Welcome to the Levi Yitzchok Retiree Academy!
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We are currently accepting new applications. We offer 4 tracks. You can choose one or more.
Track One: This Track is for men only
- Sunday thru Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. EST
-Topic: Talmudic Study
Track Two: For Men and Women
- Sunday thru Thursday, 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. EST
- Topics include a variety of Judaic Studies (Jewish History, Jewish Law, weekly Torah portion with modern commentaries and guest speakers from around the world.)
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Track Three: for women only
- On Wednesdays at 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm EST
-Topic: Lessons from the Torah and the holidays to integrate into our lives
Track 4: For Men and Women
- Thursdays from 3pm - 4pm.
-Topic: Jewish Inspiration presented by Guest Speakers
Program Dates
The Winter Semester will begin on Sunday, 30th Tishrei, October 15th.. You may still join in the middle of the semester. Many of our classes are entities of their own and the classes that are part of a series, we will give you a short synopsis to bring up to date with the topic we are studying.
Incentives for Coming
Mind-stimulating classes with excellent teachers, opportunity to meet some wonderful people, share your thoughts, connect to your heritage, and entry into raffles once a month to win great prizes like restaurant certificate, pleasant boat ride excursion, museum tickets, etc. The more you attend the more entries you get in our monthly raffles.
Volunteers and Paid Employees
We are an organization that services retirees with numerous programs and events. We often need volunteers and if you are in the position to help with some of our projects including the Levi Yitzchok Retiree Academy, please be in touch with Rabbi Smith at (954) 458-6000. Also, if you are retiree and would like to earn some money, we do have part time positions available for various jobs and we will give first priority to our students, assuming they are qualified for the work.
Make-up Missing Classes
Search the United Jewish Generations Channel on Youtube and find the missed lesson. If you can't find a specific class, send an email to [email protected]
Rules
Please be considerate of others. No politics. Please join on time. Coming late, leaving early or listening to both, Torah classes and your tv/phone/radio at the same time, is considered as a No-Show. We reserve the right to make changes to our policies, guidelines, stipend, etc at any time. We reserve the right to terminate anyone's participation at any time, if we feel you are interrupting, bothering, harassing or promoting something other than the study of our Holy Torah and connecting to Hashem. Additionally, if we feel someone is not benefiting from this program as much as we would like, or if they simply don't fit in with the group, or if we feel they will benefit more elsewhere, we reserve the right to exclude them from the program at any time. We do take pictures and videos at our events and of our zooms, that we use for promotional purposes for our organization. We do not sell the pictures or give them to other organizations. If you do not want your picture to be used to help our cause, please let us know in advance.
More info is available in the Questions and Answers section.