Chronicle poll results: Leaning on Shavuot
We asked our readers if they planned to participate in a learning event on Shavuot. Here's what they said.
Last week, the Chronicle asked its readers in an online poll the following question: “Will you be participating in a learning event for Shavuot?” Of the 182 people who responded, 50% said no, 41% said yes and 9% said they weren’t sure. Comments were submitted by 25 people. A few follow.
The community-wide Tikkun Leil Shavuot provides a great opportunity to learn from new (to me) teachers. It’s a highlight of Jewish Pittsburgh.
We always go to services and then stay for the learning at our synagogue.
The annual event sponsored by the JCC and coordinated by the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh (Rabbi Danny Schiff) is an extraordinary show of Jewish unity around the thing that makes us uniquely Jewish, our Torah. This may be unique to our community and should be supported!
I plan to participate in virtual learning sessions from New York City.
Tikun Leil Shavuot is one of the nicest community-wide events.
The place to go is to your local Chabad. It’s always informative, fun and delicious!
It’s important for unity now more than ever.
Whether you plan on attending a communal learning or not, the annual celebration of traditional Jewish holidays, such as Shavuot, is vital to the future of the Jewish people.
I will be going online to participate with a group that is not afraid to wrestle with being Jewish and what Israel is doing in Gaza and the West Bank to innocent civilians. While Hamas bears responsibility for the massacre and hostage taking, the conduct of the war is on Israel. The starvation, the continued bombing is unconscionable. Seventy percent of Israelis want the war to be over! The silence in our local community from Jewish institutions on this issue is deafening.
I once did, several times at the JCC. It has evolved into a series of overt religious topics and discussions. For those of us who are not at all religious, it is frankly irrelevant. Once there were political and cultural discussions, and even discussions of Hebrew poetry, making it more interesting for people like me.
I’m not going to a learning event. I’ll be eating dairy, though. PJC
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