HOW TO BEAT INFLAMMATION

Thursday, December 11, 2025

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

David Riese is a retired aerospace engineer and has been studying, practicing and teaching healthy lifestyle habits for over 15 years. Most common chronic illnesses that plague Americans as we age are preventable and often reversible through diet and lifestyle modifications. This presentation will focus on systemic inflammation, its causes, and how to reverse it naturally through diet and lifestyle. 

Visit www.etzhayim.org/learn/adult-learning for a complete listing of Adult Ed Topics.  For more information, please contact Stephen Soreff, MD, at soreffs15@aol.com or 603-895-6120.

SUNDAY FAMILY CAMP

Sunday, December 14, 2025

10:00 AM - Noon

This Month’s Theme is Hanukkah!

We will learn about the holiday of Hanukkah and will have time to create some Hanukkah-themed artwork.  We will also play dreidel and learn the names and sounds of the letters on the dreidel.   

RSVP to sarahjohnplater@aol.com by 8:00 AM Saturday, December 13 to ensure we have enough materials for the artwork. Click here to learn more about Sunday Family Camp.

ETZ HAYIM BOOK CLUB

Sunday, January 4, 2026

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Inspired by a real-life court case, award-winning trial attorney Michael Schwartz's Sacreds is not only courtroom drama, but also a character study of the common ground we all walk on as human beings as well as the differences we can and should appreciate and revel in—and how there really are no coincidences in this world.  Click here for a full description and to purchase the book.

For more information contact Steve Soreff 603-895-6120

or email soreffs15@aol.com.

CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS: 

An Immigrant's Journey in Detention Thursday, January 8, 2026

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Becky Field has been photographing the lives of immigrants since 2012. In 2021, Becky met "Antony," an African immigrant who was tracked with an ankle monitor and detained under house arrest for years, simply for asking for asylum. Every week for almost 2 years, she photographed his experiences with the pain and humiliation of detention. 

For more information and a complete listing of Adult Ed Topics, visit www.etzhayim.org/learn/adult-learning. For more information, please contact Stephen Soreff, MD, at soreffs15@aol.com or 603-895-6120.

FAMILY PIZZA SHABBAT

Friday, January 9, 2026

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

(Adult Service at 7:15 PM)

Free Pizza Dinner (please bring a dessert to share), followed by Story time with Book Bubbe Leslie Kirshman, and Family Shabbat Service Led by Rabbi Jonathan Biatch. 

All are welcome! Please RSVP at office@etzhayim.org by January 8, so we can plan on how much pizza to have. 

Many thanks to the anonymous donor for covering the cost of pizza!

SUNDAY FAMILY CAMP

Sunday, January 11, 2026

 10:00 AM to Noon

This Month’s Theme is Tu B'Shevat!

We will learn about how trees help us and may even get to try some special Tu B'Shevat foods!   

Please RSVP to sarahjohnplater@aol.com by 8:00 AM Saturday, January 10 to ensure we have enough materials.