How might lessons and values from the Torah help us as individuals and as a society to thrive in an increasingly fractured and chaotic world? In this ongoing study group, we will explore and discuss the weekly Torah portion (parasha), using traditional and contemporary commentaries. Zoom from the convenience of your home or office. Have a Bible/Humash handy, other texts will be shared on-screen and available for download. Class will meet on Zoom weekly on Tuesdays, 12 noon – 12:45 pm through the end of May 2022. 

Rabbi Salomon Gruenwald joined the HEA clergy in July 2008, shortly after his ordination from the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies in Los Angeles. His previous experience includes serving as the rabbinic intern at Congregation Bnai Israel in Tustin, California, and as a chaplain at UCLA Medical Center. Rabbi Gruenwald directed the Lishma Program at Camp Ramah in California for two years and taught on the faculty of Los Angeles Hebrew High for 4 years. He holds a B.A. in Social Sciences from UC Irvine, an M.A. in Cultural Anthropology from UC Santa Barbara, and an M.A. in Rabbinic Studies from the American Jewish University (formerly University of Judaism).

Rabbi Gruenwald was raised in southern California and is the son of Jewish immigrants from Peru. He and his wife, Melanie, have three children: Yaakov "Koby" (z"l), Hannah, and Micah.