25 Hours of Online Learning
Starting Thursday, May 25 at 5:00 p.m.
On Shavuot we go big, celebrating the revelation of Torah at Mount Sinai by learning together in a yearly Torah all-nighter
Join us for our 4th annual Tikkun Zoom Shavuot. Learn alongside people from around the world as dozens of teachers, artists, and facilitators lead us in study, prayer, art making, music and more over 25 hours in the zoomosphere. Online sessions run back to back all night and day, and you can pop in for an hour or two, or brew a pot of coffee and stay with us for the long haul.
We begin at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 25 and run through 6:00 p.m. on Friday, May 26.
Join us after online or onsite for a musical Qabbalat Shabbat led by Temple Israel of Boston clergy and the 10th Grade Confirmation class, followed by a festive oneg.
Recorded Sessions:
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our 4th Annual Tikkun Zoom Shavuot on May 25-26, 2023! If you weren’t able to attend a session live, or want to watch a session again, you can find select recordings for this year’s learning sessions below.
Thursday Evening Opening Learning Sessions – Featuring Soferet Ariela Housman and Rabbi Ebn Leader
Learning Session with Rabbi Audrey Marcus Berkman of Temple Ohabei Shalom – “Cultivating an “Interior Wilderness”: Mindfulness, Meditation, and Receiving Torah
Learning Session with Alison Petok – Fromage and Fellowship: Crafting a Captivating Cheeseboard for Community Connection
Friday Afternoon Learning Sessions – Featuring Cantor Alicia Stillman, Rabbi Andrew Oberstein, Laura Mandel of J Arts, and Rabbi Suzie Jacobson
How to Participate:
There will be two online spaces hosting learning sessions during Tikkun Zoom Shavuot:
- Room 1 – Features back-to back learning sessions and holiday celebrations beginning at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 25 and ending at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, May 26. Click once and stay for the full 25 hours, or come and go as needed.
- Room 2 – Temple Israel’s Racial Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (REDI) Team brings you back-to-back hour-long learning sessions on Thursday night and Friday morning, with a break overnight for rest. This is part of our “Shavuot to Juneteenth: A Journey toward Liberation” experience, which you can read more about below.
All are welcome to join any session, any time. No registration needed – just jump in!
Have questions? Email Brigid Goggin at education@tisrael.org.
View Full Schedule of Learning Sessions
You can also view the schedule and join sessions using the interactive calendars below.
Room 1 Interactive Schedule
Room 2 Interactive Schedule
Mixed Presence on Friday, May 26:
New this year, we are excited to offer the opportunity to learn and pray together in mixed presence as part of our Tikkun Zoom Shavuot celebrations. Mixed presence means that people will have the choice to continue participating online, or if you are local to the Greater Boston Area, you can come to Temple Israel and be with us onsite. On Friday afternoon, we will offer a selection of learning sessions in mixed presence, followed by a mixed presence Yizkor service and our mixed presence Qabbalat Shabbat service.
- Mixed Presence Learning Sessions – For the final learning sessions of Tikkun Zoom Shavuot on Friday, May 26 starting at 1:00 p.m. ET, participants will have the choice to continue to participate online (using the Zoom link for Room 1), or if you are local to the Greater Boston Area, we invite you to come to Temple Israel and join the final learning sessions onsite.
- Yizkor Service of Remembering – The Yizkor Service of Remembering will also be held in mixed presence on Friday, May 26 at 5:00 p.m. ET for you to join onsite or online.
- Qabbalat Shabbat Service – We will conclude Shavuot together with our musical Qabbalat Shabbat led by Temple Israel of Boston clergy and the 10th Grade Confirmation class on Friday, May 26 at 6:00 p.m., also in mixed presence with the opportunity to join us onsite or online.
For those who are able to be with us onsite at Temple Israel on Friday, there will be food and shmoozing before and after Qabbalat Shabbat, with a dairy-full selection catered by local black-owned businesses. Join us for a pre-Shabbat gathering from 5:30 – 6:00 p.m. as we celebrate the end of Tikkun Zoom Shavuot and prepare for Shabbat, and a festive oneg following Qabbalat Shabbat.
Please contact education@tisrael.org if you have any questions about the mixed presence experience.
The holiday of Shavuot marks the giving of the Torah to the Israelites at Mount Sinai, seven weeks after the biblical exodus from slavery in Egypt. Three weeks after we observe Shavuot, we celebrate the Federal Holiday Juneteenth which marks the emancipation from slavery in the U.S. We invite you to participate in “Shavuot to Juneteenth: A Journey Toward Liberation” in multiple ways onsite and online.
We kick-off on Shavuot with several learning sessions offered in Room 2 through the theme of “Shavuot to Juneteenth” and our festive oneg following Qabbalat Shabbat will include a dairy meal catered by local Black-owned restaurants. Learn more here. Contact Tali Puterman at tputerman@tisrael.org with questions.
Shavuot to Juneteenth Themed Learning Sessions
Thursday, May 25, 2023
7:00 p.m.
Andy Lesser-Gonzalez and Malcolm Freeman. REDI Conversation: Part 1
8:00 p.m.
Andy Lesser-Gonzalez and Malcolm Freeman. REDI Conversation: Part 2
9:00 p.m.
Maria Isabel Rosario. Your Story, My Story
10:00 p.m.
Andrew Steinberg, JALSA. Jewish Environmentalism & How to Save the Earth
11:00 p.m.
Ari Zimmet. Gender-Benders in Judaism
Friday, May 26, 2023
8:00 a.m.
Nancy Tauber. Plain Language
9:00 a.m.
Ellen Clegg. Michael Twitty’s Kosher Soul: Exploring the faith and food traditions of an African American Jew
10:00 a.m.
Tali Puterman and Rachel Hall. Engaging Inclusively: A Practical Training for Greeters and Everyone Looking to Engage With Others
11:00 a.m.
Katie Siegel. Navigating the Complexities of Child Welfare for Immigrant Families
12:00 p.m.
George Garcia. A Journey of the Jewish Migration to the Latin America and Caribbean Diaspora
1:00 p.m. Leah Ben-Ami. Playing a Game of Telephone with Freedom – Lessons Across Juneteenth and Shavuot
2:00 p.m. Aliana Pineiro, Boston Impact Initiative. Investing for Justice in Massachusetts
Tikkun Zoom Shavuot is offered in partnership with the Center for Adult Jewish Learning at Temple Israel of Boston, the Union for Reform Judaism, Hebrew College and the Hebrew College Tikkun Leyl Shavuot, Temple Ohabei Shalom, Temple Beth Zion, Sinai Brookline, Nehar Shalom Community Synagogue, and the Brookline Community Tikkun Leil Shavuot. To join us as a community partner, contact Rabbi Suzie Jacobson at sjacobson@tisrael.org.