ADULT EDUCATION

Our in-person Adult Education sessions will begin in September for the 2024-2025 membership year and will take place at our a location in the Kensington area in Montgomery County.

Current 2024-2025 Sessions

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Please click HERE for information on joining Machar or email administrator@machar.org if you are interested in coming to a session or two in the 2024-2025 year.

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Machar continues to employ health and safety policies and procedures in order to prevent COVID-19 infections and transmission.

Wearing masks is optional.  But of course please stay home if you don’t feel well!

Thank you for your willingness to help keep all members of our community safe and healthy!

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ADULT ED RECORDINGS

Sunday May 12, 2024

Guest Speaker: Michael Podhorzer – What’s Ahead for American Labor Activism?

Sunday May 19, 2024

Guest Speaker: Maggie Paxson -- Bomb Shelter Cafe

Sunday April 14, 2024 

Guest Speaker: Paul Golin – Jews for a Secular Democracy: Topics in 2024

Sunday, May 21, 2023

Eric Kashdan – Challenges, Trends in US Democracy Law

Sunday, May 14, 2023
Rabbi Jeremy Kridel - Essential to Judaism, or the Essence of Judaism?

Sunday April 23, 2023
Annual Membership Meeting
Please email administrator@machar.org if you would like a link to view the recording of this meeting.

Sunday, April 2, 2023
Kathy Tran - Being Jewish/Asian/American as a Public Figure

Sunday, March 19, 2023
Dan Mach – "Is Religious Freedom Still Protected?"

Sunday, March 5, 2023
Rabbi Jeremy Kridel - Esther and Other Oddities (Purim Presentation)

Sunday, February 12, 2023
Akiva Liberman – Anti-semitism and philo-semitism in the US

Sunday, February 5, 2023
Brandon Schorsch - Becoming Radicalized on the Internet

Sunday, January 22, 2023
Ukraine – Update, and Personal Takes on the War

Sunday, January 8, 2023
Marc Mauer – A Suitcase of Letters: The Wartime Correspondence of Joe and Millie Mauer

Sunday, December 4, 2022
Donald Cohen – Resisting the Privatizing and Plunder of Public Goods

Sunday, November 20, 2022
Dr. Uki Maroshek-Klarmon – Promoting Peace through Experiential Learning

Sunday, November 6, 2022
Lesley Frost –  Jews and Reproductive Justice in 2022

Sunday, October 23, 2022
Sarah Levin - Religious Freedom: Sword or Shield?

Sunday, October 16, 2022
Peter Barnes – Can Universal Property Cure Capitalism and Save the Climate?

Sunday, May 22, 2022
Emmanuel Dreyfus – The Dreyfus Affair: A Familial Perspective

Sunday, May 15, 2022
David Peimer – The Image of the Jew in Contemporary Film:Shylock, a case study

Sunday, May 1, 2022
Manny Pastreich – My 50 Year Journey in the Labor Movement: Past, Present, and Future

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More recordings of our Adult Education presentations can be found by scrolling down to "Past Presentations."
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If you are not a member of Machar, but interested in trying out a session or two, please contact administrator@machar.org for more information about attending.

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Adult education meets each Sunday morning the Jewish Cultural School is in session, usually weekly each month, from September through May.  We engage in lifelong learning as we listen to our fellow members and guest speakers on a variety of topics centered around themes of Judaism, Humanism, and other social, humanitarian, or personal issues.  There is always plenty of time for questions and discussion.

Machar’s Adult Education Program Objectives

1. Help Machar members to increase their access to the best of Jewish and Secular Humanist perspectives and practices;

2. Complement Machar’s educational programs for children and teens, Shabbat and holiday programs, community service, social action, and other activities;

3. Tap into the vast array of skills and talents of the members of our congregation;

4. Reflect the diversity of interests and backgrounds of the members of Machar;

5. Incorporate principles and practices of effective adult education;

6. Contribute to strengthening the sense of community within Machar;

7.  Introduce Machar to a wider audience.

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Past Presentations:

Sunday, April 3, 2022
Adult Ed Passover Session with Rabbi Jeremy

Sunday, March 13, 2022
Adult Ed Purim Session with Rabbi Jeremy

Sunday, February 27, 2022
Anthony Magnabosco – Street Epistemology

Sunday, February 6, 2022
Cherie Brown – Taking on Antisemitism in a Politicized Environment

Sunday, December 12, 2021
Gene Bruskin - Reflections on Labor and Working Class Culture

Sunday, November 21, 2021
David Zirin - The Kaepernick Effect: Sports, Politics, and Social Justice

Sunday, November 7, 2021
Paul Golin - Who Are America’s 1.5 Million “Jews of No Religion” And What Do They Really Believe?

Sunday, October 24, 2021
Joelle Novey - Our Jewish Response to Climate Change

Sunday, October 17, 2021
Rabbi Jeremy Kridel in conversation with Sasha Sagan: Rituals and Celebrations Rooted in Science

Sunday, October 10, 2021
Jennie Guilfoyle - Immigration at the Crossroads: Asylum Protection Under the Biden Administration

Sunday, September 26, 2021
Sukkot & Simchat Torah with Rabbi Jeremy Kridel

July 11, 2021
Rabbi Jeremy Kridel - Israeli Politics: A Primer

May 16, 2021
David Baron – The Environment, the Law, and Jewish Values

February 28, 2021
Rabbi Denise Handlarski - Flipping the Script on Intermarriage

February 14, 2021
Esther Safran Foer - "I Want You to Know We're Still Here," a Book Talk

January 31, 2021
Sidney Wolfe - A Different Kind of Preventive Medicine

December 13, 2020
Jews United for Justice: History, Mission and Current Legislative Issues in Maryland with Laura Wallace

November 1, 2020
Separation of Church and State and Racial Justice: A Critical Nexus with Rachel Laser

October 25, 2020
Covering COVID: A View from NPR with Joe Palca

November 8, 2015
Supporting Others Through Difficult Times - LindaTebelman presentation

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