The Center of Jewish Life in Broward

Looking for a meaningful Shabbat experience from home? Join Rabbi Mark Goldman for a warm, interactive and inspiring Shabbat morning experience featuring prayer, music, Torah conversation and meaningful connection, all from the comfort of your home. Soul and Scroll, where Shabbat feels like home, wherever you are. Click here for Zoom. Zoom password: 033402 ...

Join us for an engaging and interactive beginners class in Hebrew! This course is designed for those with little to no prior knowledge of the Hebrew language. You will learn the basics of reading, writing and speaking Hebrew, including the alphabet, essential vocabulary and simple grammar. Whether you are interested in enhancing your cultural understanding […] ...

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Why does the Torah sometimes tell the same story twice, but with different details? Did Moses remember events differently? Is the Torah contradicting itself? Or is something much deeper happening? In this engaging, text-based study, we will read the Torah closely, comparing parallel passages, from the Ten Commandments and the revelation at Sinai to the […] ...

When we think of the women of the Bible, names like Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, Leah, Miriam, Ruth and Esther often come to mind. But the Bible is filled with many other remarkable women whose stories are equally compelling, and whose lives still speak to us today. Join Dr. Sandra Lilienthal for an eight-session journey into […] ...

How did Jews choose leaders before there were elections? What made Moses, kings, prophets, rabbis and communal officials legitimate? Does authority come from God, heredity, scholarship, moral character, popular consent or simply from possessing power? Over 13 weeks, the class will examine competing Jewish models of leadership and place them in conversation with modern democracy. […] ...

Real Dilemmas. Honest Conversations. Jewish Insight. Life rarely presents us with easy answers. Every day we face questions about family, relationships, ethics, work, faith, aging, forgiveness, generosity and purpose. What would you do? Each week, we will begin with a real-life dilemma and invite everyone into the conversation. Together we will explore different perspectives before […] ...

By popular request, we are bringing back our weekly exploration of the mitzvot, one commandment at a time. We often translate mitzvot as “good deeds,” but they are much more than that: the 613 biblical commandments, each rooted in a verse of the Torah and developed through centuries of Jewish tradition. Guided by the 13th-century […] ...