Upcoming events
JAMI Classes (4th grade - 9th Grade)
Students in Session 1 attend class 4:30pm - 6:00pm
T’filah for all students is 6:00pm - 6:30pm. Families are welcome and encouraged to join!
Students in Session 2 attend class 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Questions? Email Forrest!
MahJong 101 with Marybeth Weisberg
The program is free but registration is currently full: email rabbijoey@shirtikvahmn.org to get on the wait
Location: Shir Tikvah’s library
Mahjong 101 is the perfect introduction to this fun, fast-paced game of skill, strategy, and a little bit of luck!
In this beginner-friendly class, you’ll learn:
The basic rules and flow of American Mahjong
How to read the National Mahjong League card
Tile names, suits, and simple strategies
How to set up, deal, and start playing with confidence
No experience needed. While the class will be offered free of charge, Marybeth requests that all students order a 2025 Mah Jong card before the first session.
Wednesdays 6:30PM-8PM on Oct. 22, Oct. 29, Nov. 5 and Nov. 12.
Evening Minyan: In Person
Come join us to pray. Evening minyan gives participants a chance to deepen their engagement with the liturgy, with Jewish learning and spirituality, and (best of all) with other members of Shir Tikvah. In addition to praying together, we’ll take a few minutes each week to dive into one section of the Amidah. This space provides transition and grounding for those going into meetings and classes on Thursday nights at Shir Tikvah, along with anyone else seeking a place to say kaddish, sit in quiet, and pray in community.
Soulful Jewish Living (In-person)
Tuition is $216 with no one turned away for lack of funds (if you’d like to request a scholarship, please fill out this form before registering for the class). Register here
At Shir Tikvah on Thursday nights, 6:30 PM - 8:00PM CST 10/30 - 2/5
Soulful Jewish Living (SJL) is an intro to Judaism course focused on the foundations of building and living a Jewish life. Together we’ll explore Jewish time and look at Jewish holidays, practices, and life cycle moments. This course is geared towards anyone who wants to learn more or delve more deeply into Jewish practice including those who want to update (or unlearn) their Hebrew School education, interfaith couples, and those returning to or interested in exploring Judaism. SJL is the first of two 12-week courses that form an intro to Judaism sequence which is required for conversion students at Shir Tikvah.
For any questions about the class, please email office@shirtikvahmn.org.
Creation, X-Ray Vision, and Sacred Light: A Svara-Style Deep Dive into the Torah of Hanukkah with R’ Joey Glick
Tuition: $100 (scholarships available to all who need them here) Register here.
In-person 6:30-8:15PM Thursdays, Oct. 30th, Nov. 6th, Nov. 20th
Cosponsored by Hineni and Shir Tikvah
Have you ever wanted to dip your toes into mystical Jewish wisdom? Have you ever dreamt of studying Jewish sources in their original language, with no translation? In this class, we’ll study a short passage of Talmud that discusses the nature of creation, the dangers of studying mysticism, and the mysteries living within the Hannukah candles. We’ll learn this passage in the original Hebrew and Aramaic, drawing on tools and methods developed by a Svara, a traditionally radical Queer Yeshiva. The only prerequisite for this class is the ability to sound out the Hebrew alphabet, no other Hebrew language skills required. Through close study with a peer, deep dictionary sleuthing, and careful grammar parsing, we’ll explore together the Jewish wisdom of darkness and light.
This class forms the first leg of the inaugural Twin Cities Tour de Torah. Communities across the Cities will be offering text and arts based courses leading up to Jewish Holidays with the goal of finding spiritual tools for our times. Students can jump in at any leg. Those who race the whole tour will receive a special prize. Check out the next leg of the Tour: Illuminating Wisdom in the Dark: Hannukah Leaning through the Jewish Studio Process with Lillie Benowitz of Sustain Studio.
Junior Youth Group (6th - 8th grades) Overnight
6th-8th grade students are invited to join us for a night of fun, nosh, and schmoozing. Questions? Email Forrest!
Kabbalat Shabbat
AT THE HEART OF OUR COMMUNITY IS SONG, OUR SHIR TIKVAH, OUR SONG OF HOPE.
We raise our voices in song and gratitude, helping each other come to a place of rest and release each Shabbat. On Shabbat, all of creation rests. All who come to uplift the dignity and sanctity of all of creation are welcome in the Shir Tikvah sanctuary - comers of all faiths, identity, gender, race, ability, and familial structure.
KABBALAT SHABBAT
On Friday night, we gather in our multi-modal sanctuary to greet Shabbat with song, poetry, learning and connecting with one another. Led by our rabbi team and by an inspiring constellation of community leaders, our Kabbalat Shabbat (welcoming Shabbat) services are musical, accessible (closed captions and a full transcript of the service are available), warm and connective.
Join us in person at Shir Tikvah
History, Human Rights, and the Future of Jerusalem with Munir Nuseibah
Sundays Nov. 2nd, 9th, 16th from 10AM-11:30AM on Zoom.
Tuition is free, please register here.
This three part course will explore the past hundred years of Palestinian history in Jerusalem as a case study in displacement, domination, dispossession and resilience. The class will be taught by Munir Nuseibah, a legal scholar and human rights advocate whose family has lived in Jerusalem for over 1000 years. The course will look at specific moments in Jerusalem's recent past, including the Nakba/Israeli state establishment, and the 1967 occupation, along with contemporary barriers to human rights, including residency and building restrictions, forcible displacement and dispossession. Building on these stories, Munir will invite participants to envision possibilities for a just future in Jerusalem and Israel/Palestine—one rooted in equal rights, citizenship, the repair of injustices and mutual recognition of both Palestinian and Israeli humanity.
Soulful Jewish Living (Zoom)
Tuition is $216 with no one turned away for lack of funds (if you’d like to request a scholarship, please fill out this form before registering for the class). Register here
On zoom on Tuesday nights, 6PM-7:30PM CST 10/21 - 1/6
Soulful Jewish Living (SJL) is an intro to Judaism course focused on the foundations of building and living a Jewish life. Together we’ll explore Jewish time and look at Jewish holidays, practices, and life cycle moments. This course is geared towards anyone who wants to learn more or delve more deeply into Jewish practice including those who want to update (or unlearn) their Hebrew School education, interfaith couples, and those returning to or interested in exploring Judaism. SJL is the first of two 12-week courses that form an intro to Judaism sequence which is required for conversion students at Shir Tikvah.
For any questions about the class, please email office@shirtikvahmn.org.
JAMI Classes (4th grade - 9th Grade)
Students in Session 1 attend class 4:30pm - 6:00pm
T’filah for all students is 6:00pm - 6:30pm. Families are welcome and encouraged to join!
Students in Session 2 attend class 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Questions? Email Forrest!
MahJong 101 with Marybeth Weisberg
The program is free but registration is currently full: email rabbijoey@shirtikvahmn.org to get on the wait
Location: Shir Tikvah’s library
Mahjong 101 is the perfect introduction to this fun, fast-paced game of skill, strategy, and a little bit of luck!
In this beginner-friendly class, you’ll learn:
The basic rules and flow of American Mahjong
How to read the National Mahjong League card
Tile names, suits, and simple strategies
How to set up, deal, and start playing with confidence
No experience needed. While the class will be offered free of charge, Marybeth requests that all students order a 2025 Mah Jong card before the first session.
Wednesdays 6:30PM-8PM on Oct. 22, Oct. 29, Nov. 5 and Nov. 12.
Evening Minyan: In Person
Come join us to pray. Evening minyan gives participants a chance to deepen their engagement with the liturgy, with Jewish learning and spirituality, and (best of all) with other members of Shir Tikvah. In addition to praying together, we’ll take a few minutes each week to dive into one section of the Amidah. This space provides transition and grounding for those going into meetings and classes on Thursday nights at Shir Tikvah, along with anyone else seeking a place to say kaddish, sit in quiet, and pray in community.
Soulful Jewish Living (In-person)
Tuition is $216 with no one turned away for lack of funds (if you’d like to request a scholarship, please fill out this form before registering for the class). Register here
At Shir Tikvah on Thursday nights, 6:30 PM - 8:00PM CST 10/30 - 2/5
Soulful Jewish Living (SJL) is an intro to Judaism course focused on the foundations of building and living a Jewish life. Together we’ll explore Jewish time and look at Jewish holidays, practices, and life cycle moments. This course is geared towards anyone who wants to learn more or delve more deeply into Jewish practice including those who want to update (or unlearn) their Hebrew School education, interfaith couples, and those returning to or interested in exploring Judaism. SJL is the first of two 12-week courses that form an intro to Judaism sequence which is required for conversion students at Shir Tikvah.
For any questions about the class, please email office@shirtikvahmn.org.
Soulful Jewish Living (In-person)
Tuition is $216 with no one turned away for lack of funds (if you’d like to request a scholarship, please fill out this form before registering for the class). Register here
At Shir Tikvah on Thursday nights, 6:30 PM - 8:00PM CST 10/30 - 2/5
Soulful Jewish Living (SJL) is an intro to Judaism course focused on the foundations of building and living a Jewish life. Together we’ll explore Jewish time and look at Jewish holidays, practices, and life cycle moments. This course is geared towards anyone who wants to learn more or delve more deeply into Jewish practice including those who want to update (or unlearn) their Hebrew School education, interfaith couples, and those returning to or interested in exploring Judaism. SJL is the first of two 12-week courses that form an intro to Judaism sequence which is required for conversion students at Shir Tikvah.
For any questions about the class, please email office@shirtikvahmn.org.
Why Do We Need a Queer Holocaust History?
Cosponsored by the Center for Austrian Studies, Center for German & European Studies, Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies, the Human Rights Program, Institute for Global Studies, Department of Anthropology, Department of German Nordic, Slavic & Dutch, Department of History, Department of Sociology, JPride, Quatrefoil Library, Queermunity, and Shir Tikvah
About the Talk: Where are the stories of great queer love in the Shoah? There are almost none. In her new book, People without History are Dust: Queer Desire in the Holocaust (newly translated into English and published by the University of Toronto Press), Anna Hájková explains why the history of same-sex desire in the Shoah, that is, queerness among Jews persecuted by the Nazis for their race, has been excluded and marginalized, and how its return to our understanding of the Holocaust can offer an inclusive and feminist history of this genocide. Based on original and extensive archival research, Hájková offers a concise insight into the queer history of the Holocaust for beginners and advanced alike.
About the Speaker: Dr Anna Hájková is Reader of modern European continental history at the University of Warwick, UK, and the pioneer of queer Holocaust history. She is the author of, among others, The Last Ghetto: An Everyday History of Theresienstadt (Oxford University Press, 2020) and People without History are Dust: Queer Desire in the Holocaust (University of Toronto Press, 2025).
Kabbalat Shabbat
AT THE HEART OF OUR COMMUNITY IS SONG, OUR SHIR TIKVAH, OUR SONG OF HOPE.
We raise our voices in song and gratitude, helping each other come to a place of rest and release each Shabbat. On Shabbat, all of creation rests. All who come to uplift the dignity and sanctity of all of creation are welcome in the Shir Tikvah sanctuary - comers of all faiths, identity, gender, race, ability, and familial structure.
KABBALAT SHABBAT
On Friday night, we gather in our multi-modal sanctuary to greet Shabbat with song, poetry, learning and connecting with one another. Led by our rabbi team and by an inspiring constellation of community leaders, our Kabbalat Shabbat (welcoming Shabbat) services are musical, accessible (closed captions and a full transcript of the service are available), warm and connective.
Join us in person at Shir Tikvah
Tot Shabbat
On the third Saturday morning of each month, our youngest and their families sing, dance, and learn together. Oneg (Shabbat treats) follow the service. Infant-Pre-K. No registration required.
Questions? Email Forrest!
History, Human Rights, and the Future of Jerusalem with Munir Nuseibah
Sundays Nov. 2nd, 9th, 16th from 10AM-11:30AM on Zoom.
Tuition is free, please register here.
This three part course will explore the past hundred years of Palestinian history in Jerusalem as a case study in displacement, domination, dispossession and resilience. The class will be taught by Munir Nuseibah, a legal scholar and human rights advocate whose family has lived in Jerusalem for over 1000 years. The course will look at specific moments in Jerusalem's recent past, including the Nakba/Israeli state establishment, and the 1967 occupation, along with contemporary barriers to human rights, including residency and building restrictions, forcible displacement and dispossession. Building on these stories, Munir will invite participants to envision possibilities for a just future in Jerusalem and Israel/Palestine—one rooted in equal rights, citizenship, the repair of injustices and mutual recognition of both Palestinian and Israeli humanity.
Soulful Jewish Living (Zoom)
Tuition is $216 with no one turned away for lack of funds (if you’d like to request a scholarship, please fill out this form before registering for the class). Register here
On zoom on Tuesday nights, 6PM-7:30PM CST 10/21 - 1/6
Soulful Jewish Living (SJL) is an intro to Judaism course focused on the foundations of building and living a Jewish life. Together we’ll explore Jewish time and look at Jewish holidays, practices, and life cycle moments. This course is geared towards anyone who wants to learn more or delve more deeply into Jewish practice including those who want to update (or unlearn) their Hebrew School education, interfaith couples, and those returning to or interested in exploring Judaism. SJL is the first of two 12-week courses that form an intro to Judaism sequence which is required for conversion students at Shir Tikvah.
For any questions about the class, please email office@shirtikvahmn.org.
JAMI Classes (4th grade - 9th Grade)
Students in Session 1 attend class 4:30pm - 6:00pm
T’filah for all students is 6:00pm - 6:30pm. Families are welcome and encouraged to join!
Students in Session 2 attend class 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Questions? Email Forrest!
Evening Minyan: In Person
Come join us to pray. Evening minyan gives participants a chance to deepen their engagement with the liturgy, with Jewish learning and spirituality, and (best of all) with other members of Shir Tikvah. In addition to praying together, we’ll take a few minutes each week to dive into one section of the Amidah. This space provides transition and grounding for those going into meetings and classes on Thursday nights at Shir Tikvah, along with anyone else seeking a place to say kaddish, sit in quiet, and pray in community.
Creation, X-Ray Vision, and Sacred Light: A Svara-Style Deep Dive into the Torah of Hanukkah with R’ Joey Glick
Tuition: $100 (scholarships available to all who need them here) Register here.
In-person 6:30-8:15PM Thursdays, Oct. 30th, Nov. 6th, Nov. 20th
Cosponsored by Hineni and Shir Tikvah
Have you ever wanted to dip your toes into mystical Jewish wisdom? Have you ever dreamt of studying Jewish sources in their original language, with no translation? In this class, we’ll study a short passage of Talmud that discusses the nature of creation, the dangers of studying mysticism, and the mysteries living within the Hannukah candles. We’ll learn this passage in the original Hebrew and Aramaic, drawing on tools and methods developed by a Svara, a traditionally radical Queer Yeshiva. The only prerequisite for this class is the ability to sound out the Hebrew alphabet, no other Hebrew language skills required. Through close study with a peer, deep dictionary sleuthing, and careful grammar parsing, we’ll explore together the Jewish wisdom of darkness and light.
This class forms the first leg of the inaugural Twin Cities Tour de Torah. Communities across the Cities will be offering text and arts based courses leading up to Jewish Holidays with the goal of finding spiritual tools for our times. Students can jump in at any leg. Those who race the whole tour will receive a special prize. Check out the next leg of the Tour: Illuminating Wisdom in the Dark: Hannukah Leaning through the Jewish Studio Process with Lillie Benowitz of Sustain Studio.
Soulful Jewish Living (In-person)
Tuition is $216 with no one turned away for lack of funds (if you’d like to request a scholarship, please fill out this form before registering for the class). Register here
At Shir Tikvah on Thursday nights, 6:30 PM - 8:00PM CST 10/30 - 2/5
Soulful Jewish Living (SJL) is an intro to Judaism course focused on the foundations of building and living a Jewish life. Together we’ll explore Jewish time and look at Jewish holidays, practices, and life cycle moments. This course is geared towards anyone who wants to learn more or delve more deeply into Jewish practice including those who want to update (or unlearn) their Hebrew School education, interfaith couples, and those returning to or interested in exploring Judaism. SJL is the first of two 12-week courses that form an intro to Judaism sequence which is required for conversion students at Shir Tikvah.
For any questions about the class, please email office@shirtikvahmn.org.
JAMI Shabbat Evening
JAMI Shabbat Evening is for our 2nd-5th grade JAMI students and their families. Questions? Email Forrest!
Kabbalat Shabbat
AT THE HEART OF OUR COMMUNITY IS SONG, OUR SHIR TIKVAH, OUR SONG OF HOPE.
We raise our voices in song and gratitude, helping each other come to a place of rest and release each Shabbat. On Shabbat, all of creation rests. All who come to uplift the dignity and sanctity of all of creation are welcome in the Shir Tikvah sanctuary - comers of all faiths, identity, gender, race, ability, and familial structure.
KABBALAT SHABBAT
On Friday night, we gather in our multi-modal sanctuary to greet Shabbat with song, poetry, learning and connecting with one another. Led by our rabbi team and by an inspiring constellation of community leaders, our Kabbalat Shabbat (welcoming Shabbat) services are musical, accessible (closed captions and a full transcript of the service are available), warm and connective.
Join us in person at Shir Tikvah
La'al Shabbat
La’al Shabbat is a program for our 6th grade JAMI students and their families. Questions? Email Forrest!
Torah Café
Need a coffee, tea, or snack break? Stop by Sovereign Grounds with Jayce for a quick 15-30 bite of Torah at 10:00 am, followed by a little shmooze till 11:00 am. You’re welcome to drop in for just a few minutes, hang out for the whole hour, or bring your laptop to do a little work afterwards.
Torah Café happens each month at a rotating local cafe. Have a recommendation for a café for us to visit? Have a little Torah you’d like to teach? Reach out to Jayce.
Soulful Jewish Living (Zoom)
Tuition is $216 with no one turned away for lack of funds (if you’d like to request a scholarship, please fill out this form before registering for the class). Register here
On zoom on Tuesday nights, 6PM-7:30PM CST 10/21 - 1/6
Soulful Jewish Living (SJL) is an intro to Judaism course focused on the foundations of building and living a Jewish life. Together we’ll explore Jewish time and look at Jewish holidays, practices, and life cycle moments. This course is geared towards anyone who wants to learn more or delve more deeply into Jewish practice including those who want to update (or unlearn) their Hebrew School education, interfaith couples, and those returning to or interested in exploring Judaism. SJL is the first of two 12-week courses that form an intro to Judaism sequence which is required for conversion students at Shir Tikvah.
For any questions about the class, please email office@shirtikvahmn.org.
JAMI Closed (Thanksgiving Break)
JAMI will be closed for Thanksgiving Break. Questions? Email Forrest.
Soulful Jewish Living (In-person)
Tuition is $216 with no one turned away for lack of funds (if you’d like to request a scholarship, please fill out this form before registering for the class). Register here
At Shir Tikvah on Thursday nights, 6:30 PM - 8:00PM CST 10/30 - 2/5
Soulful Jewish Living (SJL) is an intro to Judaism course focused on the foundations of building and living a Jewish life. Together we’ll explore Jewish time and look at Jewish holidays, practices, and life cycle moments. This course is geared towards anyone who wants to learn more or delve more deeply into Jewish practice including those who want to update (or unlearn) their Hebrew School education, interfaith couples, and those returning to or interested in exploring Judaism. SJL is the first of two 12-week courses that form an intro to Judaism sequence which is required for conversion students at Shir Tikvah.
For any questions about the class, please email office@shirtikvahmn.org.
Kabbalat Shabbat
AT THE HEART OF OUR COMMUNITY IS SONG, OUR SHIR TIKVAH, OUR SONG OF HOPE.
We raise our voices in song and gratitude, helping each other come to a place of rest and release each Shabbat. On Shabbat, all of creation rests. All who come to uplift the dignity and sanctity of all of creation are welcome in the Shir Tikvah sanctuary - comers of all faiths, identity, gender, race, ability, and familial structure.
KABBALAT SHABBAT
On Friday night, we gather in our multi-modal sanctuary to greet Shabbat with song, poetry, learning and connecting with one another. Led by our rabbi team and by an inspiring constellation of community leaders, our Kabbalat Shabbat (welcoming Shabbat) services are musical, accessible (closed captions and a full transcript of the service are available), warm and connective.
Join us in person at Shir Tikvah
Soulful Jewish Living (Zoom)
Tuition is $216 with no one turned away for lack of funds (if you’d like to request a scholarship, please fill out this form before registering for the class). Register here
On zoom on Tuesday nights, 6PM-7:30PM CST 10/21 - 1/6
Soulful Jewish Living (SJL) is an intro to Judaism course focused on the foundations of building and living a Jewish life. Together we’ll explore Jewish time and look at Jewish holidays, practices, and life cycle moments. This course is geared towards anyone who wants to learn more or delve more deeply into Jewish practice including those who want to update (or unlearn) their Hebrew School education, interfaith couples, and those returning to or interested in exploring Judaism. SJL is the first of two 12-week courses that form an intro to Judaism sequence which is required for conversion students at Shir Tikvah.
For any questions about the class, please email office@shirtikvahmn.org.
JAMI Classes (4th grade - 9th Grade)
Students in Session 1 attend class 4:30pm - 6:00pm
T’filah for all students is 6:00pm - 6:30pm. Families are welcome and encouraged to join!
Students in Session 2 attend class 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Questions? Email Forrest!
Evening Minyan: In Person
Come join us to pray. Evening minyan gives participants a chance to deepen their engagement with the liturgy, with Jewish learning and spirituality, and (best of all) with other members of Shir Tikvah. In addition to praying together, we’ll take a few minutes each week to dive into one section of the Amidah. This space provides transition and grounding for those going into meetings and classes on Thursday nights at Shir Tikvah, along with anyone else seeking a place to say kaddish, sit in quiet, and pray in community.
Illuminating Wisdom in the Dark: Hannukah Learning through the Jewish Studio Process with Lillie Benowitz of Sustain Studio
Tuition: $100 (scholarships available to all who need them here) Register here.
In-person 6:30-8:15PM Thursdays, Dec. 4th, Dec. 11th, Dec. 18th
Cosponsored by Hineni and Shir Tikvah
Cosponsored by Shir Tikvah, Hineni, and Sustain Studio
In Person at Shir Tikvah
Join Sustain Studio for a 3-part series exploring what it means to create, reflect, and tend to our inner lives in the season of sacred light and encompassing dark, using the Jewish Studio Process. This ritually held practice includes text study, then a guided creative process of art making and witnessing what came through. Anchored in the lead-up to Hanukkah and the growing darkness of winter, this series invites us to connect with our innate creativity as a spiritual practice and to explore how light emerges from darkness, and what wisdom this season kindles within each of us. This series is accessible to anyone regardless of experience with art making. Materials will be provided.
This class forms the second leg of the inaugural Twin Cities Tour de Torah. Communities across the Cities will be offering text and arts-based courses leading up to Jewish Holidays with the goal of finding spiritual tools for our times. Students can jump in at any leg. Those who race the whole tour will receive a special prize. Stay tuned for information about the next leg of our journey.
Soulful Jewish Living (In-person)
Tuition is $216 with no one turned away for lack of funds (if you’d like to request a scholarship, please fill out this form before registering for the class). Register here
At Shir Tikvah on Thursday nights, 6:30 PM - 8:00PM CST 10/30 - 2/5
Soulful Jewish Living (SJL) is an intro to Judaism course focused on the foundations of building and living a Jewish life. Together we’ll explore Jewish time and look at Jewish holidays, practices, and life cycle moments. This course is geared towards anyone who wants to learn more or delve more deeply into Jewish practice including those who want to update (or unlearn) their Hebrew School education, interfaith couples, and those returning to or interested in exploring Judaism. SJL is the first of two 12-week courses that form an intro to Judaism sequence which is required for conversion students at Shir Tikvah.
For any questions about the class, please email office@shirtikvahmn.org.
Kabbalat Shabbat
AT THE HEART OF OUR COMMUNITY IS SONG, OUR SHIR TIKVAH, OUR SONG OF HOPE.
We raise our voices in song and gratitude, helping each other come to a place of rest and release each Shabbat. On Shabbat, all of creation rests. All who come to uplift the dignity and sanctity of all of creation are welcome in the Shir Tikvah sanctuary - comers of all faiths, identity, gender, race, ability, and familial structure.
KABBALAT SHABBAT
On Friday night, we gather in our multi-modal sanctuary to greet Shabbat with song, poetry, learning and connecting with one another. Led by our rabbi team and by an inspiring constellation of community leaders, our Kabbalat Shabbat (welcoming Shabbat) services are musical, accessible (closed captions and a full transcript of the service are available), warm and connective.
Join us in person at Shir Tikvah
Israeli and Palestinian Short Stories Side by Side with Stacy Beckwith
Sundays Dec. 7, 14, 21, 28 and Jan. 4 from 2PM-3:30PM
Tuition: $90 with no one turned away for lack of funds (if you’d like to request a scholarship, please fill out this form before registering for the class)
Register here
Since before the 1940s, short fiction has been a space where Israeli and Palestinian authors have distilled the world around them for eager and devoted readers, creating mental pictures of their own and each others' communities. We'll explore stories by Israeli Jewish and primarily nearby Palestinian writers, who were or are citizens of Israel. We'll discuss how their senses of home, heritage, and one another have evolved through significant moments in Israeli-Palestinian relations - particularly the wars of 1948 and 1967, then through the alternating Intifada and Oslo Peace eras, from the late 1980s into the 2000s.
Soulful Jewish Living (Zoom)
Tuition is $216 with no one turned away for lack of funds (if you’d like to request a scholarship, please fill out this form before registering for the class). Register here
On zoom on Tuesday nights, 6PM-7:30PM CST 10/21 - 1/6
Soulful Jewish Living (SJL) is an intro to Judaism course focused on the foundations of building and living a Jewish life. Together we’ll explore Jewish time and look at Jewish holidays, practices, and life cycle moments. This course is geared towards anyone who wants to learn more or delve more deeply into Jewish practice including those who want to update (or unlearn) their Hebrew School education, interfaith couples, and those returning to or interested in exploring Judaism. SJL is the first of two 12-week courses that form an intro to Judaism sequence which is required for conversion students at Shir Tikvah.
For any questions about the class, please email office@shirtikvahmn.org.
JAMI Classes (4th grade - 9th Grade)
Students in Session 1 attend class 4:30pm - 6:00pm
T’filah for all students is 6:00pm - 6:30pm. Families are welcome and encouraged to join!
Students in Session 2 attend class 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Questions? Email Forrest!
Evening Minyan: In Person
Come join us to pray. Evening minyan gives participants a chance to deepen their engagement with the liturgy, with Jewish learning and spirituality, and (best of all) with other members of Shir Tikvah. In addition to praying together, we’ll take a few minutes each week to dive into one section of the Amidah. This space provides transition and grounding for those going into meetings and classes on Thursday nights at Shir Tikvah, along with anyone else seeking a place to say kaddish, sit in quiet, and pray in community.
Illuminating Wisdom in the Dark: Hannukah Learning through the Jewish Studio Process with Lillie Benowitz of Sustain Studio
Tuition: $100 (scholarships available to all who need them here) Register here.
In-person 6:30-8:15PM Thursdays, Dec. 4th, Dec. 11th, Dec. 18th
Cosponsored by Hineni and Shir Tikvah
Cosponsored by Shir Tikvah, Hineni, and Sustain Studio
In Person at Shir Tikvah
Join Sustain Studio for a 3-part series exploring what it means to create, reflect, and tend to our inner lives in the season of sacred light and encompassing dark, using the Jewish Studio Process. This ritually held practice includes text study, then a guided creative process of art making and witnessing what came through. Anchored in the lead-up to Hanukkah and the growing darkness of winter, this series invites us to connect with our innate creativity as a spiritual practice and to explore how light emerges from darkness, and what wisdom this season kindles within each of us. This series is accessible to anyone regardless of experience with art making. Materials will be provided.
This class forms the second leg of the inaugural Twin Cities Tour de Torah. Communities across the Cities will be offering text and arts-based courses leading up to Jewish Holidays with the goal of finding spiritual tools for our times. Students can jump in at any leg. Those who race the whole tour will receive a special prize. Stay tuned for information about the next leg of our journey.
Soulful Jewish Living (In-person)
Tuition is $216 with no one turned away for lack of funds (if you’d like to request a scholarship, please fill out this form before registering for the class). Register here
At Shir Tikvah on Thursday nights, 6:30 PM - 8:00PM CST 10/30 - 2/5
Soulful Jewish Living (SJL) is an intro to Judaism course focused on the foundations of building and living a Jewish life. Together we’ll explore Jewish time and look at Jewish holidays, practices, and life cycle moments. This course is geared towards anyone who wants to learn more or delve more deeply into Jewish practice including those who want to update (or unlearn) their Hebrew School education, interfaith couples, and those returning to or interested in exploring Judaism. SJL is the first of two 12-week courses that form an intro to Judaism sequence which is required for conversion students at Shir Tikvah.
For any questions about the class, please email office@shirtikvahmn.org.
Kabbalat Shabbat
AT THE HEART OF OUR COMMUNITY IS SONG, OUR SHIR TIKVAH, OUR SONG OF HOPE.
We raise our voices in song and gratitude, helping each other come to a place of rest and release each Shabbat. On Shabbat, all of creation rests. All who come to uplift the dignity and sanctity of all of creation are welcome in the Shir Tikvah sanctuary - comers of all faiths, identity, gender, race, ability, and familial structure.
KABBALAT SHABBAT
On Friday night, we gather in our multi-modal sanctuary to greet Shabbat with song, poetry, learning and connecting with one another. Led by our rabbi team and by an inspiring constellation of community leaders, our Kabbalat Shabbat (welcoming Shabbat) services are musical, accessible (closed captions and a full transcript of the service are available), warm and connective.
Join us in person at Shir Tikvah
Israeli and Palestinian Short Stories Side by Side with Stacy Beckwith
Sundays Dec. 7, 14, 21, 28 and Jan. 4 from 2PM-3:30PM
Tuition: $90 with no one turned away for lack of funds (if you’d like to request a scholarship, please fill out this form before registering for the class)
Register here
Since before the 1940s, short fiction has been a space where Israeli and Palestinian authors have distilled the world around them for eager and devoted readers, creating mental pictures of their own and each others' communities. We'll explore stories by Israeli Jewish and primarily nearby Palestinian writers, who were or are citizens of Israel. We'll discuss how their senses of home, heritage, and one another have evolved through significant moments in Israeli-Palestinian relations - particularly the wars of 1948 and 1967, then through the alternating Intifada and Oslo Peace eras, from the late 1980s into the 2000s.
A Wisenheimers Chanukah Party
A Chanukah dinner party with Latkes on Sunday Dec. 14 from 5 – 8:00 PM at Shir Tikvah
Join Shir Tikvah for a Chanukah celebration featuring a latke dinner and music. More information to come, including cost (which will cover the meal). By signing up on the RSVP form you’ll receive updates about the cost and the program.
Soulful Jewish Living (Zoom)
Tuition is $216 with no one turned away for lack of funds (if you’d like to request a scholarship, please fill out this form before registering for the class). Register here
On zoom on Tuesday nights, 6PM-7:30PM CST 10/21 - 1/6
Soulful Jewish Living (SJL) is an intro to Judaism course focused on the foundations of building and living a Jewish life. Together we’ll explore Jewish time and look at Jewish holidays, practices, and life cycle moments. This course is geared towards anyone who wants to learn more or delve more deeply into Jewish practice including those who want to update (or unlearn) their Hebrew School education, interfaith couples, and those returning to or interested in exploring Judaism. SJL is the first of two 12-week courses that form an intro to Judaism sequence which is required for conversion students at Shir Tikvah.
For any questions about the class, please email office@shirtikvahmn.org.
JAMI Classes (4th grade - 9th Grade)
Students in Session 1 attend class 4:30pm - 6:00pm
T’filah for all students is 6:00pm - 6:30pm. Families are welcome and encouraged to join!
Students in Session 2 attend class 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Questions? Email Forrest!
Evening Minyan: In Person
Come join us to pray. Evening minyan gives participants a chance to deepen their engagement with the liturgy, with Jewish learning and spirituality, and (best of all) with other members of Shir Tikvah. In addition to praying together, we’ll take a few minutes each week to dive into one section of the Amidah. This space provides transition and grounding for those going into meetings and classes on Thursday nights at Shir Tikvah, along with anyone else seeking a place to say kaddish, sit in quiet, and pray in community.
Soulful Jewish Living (In-person)
Tuition is $216 with no one turned away for lack of funds (if you’d like to request a scholarship, please fill out this form before registering for the class). Register here
At Shir Tikvah on Thursday nights, 6:30 PM - 8:00PM CST 10/30 - 2/5
Soulful Jewish Living (SJL) is an intro to Judaism course focused on the foundations of building and living a Jewish life. Together we’ll explore Jewish time and look at Jewish holidays, practices, and life cycle moments. This course is geared towards anyone who wants to learn more or delve more deeply into Jewish practice including those who want to update (or unlearn) their Hebrew School education, interfaith couples, and those returning to or interested in exploring Judaism. SJL is the first of two 12-week courses that form an intro to Judaism sequence which is required for conversion students at Shir Tikvah.
For any questions about the class, please email office@shirtikvahmn.org.
Illuminating Wisdom in the Dark: Hannukah Learning through the Jewish Studio Process with Lillie Benowitz of Sustain Studio
Tuition: $100 (scholarships available to all who need them here) Register here.
In-person 6:30-8:15PM Thursdays, Dec. 4th, Dec. 11th, Dec. 18th
Cosponsored by Hineni and Shir Tikvah
Cosponsored by Shir Tikvah, Hineni, and Sustain Studio
In Person at Shir Tikvah
Join Sustain Studio for a 3-part series exploring what it means to create, reflect, and tend to our inner lives in the season of sacred light and encompassing dark, using the Jewish Studio Process. This ritually held practice includes text study, then a guided creative process of art making and witnessing what came through. Anchored in the lead-up to Hanukkah and the growing darkness of winter, this series invites us to connect with our innate creativity as a spiritual practice and to explore how light emerges from darkness, and what wisdom this season kindles within each of us. This series is accessible to anyone regardless of experience with art making. Materials will be provided.
This class forms the second leg of the inaugural Twin Cities Tour de Torah. Communities across the Cities will be offering text and arts-based courses leading up to Jewish Holidays with the goal of finding spiritual tools for our times. Students can jump in at any leg. Those who race the whole tour will receive a special prize. Stay tuned for information about the next leg of our journey.
Kabbalat Shabbat
AT THE HEART OF OUR COMMUNITY IS SONG, OUR SHIR TIKVAH, OUR SONG OF HOPE.
We raise our voices in song and gratitude, helping each other come to a place of rest and release each Shabbat. On Shabbat, all of creation rests. All who come to uplift the dignity and sanctity of all of creation are welcome in the Shir Tikvah sanctuary - comers of all faiths, identity, gender, race, ability, and familial structure.
KABBALAT SHABBAT
On Friday night, we gather in our multi-modal sanctuary to greet Shabbat with song, poetry, learning and connecting with one another. Led by our rabbi team and by an inspiring constellation of community leaders, our Kabbalat Shabbat (welcoming Shabbat) services are musical, accessible (closed captions and a full transcript of the service are available), warm and connective.
Join us in person at Shir Tikvah
La'al Shabbat
La’al Shabbat is a program for our 6th grade JAMI students and their families. Questions? Email Forrest!
Tot Shabbat at Night! and Stories of the Season: Chanukkah
Join us for a special Tot Shabbat at night. On the third Saturday of each month, our youngest and their families sing, dance, and learn together. Oneg (Shabbat treats) follow the service. Infant-Pre-K. No registration required.
Questions? Email Forrest!
Israeli and Palestinian Short Stories Side by Side with Stacy Beckwith
Sundays Dec. 7, 14, 21, 28 and Jan. 4 from 2PM-3:30PM
Tuition: $90 with no one turned away for lack of funds (if you’d like to request a scholarship, please fill out this form before registering for the class)
Register here
Since before the 1940s, short fiction has been a space where Israeli and Palestinian authors have distilled the world around them for eager and devoted readers, creating mental pictures of their own and each others' communities. We'll explore stories by Israeli Jewish and primarily nearby Palestinian writers, who were or are citizens of Israel. We'll discuss how their senses of home, heritage, and one another have evolved through significant moments in Israeli-Palestinian relations - particularly the wars of 1948 and 1967, then through the alternating Intifada and Oslo Peace eras, from the late 1980s into the 2000s.
Soulful Jewish Living (Zoom)
Tuition is $216 with no one turned away for lack of funds (if you’d like to request a scholarship, please fill out this form before registering for the class). Register here
On zoom on Tuesday nights, 6PM-7:30PM CST 10/21 - 1/6
Soulful Jewish Living (SJL) is an intro to Judaism course focused on the foundations of building and living a Jewish life. Together we’ll explore Jewish time and look at Jewish holidays, practices, and life cycle moments. This course is geared towards anyone who wants to learn more or delve more deeply into Jewish practice including those who want to update (or unlearn) their Hebrew School education, interfaith couples, and those returning to or interested in exploring Judaism. SJL is the first of two 12-week courses that form an intro to Judaism sequence which is required for conversion students at Shir Tikvah.
For any questions about the class, please email office@shirtikvahmn.org.
Kabbalat Shabbat
AT THE HEART OF OUR COMMUNITY IS SONG, OUR SHIR TIKVAH, OUR SONG OF HOPE.
We raise our voices in song and gratitude, helping each other come to a place of rest and release each Shabbat. On Shabbat, all of creation rests. All who come to uplift the dignity and sanctity of all of creation are welcome in the Shir Tikvah sanctuary - comers of all faiths, identity, gender, race, ability, and familial structure.
KABBALAT SHABBAT
On Friday night, we gather in our multi-modal sanctuary to greet Shabbat with song, poetry, learning and connecting with one another. Led by our rabbi team and by an inspiring constellation of community leaders, our Kabbalat Shabbat (welcoming Shabbat) services are musical, accessible (closed captions and a full transcript of the service are available), warm and connective.
Join us in person at Shir Tikvah
Israeli and Palestinian Short Stories Side by Side with Stacy Beckwith
Sundays Dec. 7, 14, 21, 28 and Jan. 4 from 2PM-3:30PM
Tuition: $90 with no one turned away for lack of funds (if you’d like to request a scholarship, please fill out this form before registering for the class)
Register here
Since before the 1940s, short fiction has been a space where Israeli and Palestinian authors have distilled the world around them for eager and devoted readers, creating mental pictures of their own and each others' communities. We'll explore stories by Israeli Jewish and primarily nearby Palestinian writers, who were or are citizens of Israel. We'll discuss how their senses of home, heritage, and one another have evolved through significant moments in Israeli-Palestinian relations - particularly the wars of 1948 and 1967, then through the alternating Intifada and Oslo Peace eras, from the late 1980s into the 2000s.
Soulful Jewish Living (Zoom)
Tuition is $216 with no one turned away for lack of funds (if you’d like to request a scholarship, please fill out this form before registering for the class). Register here
On zoom on Tuesday nights, 6PM-7:30PM CST 10/21 - 1/6
Soulful Jewish Living (SJL) is an intro to Judaism course focused on the foundations of building and living a Jewish life. Together we’ll explore Jewish time and look at Jewish holidays, practices, and life cycle moments. This course is geared towards anyone who wants to learn more or delve more deeply into Jewish practice including those who want to update (or unlearn) their Hebrew School education, interfaith couples, and those returning to or interested in exploring Judaism. SJL is the first of two 12-week courses that form an intro to Judaism sequence which is required for conversion students at Shir Tikvah.
For any questions about the class, please email office@shirtikvahmn.org.
Israeli and Palestinian Short Stories Side by Side with Stacy Beckwith
Sundays Dec. 7, 14, 21, 28 and Jan. 4 from 2PM-3:30PM
Tuition: $90 with no one turned away for lack of funds (if you’d like to request a scholarship, please fill out this form before registering for the class)
Register here
Since before the 1940s, short fiction has been a space where Israeli and Palestinian authors have distilled the world around them for eager and devoted readers, creating mental pictures of their own and each others' communities. We'll explore stories by Israeli Jewish and primarily nearby Palestinian writers, who were or are citizens of Israel. We'll discuss how their senses of home, heritage, and one another have evolved through significant moments in Israeli-Palestinian relations - particularly the wars of 1948 and 1967, then through the alternating Intifada and Oslo Peace eras, from the late 1980s into the 2000s.
Soulful Jewish Living (Zoom)
Tuition is $216 with no one turned away for lack of funds (if you’d like to request a scholarship, please fill out this form before registering for the class). Register here
On zoom on Tuesday nights, 6PM-7:30PM CST 10/21 - 1/6
Soulful Jewish Living (SJL) is an intro to Judaism course focused on the foundations of building and living a Jewish life. Together we’ll explore Jewish time and look at Jewish holidays, practices, and life cycle moments. This course is geared towards anyone who wants to learn more or delve more deeply into Jewish practice including those who want to update (or unlearn) their Hebrew School education, interfaith couples, and those returning to or interested in exploring Judaism. SJL is the first of two 12-week courses that form an intro to Judaism sequence which is required for conversion students at Shir Tikvah.
For any questions about the class, please email office@shirtikvahmn.org.
Evening Minyan: In Person
Come join us to pray. Evening minyan gives participants a chance to deepen their engagement with the liturgy, with Jewish learning and spirituality, and (best of all) with other members of Shir Tikvah. In addition to praying together, we’ll take a few minutes each week to dive into one section of the Amidah. This space provides transition and grounding for those going into meetings and classes on Thursday nights at Shir Tikvah, along with anyone else seeking a place to say kaddish, sit in quiet, and pray in community.
Soulful Jewish Living (In-person)
Tuition is $216 with no one turned away for lack of funds (if you’d like to request a scholarship, please fill out this form before registering for the class). Register here
At Shir Tikvah on Thursday nights, 6:30 PM - 8:00PM CST 10/30 - 2/5
Soulful Jewish Living (SJL) is an intro to Judaism course focused on the foundations of building and living a Jewish life. Together we’ll explore Jewish time and look at Jewish holidays, practices, and life cycle moments. This course is geared towards anyone who wants to learn more or delve more deeply into Jewish practice including those who want to update (or unlearn) their Hebrew School education, interfaith couples, and those returning to or interested in exploring Judaism. SJL is the first of two 12-week courses that form an intro to Judaism sequence which is required for conversion students at Shir Tikvah.
For any questions about the class, please email office@shirtikvahmn.org.
Soulful Jewish Living (In-person)
Tuition is $216 with no one turned away for lack of funds (if you’d like to request a scholarship, please fill out this form before registering for the class). Register here
At Shir Tikvah on Thursday nights, 6:30 PM - 8:00PM CST 10/30 - 2/5
Soulful Jewish Living (SJL) is an intro to Judaism course focused on the foundations of building and living a Jewish life. Together we’ll explore Jewish time and look at Jewish holidays, practices, and life cycle moments. This course is geared towards anyone who wants to learn more or delve more deeply into Jewish practice including those who want to update (or unlearn) their Hebrew School education, interfaith couples, and those returning to or interested in exploring Judaism. SJL is the first of two 12-week courses that form an intro to Judaism sequence which is required for conversion students at Shir Tikvah.
For any questions about the class, please email office@shirtikvahmn.org.
Soulful Jewish Living (In-person)
Tuition is $216 with no one turned away for lack of funds (if you’d like to request a scholarship, please fill out this form before registering for the class). Register here
At Shir Tikvah on Thursday nights, 6:30 PM - 8:00PM CST 10/30 - 2/5
Soulful Jewish Living (SJL) is an intro to Judaism course focused on the foundations of building and living a Jewish life. Together we’ll explore Jewish time and look at Jewish holidays, practices, and life cycle moments. This course is geared towards anyone who wants to learn more or delve more deeply into Jewish practice including those who want to update (or unlearn) their Hebrew School education, interfaith couples, and those returning to or interested in exploring Judaism. SJL is the first of two 12-week courses that form an intro to Judaism sequence which is required for conversion students at Shir Tikvah.
For any questions about the class, please email office@shirtikvahmn.org.
Soulful Jewish Living (In-person)
Tuition is $216 with no one turned away for lack of funds (if you’d like to request a scholarship, please fill out this form before registering for the class). Register here
At Shir Tikvah on Thursday nights, 6:30 PM - 8:00PM CST 10/30 - 2/5
Soulful Jewish Living (SJL) is an intro to Judaism course focused on the foundations of building and living a Jewish life. Together we’ll explore Jewish time and look at Jewish holidays, practices, and life cycle moments. This course is geared towards anyone who wants to learn more or delve more deeply into Jewish practice including those who want to update (or unlearn) their Hebrew School education, interfaith couples, and those returning to or interested in exploring Judaism. SJL is the first of two 12-week courses that form an intro to Judaism sequence which is required for conversion students at Shir Tikvah.
For any questions about the class, please email office@shirtikvahmn.org.
Soulful Jewish Living (Zoom)
Tuition is $216 with no one turned away for lack of funds (if you’d like to request a scholarship, please fill out this form before registering for the class). Register here
On zoom on Tuesday nights, 6PM-7:30PM CST 10/21 - 1/6
Soulful Jewish Living (SJL) is an intro to Judaism course focused on the foundations of building and living a Jewish life. Together we’ll explore Jewish time and look at Jewish holidays, practices, and life cycle moments. This course is geared towards anyone who wants to learn more or delve more deeply into Jewish practice including those who want to update (or unlearn) their Hebrew School education, interfaith couples, and those returning to or interested in exploring Judaism. SJL is the first of two 12-week courses that form an intro to Judaism sequence which is required for conversion students at Shir Tikvah.
For any questions about the class, please email office@shirtikvahmn.org.
The Wisenheimers Present: A Afternoon of Moth-Style Storytelling
Our second Afternoon of Moth-Style Storytelling on Sunday, November 2, 3 –5:00 PM at Shir Tikvah
Back, by popular demand, a Moth Radio Hour style of story-telling. Please join us for an afternoon of story-telling, snacks, wine, and visiting with the Wisenheimers. We invite you to be part of the entertainment for our evening by sharing your brief, funny, sad, poignant, inspiring, or moving stories (bonus points if your story has a Jewish theme).
Stories must be no more than five minutes in length and you can submit your completed story to Jeff Zuckerman @ zucke21@gmail.com. Similar to the previous gathering, there's a limit to the number of stories that we're able to accept. You will be notified as to the status of your story -- whether it's accepted to be presented, or not. Stories must be submitted no later than October 3rd.
This program is free to attend. To receive more information and updates about how to submit your work please sign up at our RSVP form here.
History, Human Rights, and the Future of Jerusalem with Munir Nuseibah
Sundays Nov. 2nd, 9th, 16th from 10AM-11:30AM on Zoom.
Tuition is free, please register here.
This three part course will explore the past hundred years of Palestinian history in Jerusalem as a case study in displacement, domination, dispossession and resilience. The class will be taught by Munir Nuseibah, a legal scholar and human rights advocate whose family has lived in Jerusalem for over 1000 years. The course will look at specific moments in Jerusalem's recent past, including the Nakba/Israeli state establishment, and the 1967 occupation, along with contemporary barriers to human rights, including residency and building restrictions, forcible displacement and dispossession. Building on these stories, Munir will invite participants to envision possibilities for a just future in Jerusalem and Israel/Palestine—one rooted in equal rights, citizenship, the repair of injustices and mutual recognition of both Palestinian and Israeli humanity.
Kabbalat Shabbat
AT THE HEART OF OUR COMMUNITY IS SONG, OUR SHIR TIKVAH, OUR SONG OF HOPE.
We raise our voices in song and gratitude, helping each other come to a place of rest and release each Shabbat. On Shabbat, all of creation rests. All who come to uplift the dignity and sanctity of all of creation are welcome in the Shir Tikvah sanctuary - comers of all faiths, identity, gender, race, ability, and familial structure.
KABBALAT SHABBAT
On Friday night, we gather in our multi-modal sanctuary to greet Shabbat with song, poetry, learning and connecting with one another. Led by our rabbi team and by an inspiring constellation of community leaders, our Kabbalat Shabbat (welcoming Shabbat) services are musical, accessible (closed captions and a full transcript of the service are available), warm and connective.
Join us in person at Shir Tikvah
Soulful Jewish Living (In-person)
Tuition is $216 with no one turned away for lack of funds (if you’d like to request a scholarship, please fill out this form before registering for the class). Register here
At Shir Tikvah on Thursday nights, 6:30 PM - 8:00PM CST 10/30 - 2/5
Soulful Jewish Living (SJL) is an intro to Judaism course focused on the foundations of building and living a Jewish life. Together we’ll explore Jewish time and look at Jewish holidays, practices, and life cycle moments. This course is geared towards anyone who wants to learn more or delve more deeply into Jewish practice including those who want to update (or unlearn) their Hebrew School education, interfaith couples, and those returning to or interested in exploring Judaism. SJL is the first of two 12-week courses that form an intro to Judaism sequence which is required for conversion students at Shir Tikvah.
For any questions about the class, please email office@shirtikvahmn.org.
Creation, X-Ray Vision, and Sacred Light: A Svara-Style Deep Dive into the Torah of Hanukkah with R’ Joey Glick
Tuition: $100 (scholarships available to all who need them here) Register here.
In-person 6:30-8:15PM Thursdays, Oct. 30th, Nov. 6th, Nov. 20th
Cosponsored by Hineni and Shir Tikvah
Have you ever wanted to dip your toes into mystical Jewish wisdom? Have you ever dreamt of studying Jewish sources in their original language, with no translation? In this class, we’ll study a short passage of Talmud that discusses the nature of creation, the dangers of studying mysticism, and the mysteries living within the Hannukah candles. We’ll learn this passage in the original Hebrew and Aramaic, drawing on tools and methods developed by a Svara, a traditionally radical Queer Yeshiva. The only prerequisite for this class is the ability to sound out the Hebrew alphabet, no other Hebrew language skills required. Through close study with a peer, deep dictionary sleuthing, and careful grammar parsing, we’ll explore together the Jewish wisdom of darkness and light.
This class forms the first leg of the inaugural Twin Cities Tour de Torah. Communities across the Cities will be offering text and arts based courses leading up to Jewish Holidays with the goal of finding spiritual tools for our times. Students can jump in at any leg. Those who race the whole tour will receive a special prize. Check out the next leg of the Tour: Illuminating Wisdom in the Dark: Hannukah Leaning through the Jewish Studio Process with Lillie Benowitz of Sustain Studio.
Evening Minyan: In Person
Come join us to pray. Evening minyan gives participants a chance to deepen their engagement with the liturgy, with Jewish learning and spirituality, and (best of all) with other members of Shir Tikvah. In addition to praying together, we’ll take a few minutes each week to dive into one section of the Amidah. This space provides transition and grounding for those going into meetings and classes on Thursday nights at Shir Tikvah, along with anyone else seeking a place to say kaddish, sit in quiet, and pray in community.
MahJong 101 with Marybeth Weisberg
The program is free but registration is currently full: email rabbijoey@shirtikvahmn.org to get on the wait
Location: Shir Tikvah’s library
Mahjong 101 is the perfect introduction to this fun, fast-paced game of skill, strategy, and a little bit of luck!
In this beginner-friendly class, you’ll learn:
The basic rules and flow of American Mahjong
How to read the National Mahjong League card
Tile names, suits, and simple strategies
How to set up, deal, and start playing with confidence
No experience needed. While the class will be offered free of charge, Marybeth requests that all students order a 2025 Mah Jong card before the first session.
Wednesdays 6:30PM-8PM on Oct. 22, Oct. 29, Nov. 5 and Nov. 12.
JAMI Classes (4th grade - 9th Grade)
Students in Session 1 attend class 4:30pm - 6:00pm
T’filah for all students is 6:00pm - 6:30pm. Families are welcome and encouraged to join!
Students in Session 2 attend class 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Questions? Email Forrest!
Soulful Jewish Living (Zoom)
Tuition is $216 with no one turned away for lack of funds (if you’d like to request a scholarship, please fill out this form before registering for the class). Register here
On zoom on Tuesday nights, 6PM-7:30PM CST 10/21 - 1/6
Soulful Jewish Living (SJL) is an intro to Judaism course focused on the foundations of building and living a Jewish life. Together we’ll explore Jewish time and look at Jewish holidays, practices, and life cycle moments. This course is geared towards anyone who wants to learn more or delve more deeply into Jewish practice including those who want to update (or unlearn) their Hebrew School education, interfaith couples, and those returning to or interested in exploring Judaism. SJL is the first of two 12-week courses that form an intro to Judaism sequence which is required for conversion students at Shir Tikvah.
For any questions about the class, please email office@shirtikvahmn.org.
Torah Café
Need a coffee, tea, or snack break? Stop by Alma Provisions with Jayce for a quick 15-30 bite of Torah at 10:00 am, followed by a little shmooze till 11:00 am. You’re welcome to drop in for just a few minutes, hang out for the whole hour, or bring your laptop to do a little work afterwards.
Torah Café happens each month at a rotating local cafe. Have a recommendation for a café for us to visit? Have a little Torah you’d like to teach? Reach out to Jayce.
Rabbi Sid Schwarz: The Pillars of Covenantal Community
Havdalah: October 25, 2025 at 6:00pm, In person
The Pillars of Covenantal Community: The centerpiece of Rabbi Sid’s work with rabbis and synagogue leaders across North America is the concept of “covenantal community”. In this interactive exercise, participants will engage with the five pillars of covenantal community and walk away inspired to help create a community that focuses on both personal and societal transformation. Havdalah and nosh to follow.
Rabbi Sid Schwarz: Davenning Out of the Box
Shabbat Morning & Lunch: October 25, 2025 at 9:30am, In person
Davenning Out of the Box: You should attend this prayer experience if: a) you are often bored at services; b) you have no idea why anyone would willingly attend a worship service: c) you are a deeply spiritual person but services don’t always work for you; d) you want to go where prayerful Jews have never gone before. Through discussions, song, movement and sharing, participants, from young to old, will walk away with a new appreciation for the shabbat liturgy and the transformative power of prayer. Important note: If you want to participate in this service, you must be in your seat by 9:30am. While people may leave whenever they choose, it will be impossible to appreciate or understand the experience if you are not there at the beginning. A kiddush lunch will be provided followed by an interactive conversation on “What is Prayer?” informed by the morning’s experience.
Kabbalat Shabbat
AT THE HEART OF OUR COMMUNITY IS SONG, OUR SHIR TIKVAH, OUR SONG OF HOPE.
We raise our voices in song and gratitude, helping each other come to a place of rest and release each Shabbat. On Shabbat, all of creation rests. All who come to uplift the dignity and sanctity of all of creation are welcome in the Shir Tikvah sanctuary - comers of all faiths, identity, gender, race, ability, and familial structure.
KABBALAT SHABBAT
On Friday night, we gather in our multi-modal sanctuary to greet Shabbat with song, poetry, learning and connecting with one another. Led by our rabbi team and by an inspiring constellation of community leaders, our Kabbalat Shabbat (welcoming Shabbat) services are musical, accessible (closed captions and a full transcript of the service are available), warm and connective.
Join us in person at Shir Tikvah
Rabbi Sid Schwarz: Re-Imagining the American Synagogue
Kabbalat Shabbat & Potluck Dinner: October 24, 2025 at 6:30pm, In person and on Livestream + Zoom
Re-Imagining the American Synagogue: Since the publication of his book, Finding a Spiritual Home: How a New Generation of Jews can Transform the American Synagogue Rabbi Sid has been one of the most influential voices and consultants on the American synagogue. In this presentation Rabbi Sid will share insights about how to re-think the paradigm of the American synagogue in a way that might help congregations do a better job of engaging the next generation of American Jews. Bring a vegetarian dish and join us for a potluck dinner.
JAMI Classes (4th grade - 9th Grade)
Students in Session 1 attend class 4:30pm - 6:00pm
T’filah for all students is 6:00pm - 6:30pm. Families are welcome and encouraged to join!
Students in Session 2 attend class 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Questions? Email Forrest!
MahJong 101 with Marybeth Weisberg
The program is free but registration is currently full: email rabbijoey@shirtikvahmn.org to get on the wait
Location: Shir Tikvah’s library
Mahjong 101 is the perfect introduction to this fun, fast-paced game of skill, strategy, and a little bit of luck!
In this beginner-friendly class, you’ll learn:
The basic rules and flow of American Mahjong
How to read the National Mahjong League card
Tile names, suits, and simple strategies
How to set up, deal, and start playing with confidence
No experience needed. While the class will be offered free of charge, Marybeth requests that all students order a 2025 Mah Jong card before the first session.
Wednesdays 6:30PM-8PM on Oct. 22, Oct. 29, Nov. 5 and Nov. 12.
Soulful Jewish Living (Zoom)
Tuition is $216 with no one turned away for lack of funds (if you’d like to request a scholarship, please fill out this form before registering for the class). Register here
On zoom on Tuesday nights, 6PM-7:30PM CST 10/21 - 1/6
Soulful Jewish Living (SJL) is an intro to Judaism course focused on the foundations of building and living a Jewish life. Together we’ll explore Jewish time and look at Jewish holidays, practices, and life cycle moments. This course is geared towards anyone who wants to learn more or delve more deeply into Jewish practice including those who want to update (or unlearn) their Hebrew School education, interfaith couples, and those returning to or interested in exploring Judaism. SJL is the first of two 12-week courses that form an intro to Judaism sequence which is required for conversion students at Shir Tikvah.
For any questions about the class, please email office@shirtikvahmn.org.
Tot Shabbat
On the third Saturday morning of each month, our youngest and their families sing, dance, and learn together. Oneg (Shabbat treats) follow the service. Infant-Pre-K. No registration required.
Questions? Email Forrest!
Kabbalat Shabbat
AT THE HEART OF OUR COMMUNITY IS SONG, OUR SHIR TIKVAH, OUR SONG OF HOPE.
We raise our voices in song and gratitude, helping each other come to a place of rest and release each Shabbat. On Shabbat, all of creation rests. All who come to uplift the dignity and sanctity of all of creation are welcome in the Shir Tikvah sanctuary - comers of all faiths, identity, gender, race, ability, and familial structure.
KABBALAT SHABBAT
On Friday night, we gather in our multi-modal sanctuary to greet Shabbat with song, poetry, learning and connecting with one another. Led by our rabbi team and by an inspiring constellation of community leaders, our Kabbalat Shabbat (welcoming Shabbat) services are musical, accessible (closed captions and a full transcript of the service are available), warm and connective.
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Simchat Torah
Simchat Torah
In person at Shir Tikvah (starting with a meal at 5:30PM) and on Livestream + Zoom (starting at 6:30PM with dancing and music)
Jews renew our relationship with Torah each year by bringing Torah out onto the dance floor. Torah is not just a text to be read but a living, dynamic force guiding our community and personal growth.
Simchat Torah marks the end of our High Holy Day season, from the depths of grief of Tisha b’Av to the intensity of Yom Kippur, through the sweet harvest of Sukkot. On Simchat Torah, we read the last words of our Torah cycle for the last year (the closing lines of Deuteronomy), only to flow immediately into the opening words of creation in parashat Bereishit.
The seven hakafot we undertake on Simchat Torah (dances with Torah) symbolize different facets of life and connection, each circle representing a unique aspect of blessing and renewal. By engaging with these circles, we open to a deeper, more intentional approach to how we relate to each other, to our joy, to our grief and to our communal commitments. Our relationships and aspirations can be as fluid and evolving as the dance itself.
We will begin Simchat Torah with a delicious meal. We will then begin our Simchat Torah ritual - with music, dancing and blessing. We will close by unrolling the entire Torah and reading the beginning and end of our story. Our music will be energized by our brand new Shir Tikvah Simcha Band, bringing us live klezmer songs and deep spirit. In song and movement, we will make space for the full range of hope, sorrow, and resilience as we reach towards what might be possible.
Simchat Torah is the seal of our High Holy Day season and launches us into the new year in earnest. We hope you will join us for a night of community connection and intentional ritual.
Sukkot Hallel
We raise our voices in song in this z’man simchateinu (time of our joy) as we are led in Hallel by rabbis and other prayer leaders from around the Twin Cities. Join us for the whole series or for a single morning - all are welcome! We raise our voices in song in this z’man simchateinu (time of our joy).
Wisenheimers Wine & Cheese Social in the Sukkah
Wisenheimers Wine & Cheese Social in the Sukkah on Sunday October 12th 4 - 5:30 PM in the Shir Tikvah Sukkah
Join the Wisenheimers, R’ Arielle, and Jayce Koester for a relaxed social hour in the Shir Tikvah sukkah. There will be wine and cheese provided, and you’re welcome to contribute a favorite happy hour snack. There will be a bissel (bit of Torah), discussion prompts, and plenty of time to chat and connect. This program is free and you can sign up at our RSVP form here.
Sukkot Hallel
We raise our voices in song in this z’man simchateinu (time of our joy) as we are led in Hallel by rabbis and other prayer leaders from around the Twin Cities. Join us for the whole series or for a single morning - all are welcome! We raise our voices in song in this z’man simchateinu (time of our joy).