Congregation Agudat Achim

Over 120 years of commitment to Conservative Judaism

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The Adult Education Committee seeks to provide a Beit Midrash, a house of study, for the shul by providing programs that instill an abiding relationship with Judaism, the Jewish people, and the State of Israel.


Click the blue buttons below to view pages containing series of videos and a blog from Rabbi Spitzer with answers to common questions about Jewish life.

Keep an eye on our events calendar as we are constantly updating it with more exciting things to learn from home or anywhere!


Reach out with questions or suggestions for a course of study to develop. Co-Chairs Gary Reich and Rob Fox look forward to hearing from you.

Look through this page for video recordings of our recent events and click the buttons on the left, above, for more series of recordings!

The People of the Library: An Introduction to Talmudic Literature and the Mythic Transmission of Jewish Tradition for Clergy of Other Faiths
Presented by Rabbi Rafi Spitzer for the Schenectady Clergy Against Hate
17 March 2021

D'var Torah by Bonnie Cramer
Parashat Shemini, 10 April 2021

D'var Torah by Dr. Robert Weissberg
Parashot Vayakhel-Pekudei, 13 March 2021

D'var Torah by Roberta Steiner
Repro Shabbat, 13 Feb 2021

Maximizing Optimal Health & Resilience, with Sheryl Spitzer-Resnick, 17 Feb 2021
Sponsored by the Healthy Living Group

How to Talk to Children About Death, Dying, and Hard Stuff, with Rabbi Melanie Levav
4 February 2021

“From Shalom Aleichem to Birkat Hamazon, and Everything In Between!”
with Deborah Sacks Mintz, 31 January 2021

Register on our Donations page to receive a link to view

Deborah Sacks Mintz's musical performance,

recorded Motzei Shabbat 30 Jan 2021.


All donations for this concert performance will go to the

Prager Family Music Fund for musical programming.


Make sure to enter "Mintz Concert" in the Description box

and include your email address to receive the link.


CAA Members: $5               Non-CAA Members: $8

Additional donations are appreciated

Tu B'Shevat Seder, with Bob Weissberg, 28 January 2021 / 15 Shevat 5781

Rise' and Barbara's Kitchens
Cooking with Rise' Routenberg and Barbara Wasser
Sunday, 14 March 2021

Rise's Kitchen
Rise Routenberg teaches varieties of sweet and savory rugelach
Sunday, 3 January 2021

A Conversation with Joseph Gitler, founder of Leket Israel