Here’s news about the fourth week of our new Lunch and Learn program. We hope you were able to Zoom at noon on Monday to hear Marian Friedmann talk about her passion for gardening: what to plant when and where. Rabbi Gadi led an absorbing discussion on Thursday about the Halakhah view of streaming/virtual services.

Coming up next week, Suzi Rosenstreich will offer up some surprises with her popular talk on how our bodies telegraph what we are thinking. “You may think you know what you’re saying, but your body knows more than you do,” Suzi says. Zoom at noon on Monday, May 11, to learn how bodies tell stories. Rabbi Gadi will lead again on Thursday, May 14, with a workshop on a topic that has spurred spirited discussion among Conservative rabbis, Rabbi Gadi said: How to create a blessing to protect us from the coronavirus.

To join us for Lunch and Learn, sign into Zoom at 12 o’clock every Monday and Thursday, have lunch with shul friends, learn a little, followed by a Q&A and some lively discussion. Click on “Go to services” on the shul’s website. Follow the prompts, and type in the password that you use for zoom shul events. And you’re in.

What’s ahead? On Monday, May 18, Chef Deborah Pittorino will offer a Zero Waste cooking class from her kitchen, showing us how to maximize what we have on hand. Rabbi Gadi will lead the discussion on Thursday, May 21. Other topics in the works include music, travel, books, art, poetry, politics, health, photography, maybe some Yiddish, and who knows what else…

Why lunch alone? Come eat, come listen, come talk. Don’t forget: Zoom at noon for Lunch and Learn. See you Monday.