Judaism 101- Class #2
2025-12-01 18:00 - 19:30 (Pacific/Honolulu) | HI
“G-d Struggling”
Join us on Zoom Monday, December 1, 2025
Shalom fellow KBS learners,

Thank you for joining us as we deepen our Jewish learning together. We learned a lot from our first meeting, and are eager to see where we go from here.

Thank you to Ruthellen for the prompt that will be the subject of our next meeting. She put it plainly: “How can one be a Jew and not worship God?”

As it turns out, we are not alone in asking this question. In fact, it is a long tradition that has been discussed for thousands of years.

So the next session is titled God Struggling. Together, we will look at a couple of texts to set up the conversation.

Though we don’t intend for this to be a class with homework, we encourage all to do some inquiry and offer the group the fruit of your search by sharing any sources you might want the rest of us to read in advance.

We are preparing for our next session on December 1, 2025.

Aviva and Yehudah Plaut

Shabbat Service - Vayishlach - led by Rabbi Shari Joy Berman
2025-12-06 10:30 - 14:30 | New Thought Center, 81-6587 Mamalahoa Hwy, Kealakekua, HI, 96750, United States
Join us for a special Shabbat service, led by Rabbi Shari Joy Berman. To mark the 21st anniversary of her adult Bat Mitzvah, R. Shari will read from the same Torah portion she had in 2004: וַיִּשְׁלַח / Vayishlach, B’reisheet/Genesis 32:4-36:43, which includes Jacob’s reconciliation with his estranged brother Esau, and the most famous (… the only) wrestling match in the Torah which gave the patriarch a lifelong limp and a new name. R. Shari will deliver a d’rash inspired by themes in the parashah, as she did two decades ago.
After services, stay for our Kiddush & Kibbitz potluck. If you can, bring a dish to share (but no pork or shellfish).
For those unable to attend in person, the service will be live-streamed via Zoom and on the KBS YouTube Channel and Facebook page. Zoom connection information will be provided by email.
