Events

(Class 22) Adult Program:       "The Role of the Righteous Gentiles during the Holocaust" A presentation by Peretz member Deborah Silberstein Who are the heroes of the Holocaust? What inner strength and sense of ethics did they possess to have aided and/or saved not only individual lives, but also the preservation of conscience[...]

Adult Program: Avrom Sutzkever: Legendary Poet and Hero of the Vilna Ghetto Avrom Sutzkever (July 15, 1913 - January 20, 2010) was an acclaimed Yiddish poet. This multimedia presentation by Nikolai Borodulin will give an account of his astounding life with samples of his breath-taking poetry. The New York Times wrote that Sutzkever was "the[...]

(Class 23) Adult Program: Evolution, Creationism, and the State of Science Education in America A presentation by Peretz School Principal Jeremy Freedman Evolution has been a grand unifying theory in science for 100 years and yet there are groups that are still challenging this idea. These groups have a great influence on the text books[...]

(Class 24) Purim Celebration (Highland Park Food Pantry Drive) (Family Event)

(Class 25) Adult Program: "Biblical Laws from a Secular Jewish Social Justice Perspective” A presentation by Peretz member Ron Herrmann Ron will use a secular social justice perspective to examine a few original biblical laws from the Torah. To do that, he will review the original biblical terms for law, justice, judgment and the later[...]

(Class 26) Adult Program: A Tikkun Olam Book Discussion Group: “The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty by Peter Singer” A presentation by Peretz members Nancy Glazer and Nancy Bernheimer Peretz parents and community members are invited to read “The Life You Can Save,” a book by Peter Singer, Princeton philosopher[...]

Sunday School Class Sunday School Class AM; Passover Seder at 3:00 PM (Family Event)