Who Shall Live and Who Shall Die? A Deep Dive Into the Liturgy of the High Holidays
Three Wednesday Mornings
(September 11, 18, and 25)
Time: 9:30 -10:45 AM ET
Instructor: Steve Kerbel
Location: Zoom Classroom
Standard Class Rate: $90
Base Rate: $60
(Subsidized by Haberman Institute donors)
Haberman Institute courses are offered on a sliding payment scale.
Both tiers receive identical access to the program. All interested students are encouraged to join our classes. Should the registration rates become a barrier to enrollment, please contact our Executive Director, Matthew Silverman.
A new three-week course!
The High Holiday Season, the Superbowl of the American Synagogue, is the time when most Jews attend religious services and connect with their liturgy. Many of the most notable selections from these services are unique to the season and don’t appear as part of our usual ritual.
In these sessions leading up to these Days of Awe, we will explore the content, context, and relevance of these annual passages. Join us to add more meaning to your holiday observance.
Steve Kerbel is the principal of Steven Kerbel Educational Consulting in Rockville, Maryland. In this capacity, Steve trains teachers and writes curricula for congregations, day schools, and Federations throughout the US. Before this, he served as Director of Education for Congregation B’nai Tzedek and Ohr Kodesh Congregation for a combined 14 years. Prior to that, Steve was the inaugural Retreat Director of Capital Camps & Retreat Center. Steve has also been a full-time faculty member at the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School in Rockville and an educational consultant to the Seaboard Region of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism.
In what seems like a different lifetime, Steve earned a law degree and was in the private practice of law for eight years. Steve is an alum of the University of Maryland, College Park, where he met his wife, Judy, and they have two daughters. Among Steve’s consulting activities, he facilitates wine tastings featuring Israeli wines and teaches about the geography of diversity of Israel through its wines and wine makers.