The Sarah Peltzman Educational Series, Unit One, begins Thursday, Oct. 15. Classes will be held 10-11 a.m. via Zoom. The cost is $15 per unit or $36 for all three units. The fee for couples is $40 and includes all three units.

Checks are payable to Beth Shalom Sisterhood, Attn: Peltzman, 14200 Lamar Avenue, Overland Park, KS 66223. This series is open to the entire Jewish community of Greater Kansas City. See below for a listing of all dates.

Unit One — “Am I My Brothers’ Keeper? A Jewish Social Justice Response to Black Lives Matter,” Oct. 15, 22, 29 and Nov. 5 and 12

Unit Two — “Difficult Texts in the Tanakh; How We Face and Frame the Texts that Make Us Squirm,” Jan. 7, 14, 21, 28 and Feb. 4

Unit Three — “Great Arguments: How the Jewish Methods of Disagreement are What the World Needs Now,” April 8, 15, 22, 29 and May 6

For more information, contact Amy Schultz, Sisterhood Education vice president, at or 913-681-5752.