Temple Beth Abraham’s Adult Education Committee creates a rich array of classes and events for adult learners. Events include two ongoing Book Clubs, weekly Mah Jongg and Canasta games, Torah study with Rabbi Holtz, and a Women’s Circle program.
The Chair of our Adult Ed committee is Bernice Rogowitz.
For more information about TBA’s Adult Education Programming or to join the Adult Education Committee, please e-mail: adulted@tba-ny.org
MAH JONGG
Meetings take place weekly at Temple Beth Abraham
MONDAYS, 1:00pm – 4:00pm
This is a friendly, non-competitive (no betting) gathering.
Email adulted@tba-ny.org or call the temple office (914) 631-1770 for more information.
Free for Temple members; $3.00/session for guests.
WEDNESDAYS, 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Evening Mah Jongg will meet July 8 and August 5 ONLY during the summer months
This is a friendly, non-competitive (no betting) gathering.
Email adulted@tba-ny.org or call the temple office (914) 631-1770 for more information.
Free for Temple members; $5.00/session for guests.
TORAH STUDY
WEDNESDAYS, 10:00am-11:00am
Torah Study with Rabbi Vaisberg takes place in person in the Michael Karnes Conference Center at Temple Beth Abraham and on Zoom.
For Zoom links, please email info@tba-ny.org by the Tuesday prior at noon.
The class goes at its own pace through the Five Books of Moses (Torah), The Prophets (N’Vi’Im), and Writings (K’tuvim) (T-N-K or Tanakh) in English. You do not need to have previous knowledge of Torah, and you may join in at any point in the cycle.
There is no fee to attend.
SATURDAYS, during Conservative Services (In person and on Zoom)
Every week, we discuss the Parsha (Torah portion) that we read at services.
CANASTA
WEDNESDAYS, 1:00pm – 3:00pm
Learn how to play the game!
Meetings take place weekly at Temple Beth Abraham
Initially this is an instructional class to learn to play the game. Those who need a refresher are also welcome to join us. In the future, we will organize weekly games for those who know how to play.
Email adulted@tba-ny.org or call the temple office (914) 631-1770 for more information.
MOVIE MAVENS
Movie Mavens meets select Saturdays.
We watch movies with Jewish themes. At the conclusion of the film, we have a moderated discussion.
Movie screenings alternate between in person and on Zoom
If you would like to suggest a movie for consideration for the 2026-2027 calendar, please email us at adulted@tba-ny.org
$5.00 per person suggested donation for guests. No charge for members.
BOOK CLUBS
Books & More – the Daytime Book club
Bi Monthly. On a Friday from 10:00am to 11:30am
NEXT MEETING: Friday, July 10
The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized Crime Boss by Margalit Fox
In 1850, an impoverished twenty-five-year-old named Fredericka Mandelbaum came to New York in steerage and worked as a peddler on the streets of Lower Manhattan. By the 1870s she was a fixture of high society and an admired philanthropist. How was she able to ascend from tenement poverty to vast wealth?
$5.00 suggested donation per guest. Guests please RSVP: (914) 631-1770 adulted@tba-ny.org
Books@Night – the Evening Book Club
Bi Monthly. Usually on Tuesday from 7:00pm to 8:30pm
NEXT MEETING: T/B/D
The Postcard by Anne Berest
January, 2003. Together with the usual holiday cards, an anonymous postcard is delivered to the Berest family home. On the front, a photo of the Opéra Garnier in Paris. On the back, the names of Anne Berest’s maternal great-grandparents, Ephraïm and Emma, and their children, Noémie and Jacques–all killed at Auschwitz. Fifteen years after the postcard is delivered, Anne, the heroine of this novel, is moved to discover who sent it and why.
Moderated by a congregant
$5.00 suggested donation per guest. Guests please RSVP: (914) 631-1770 adulted@tba-ny.org
WOMEN’S CIRCLE
Women’s circle meets monthly on a Friday from October through July
Next meeting: July 24, 2026; Potluck dinner and celebration
Join us to honor the women who have brought us such joy and sisterhood through their presentations. And, to welcome Rabbi Vaisberg’s wife, Miriam!
Please register and tell us what you will bring: https://bit.ly/TBAWomenJuly24
Support women’s circle. Bring something to raffle!
No charge. Guests are welcome.
SOME PAST ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMS INCLUDE:
