshvat seder; Purim Megillah reading; pre-Shavuot Tikkun; Tisha Be'Av study session and Megillah reading; pre-Rosh Hashana Slichot evening.
• Gandel Institute: the Israeli version of the well-known FlorenceMelton Adult Mini-school an intensive weekly course in basic Jewishconcepts; this year we are operating courses in Karmiel and Kfar Shamay.
  
• The Prophets: study group with Rabbi Haim Burgonsky - biweekly

We would be happy to work with any school or community in the Galilee in designing custom-tailored programs, either series or one-time events; e.g., bar/bat mitzvah workshops for children and parents,in-service courses for teachers, batei midrash for communities, holiday preparation  workshops, family study-tours, lectures on Jewish history and Jewish thought, etc.

For more information contact us by email, or at 972-4-9902431