Write and share your stories in a GAB – Guided Autobiography –

Everyone, each and everyone of us, has a story.  This class is designed to help you get organized and pull that story up from your lifetime of memories.  It’s hard to home in on things that truly inform your life perspective.  The GAB method, developed by Dr, James Birren, can help you write your story, two pages at a time, by focusing on themes such as health, money, family and spiritual identity.  Participants share their writings with the other members of the group each week. Finding the story, not evaluating grammar, punctuation, or writing style, is the goal of writing and sharing. Class size is limited to five people.

GAB is a national program with instructors and workshops around the country.

Here is a link to the GAB website: http://guidedautobiography.com

When: Ten Tuesdays beginning March 17 to May 19, 2020 from 1:00 to 3:00.

Where:  CBI Library

Cost:  $150.  Money goes to CBI

Text:  Writing Your Legacy:  The Step-by-Step Guide to Crafting Your Life Story by Richard Campbell and Cheryl Svensson.

Instructor:  Caroline Manheimer – She took the online GAB instructor training class in 2012 with Cheryl Svensson. She found the method and writing prompts helpful and liberating in finding her own story.  Since then She has led Guided Autobiography workshops at the Jewish Community Center, OLLI – Senior Learning Center at UNCA, the Grove Opportunity Center, and at her home. She is a retired librarian and a modestly active fiber artist.

Please feel free to contact her with any questions.

Write and share your stories in a GAB – Guided Autobiography –

Everyone, each and everyone of us, has a story.  This class is designed to help you get organized and pull that story up from your lifetime of memories.  It’s hard to home in on things that truly inform your life perspective.  The GAB method, developed by Dr, James Birren, can help you write your story, two pages at a time, by focusing on themes such as health, money, family and spiritual identity.  Participants share their writings with the other members of the group each week. Finding the story, not evaluating grammar, punctuation, or writing style, is the goal of writing and sharing. Class size is limited to five people.

GAB is a national program with instructors and workshops around the country.

Here is a link to the GAB website: http://guidedautobiography.com

When: Ten Tuesdays beginning March 17 to May 19, 2020 from 1:00 to 3:00.

Where:  CBI Library

Cost:  $150.  Money goes to CBI

Text:  Writing Your Legacy:  The Step-by-Step Guide to Crafting Your Life Story by Richard Campbell and Cheryl Svensson.

Instructor:  Caroline Manheimer – She took the online GAB instructor training class in 2012 with Cheryl Svensson. She found the method and writing prompts helpful and liberating in finding her own story.  Since then She has led Guided Autobiography workshops at the Jewish Community Center, OLLI – Senior Learning Center at UNCA, the Grove Opportunity Center, and at her home. She is a retired librarian and a modestly active fiber artist.

Please feel free to contact her with any questions.

April 3, 2020 12-1

Last Friday our online Zoom session looked more closely at Chapters 1-3 in Romans.

Here’s what we covered:

Instructions for joining our online study group

If you have not already installed Zoom on your computer, follow these 6 steps:

(Don’t wait until the last minute to do this.  Install Zoom well before the meeting is scheduled to begin.)

1. Go to https://zoom.us

2. Hover over (don’t click) “RESOURCES” on the top right and then click “Download Zoom Client” from the drop-down menu that appears

3. Click “Download” under “Zoom Client for Meetings”

4. If it asks you to allow it to download “zoom.us”, click “Allow” or “Yes”

5. Open the downloaded file and follow the instructions to install Zoom on your computer.

6. Close/Exit Zoom now (it will remain on your computer and you will not need to download it again on that computer.

If you have already installed Zoom on your computer, follow these 4 steps (but don’t do this any earlier than about 15 minutes before we are scheduled to start):

1. Go to the CBI web page at https://www.bethisraelnc.org/

2. Scroll down and click on “Find Virtual Classes Services, and Programs”

3. Scroll down to the blurb on the Friday Noon Study Group and click on “Join the Fri. Noon Study Group”

4. Click on “Open Zoom” and you should be connected.

Write and share your stories in a GAB – Guided Autobiography –

Everyone, each and everyone of us, has a story.  This class is designed to help you get organized and pull that story up from your lifetime of memories.  It’s hard to home in on things that truly inform your life perspective.  The GAB method, developed by Dr, James Birren, can help you write your story, two pages at a time, by focusing on themes such as health, money, family and spiritual identity.  Participants share their writings with the other members of the group each week. Finding the story, not evaluating grammar, punctuation, or writing style, is the goal of writing and sharing. Class size is limited to five people.

GAB is a national program with instructors and workshops around the country.

Here is a link to the GAB website: http://guidedautobiography.com

When: Ten Tuesdays beginning March 17 to May 19, 2020 from 1:00 to 3:00.

Where:  CBI Library

Cost:  $150.  Money goes to CBI

Text:  Writing Your Legacy:  The Step-by-Step Guide to Crafting Your Life Story by Richard Campbell and Cheryl Svensson.

Instructor:  Caroline Manheimer – She took the online GAB instructor training class in 2012 with Cheryl Svensson. She found the method and writing prompts helpful and liberating in finding her own story.  Since then She has led Guided Autobiography workshops at the Jewish Community Center, OLLI – Senior Learning Center at UNCA, the Grove Opportunity Center, and at her home. She is a retired librarian and a modestly active fiber artist.

Please feel free to contact her with any questions.

April 3, 2020 12-1

Last Friday our online Zoom session looked more closely at Chapters 1-3 in Romans.

Here’s what we covered:

Instructions for joining our online study group

If you have not already installed Zoom on your computer, follow these 6 steps:

(Don’t wait until the last minute to do this.  Install Zoom well before the meeting is scheduled to begin.)

1. Go to https://zoom.us

2. Hover over (don’t click) “RESOURCES” on the top right and then click “Download Zoom Client” from the drop-down menu that appears

3. Click “Download” under “Zoom Client for Meetings”

4. If it asks you to allow it to download “zoom.us”, click “Allow” or “Yes”

5. Open the downloaded file and follow the instructions to install Zoom on your computer.

6. Close/Exit Zoom now (it will remain on your computer and you will not need to download it again on that computer.

If you have already installed Zoom on your computer, follow these 4 steps (but don’t do this any earlier than about 15 minutes before we are scheduled to start):

1. Go to the CBI web page at https://www.bethisraelnc.org/

2. Scroll down and click on “Find Virtual Classes Services, and Programs”

3. Scroll down to the blurb on the Friday Noon Study Group and click on “Join the Fri. Noon Study Group”

4. Click on “Open Zoom” and you should be connected.

With so much of CBI’s programming unavoidably cancelled, we’re working hard to find ways we can support each other as a community when we can’t be together in person. Please join me this Sunday, April 26, at 4:00pm, when we will be holding Torah on Tap via Zoom. A link to the online discussion group is below.  Zoom is easy to use and will let us see and hear each other as we speak.  If you haven’t already downloaded Zoom to your computer or phone, you must do so before joining the meeting on Sunday at 4:00pm.  You only need to download Zoom once, after that you simply log in, always using the same Meeting ID: 328 336 9562.  Easy instructions are below this message. This is a temporary measure to keep us all connected while we can’t be together physically. Alan Silverman Torah on Tap Host Instructions for Downloading Zoom The first time you ever use Zoom on a computer, do the following: Go to https://zoom.us Hover over (don’t click) “RESOURCES” on the top right and then click “Download Zoom Client” from the drop-down menu that appears Click “Download” under “Zoom Client for Meetings” If it asks you to allow it to download “zoom.us”, click “Allow” or “Yes” Open the downloaded file and follow the instructions to install Zoom on your computer The first time you ever use Zoom on a smart phone, do the following: Go to the App Store and find “Zoom Cloud Meetings” and download it (it is free) Instructions for attending Torah on Tap on CBI’s Zoom Account 2: Right before the start of services, either go to https://zoom.us on your computer or open your Zoom app on your smartphone Click “Join a Meeting” Type in this Meeting ID: 328 336 9562 and click “Join” If you’re using the computer and Zoom asks you to allow it to open “zoom.us”, click “Allow” or “Yes” or “Open” and then click “Join With Computer Audio” If you’re using a smart phone and Zoom asks you to allow using the microphone/camera, allow it If it says “Waiting for the host to start this meeting”, just wait a few minutes for Alan to start the meeting Unless you’ve been out of the country for the last several weeks, you probably know that there’s some pretty important proceedings taking place in our nation’s capitol. In the 230-year history of the American presidency, only two sitting presidents have been impeached. President Trump may well be the third. The historicity of the proceedings, however, pale in comparison to real underlying battle. This is not just an investigation to determine whether impeachable offenses occurred; it is a tug war between strength and morality, and it’s as old as humanity itself. Join us this Sunday as we look at the dynamics of accountability from a Jewish perspective. More specifically, we will consider one very particular confrontation involving Rabbi Shimon ben Shetach and King Yannai. “Why is a king of Israel “not judged” [Mishnah Sanhedrin 2:1]? Because of what once happened.”  Intrigued? Wait until you see how many parallels there are between this 2,100-year-old Talmudic tale and what is happening now in our country. To see how the story unfolds and to unlock the universal lessons it holds, join us this Sunday at Archetype Brewing (the former Habitat Tavern, 174 Broadway St., Asheville). Rabbi Justin will help us understand this epic power struggle between the executive and legislative branches of ancient Israel. This program is free and open to all. Differing opinions are not only welcomed but encouraged. Non-alcoholic beverages are available, there is ample parking in the Moog Music parking lot off Bordeau Pl. Looking forward to seeing you there!!

Join us on the last Sunday of the month online for a refreshing and often provocative discussion. Each month, we take on a new topic – often ripped from the headlines of today’s news. We spend the first 45 minutes wrapping our arms around it, defining it, dissecting and analyzing it from various viewpoints. Then we spend the rest of the time discussing it from Judaism’s point of view.

• What’s Judaism’s take on universal healthcare?
• Would Moses walk the streets of Chicago today packing heat?
• Is it okay to punch a white supremacist?

Torah on Tap gives us a chance to learn, vent, share and, most of all, understand what 4,000 years of cultural development, debate and dialogue has to say about some of the issues that confront us today. Torah on Tap is free and open to all. Varying viewpoints are not only welcome, but encouraged.

See you there!

Write and share your stories in a GAB – Guided Autobiography –

Everyone, each and everyone of us, has a story.  This class is designed to help you get organized and pull that story up from your lifetime of memories.  It’s hard to home in on things that truly inform your life perspective.  The GAB method, developed by Dr, James Birren, can help you write your story, two pages at a time, by focusing on themes such as health, money, family and spiritual identity.  Participants share their writings with the other members of the group each week. Finding the story, not evaluating grammar, punctuation, or writing style, is the goal of writing and sharing. Class size is limited to five people.

GAB is a national program with instructors and workshops around the country.

Here is a link to the GAB website: http://guidedautobiography.com

When: Ten Tuesdays beginning March 17 to May 19, 2020 from 1:00 to 3:00.

Where:  CBI Library

Cost:  $150.  Money goes to CBI

Text:  Writing Your Legacy:  The Step-by-Step Guide to Crafting Your Life Story by Richard Campbell and Cheryl Svensson.

Instructor:  Caroline Manheimer – She took the online GAB instructor training class in 2012 with Cheryl Svensson. She found the method and writing prompts helpful and liberating in finding her own story.  Since then She has led Guided Autobiography workshops at the Jewish Community Center, OLLI – Senior Learning Center at UNCA, the Grove Opportunity Center, and at her home. She is a retired librarian and a modestly active fiber artist.

Please feel free to contact her with any questions.

April 3, 2020 12-1

Last Friday our online Zoom session looked more closely at Chapters 1-3 in Romans.

Here’s what we covered:

Instructions for joining our online study group

If you have not already installed Zoom on your computer, follow these 6 steps:

(Don’t wait until the last minute to do this.  Install Zoom well before the meeting is scheduled to begin.)

1. Go to https://zoom.us

2. Hover over (don’t click) “RESOURCES” on the top right and then click “Download Zoom Client” from the drop-down menu that appears

3. Click “Download” under “Zoom Client for Meetings”

4. If it asks you to allow it to download “zoom.us”, click “Allow” or “Yes”

5. Open the downloaded file and follow the instructions to install Zoom on your computer.

6. Close/Exit Zoom now (it will remain on your computer and you will not need to download it again on that computer.

If you have already installed Zoom on your computer, follow these 4 steps (but don’t do this any earlier than about 15 minutes before we are scheduled to start):

1. Go to the CBI web page at https://www.bethisraelnc.org/

2. Scroll down and click on “Find Virtual Classes Services, and Programs”

3. Scroll down to the blurb on the Friday Noon Study Group and click on “Join the Fri. Noon Study Group”

4. Click on “Open Zoom” and you should be connected.

Write and share your stories in a GAB – Guided Autobiography –

Everyone, each and everyone of us, has a story.  This class is designed to help you get organized and pull that story up from your lifetime of memories.  It’s hard to home in on things that truly inform your life perspective.  The GAB method, developed by Dr, James Birren, can help you write your story, two pages at a time, by focusing on themes such as health, money, family and spiritual identity.  Participants share their writings with the other members of the group each week. Finding the story, not evaluating grammar, punctuation, or writing style, is the goal of writing and sharing. Class size is limited to five people.

GAB is a national program with instructors and workshops around the country.

Here is a link to the GAB website: http://guidedautobiography.com

When: Ten Tuesdays beginning March 17 to May 19, 2020 from 1:00 to 3:00.

Where:  CBI Library

Cost:  $150.  Money goes to CBI

Text:  Writing Your Legacy:  The Step-by-Step Guide to Crafting Your Life Story by Richard Campbell and Cheryl Svensson.

Instructor:  Caroline Manheimer – She took the online GAB instructor training class in 2012 with Cheryl Svensson. She found the method and writing prompts helpful and liberating in finding her own story.  Since then She has led Guided Autobiography workshops at the Jewish Community Center, OLLI – Senior Learning Center at UNCA, the Grove Opportunity Center, and at her home. She is a retired librarian and a modestly active fiber artist.

Please feel free to contact her with any questions.

April 3, 2020 12-1

Last Friday our online Zoom session looked more closely at Chapters 1-3 in Romans.

Here’s what we covered:

Instructions for joining our online study group

If you have not already installed Zoom on your computer, follow these 6 steps:

(Don’t wait until the last minute to do this.  Install Zoom well before the meeting is scheduled to begin.)

1. Go to https://zoom.us

2. Hover over (don’t click) “RESOURCES” on the top right and then click “Download Zoom Client” from the drop-down menu that appears

3. Click “Download” under “Zoom Client for Meetings”

4. If it asks you to allow it to download “zoom.us”, click “Allow” or “Yes”

5. Open the downloaded file and follow the instructions to install Zoom on your computer.

6. Close/Exit Zoom now (it will remain on your computer and you will not need to download it again on that computer.

If you have already installed Zoom on your computer, follow these 4 steps (but don’t do this any earlier than about 15 minutes before we are scheduled to start):

1. Go to the CBI web page at https://www.bethisraelnc.org/

2. Scroll down and click on “Find Virtual Classes Services, and Programs”

3. Scroll down to the blurb on the Friday Noon Study Group and click on “Join the Fri. Noon Study Group”

4. Click on “Open Zoom” and you should be connected.