CSI offers a full menu of programming to keep our adult members stimulated.
In addition to Adult Bar and Bat Mitzvah classes, Rabbi Bat-Or teaches a weekly Lunch & Learn class and her evening class once a month covers a variety of topics. Quarterly we meet at a congregant's home for "Dinner & a Movie" followed by a discussion. We offer book reviews, cooking classes and trips to cultural exhibits and events around the state.
Congregation Shar'arey Israel prides itself on bringing a wide range of scholars-in-residence to Macon. In recent years we have hosted some of the foremost spiritual and rabbinic leaders, musical, photographic talents. Notable examples include Rabbi Daniel Gordis, Rabbi Danny Seigel, columnist Jeff Jacoby, Judaic scholar Marcia Falk, and author Dr. Ron Wolfson.
Scholar-in-Residence Weekend
Dr. James Bowley, Professor of Religious Studies at Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi delivered a varied line-up of timely, important topics during his weekend in Macon in March, 2009. His lecture series included:
Judeo-Christian and Other Political Inventions
Dressing the Bible through Jewish Eyes
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