Intro to Judaism with Rabbi Kerry
Jan-Aug 2025 | SUNDAYS | 5-7 PM
Learning is a key value in Judaism. This series is for people who want to learn more about Judaism and Jewishness, whether their own or that of the people they care about. It’s for conversion-curious folks and people who feel like they want to know more about where they come from. It’s for everyone who is trying to sort out where they belong and why they belong there. Each class will contain three components: history, practice, and thought/philosophy.
The series occurs on Sunday evenings, 5pm-7pm, at SIJCC between January and August 2025. Dates listed below.
If you are interested in future courses, please contact Rabbi Kerry at rabbikerry@sijcc.net.
Click here for a pdf of the class schedule.
Jan 5 - Our Stories
Jan 19 - Origins Part I
Jan 26 - Origins Part II
Feb 2 - Living Values
Feb 9- Jews in LA
Feb 23 - Jewish Time Part I
Mar 2 - Jewish Time Part II
Mar 9 - Food
Mar 16 - THE GOD CLASS
Mar 30 - Jewish Prayer
Class Schedule & Curriculum
Apr 27 - Anti-semitism & Oppressive Systems
May 4 - Our People: Family & Community
June 22 - Solo Quests: Life Cycle Moments
June 29 - Genders & Sexualities
July 6 - Shabbat
July 13 - Zionism & Anti-Zionism
Aug 10 - Days of Awe(some)
Aug 17 - Jewish Art
Aug 24 - Ritual for Right Now
Rabbi Kerry Chaplin
Guiding with Compassion and Wisdom
As a ritualist, teacher, and spiritual counselor, Rabbi Kerry Chaplin (yes, that is her real name) practices and preaches an embodied, living spirituality through authentic relationship with one’s own mind, body, and spirit. He believes that sharing this authenticity with others and with the Divine, however you understand the Divine today, deepens connections that help us live better.
Before becoming a rabbi, Rabbi Kerry was a community organizer, living all things justice. In every community where she has served as a rabbi, from Hillel at UCLA and Vassar College, to Lab/Shul, to Beit T’Shuvah, Rabbi Kerry has been committed to helping those at the margins experience connection with themselves, others, and Something Bigger.
She is grateful for her teachers at the Ziegler School, Washington University in St. Louis, her yoga teachers, and so many others known and unknown. She lives and plays with her kiddo Frankie, wife Julia, and kitty Smudgy.
