Rabbi Adam Chalom, Dean of the International Institute of Secular Humanistic Judaism, will lead 3 lectures surveying the history of the Jewish People from tribal times through the establishment of all 5 branches of Judaism.

Session C: "Traumas and Triumphs of the Twentieth Century"

Cost: $30, or $60 for all three lectures.

Please call 818/623-7363, or e-mail info@humanisticjudaismla.org to register.

Join us for a haimish community shabbat dinner. Please e-mail insels@sbcglobal.net for a reservation form for the dinner only - when responding, please indicate chicken or vegetarian entree, and submit payment of $18 per adult congregation and meetup member, $20 per adult non-member, and $15 per full-time college student or child 10 and under.

Following dinner, Rabbi Adam Chalom, Dean of the International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism, will keep off a weekend on the Evolution of Judaism, with a short shabbat service at 8 PM, and a talk on "Judaism: Creation or Evolution?". The service is free and open to the public.

ADAT CHAVERIM PRESENTS: Jewish Genes? The second in a series of lectures featuring some of the great minds of our time exploring reasoned thought and the history, culture and achievements of the Jewish people. Jon Entine author of Abraham's Children: Race, Identity, and the DNA of the Chosen People, an historical, anthropological, and genetic look at the Jewish people and their success will be the next featured guest. Entine is often described as a "public intellectual"- the rare individual in touch with business, political, and scientific trends and adept at translating the ideas of the future into the transformative practices of today.

Fee: $10.00 Students, Seniors and Members, $12.00 Non-Members
Reservations: send e-mail to info@humanisticjudaismla.org or call (818) 623-7363
For a full Fall-Winter Lecture Series schedule please go to www.humanisticjudaismla.org and click on “Lecture Series”
Seating is limited, Reservations recommended
Light refreshments will be served

Dan Ariely is the author of the critically acclaimed book "Predictably Irrational". When we make decisions we think we're in control, making rational choices. But are we? Entertaining and surprising, Ariely unmasks the subtle but powerful tricks that our minds play on us.

Light refreshments will be served after the event.

This is the first in a series of lectures sponsored by Adat Chaverim, Congregation for Humanistic Judaism. Please see our website, www.humanisticjudaismla.org, for information about the complete series.

Cantorial Soloist Earl Shiffman leads our service. There will be a sermon delivered by Wendy Heimann-Nunes following the service.

Note - Tickets for High Holiday services are a "package deal" - $100 for all three services.