Each year Temple Ner Tamid focuses on a particular theme as a congregation and as a community. This year our focus is on Israel. The land of Israel has always been at the core of who are are as a people. Indeed, the land is named after the Jewish people. Eretz Yisraeil is our birthplace, our geographic and spiritual "center".

This year's Adult Education program will include offerings ranging from a monthly seminar series exploring the richness of contemporary Israel, to an Israeli film festival, to a monthly class reading essays by Martin Buber on the meaning of Zionism, as well as our Hebrew courses for both beginners and intermediate students as well as a class in Conversational Hebrew. Additionally, Adult Education will intersect with our Religious School's family education program, offering community-wide opportunities to explore Israel in ways meaningful and enriching. All of this leading up to a congregational trip to Israel in the summer of 2008.

All of the currently planned adult programming is listed in this year's brochure, which includes offerings from Adult Education, Religious Living, Shoresh, Religious School and Tarbut (culture). Rabbi Steven Kushner and Cantor Samantha Natov will be providing their expertise and skills in many of these offerings, along with outside speakers and teachers.  Thanks in advance to them all.

Please join us for these exciting programs in the months ahead, and keep your eyes open for more details and even more events as the dates come closer.