If each of us learns one piece...

In an age that often misunderstands, challenges, or even antagonizes Jewish identity, there has never been a more important time to know who we are.

Jewish identity is strengthened not simply by reacting to the world around us, but by encountering Torah—the source of our values, our shared story, and our unique mission.

That is the vision behind this year’s Detroit Torathon: each of us takes responsibility for one small piece of Torah so that, together, the greater Detroit Jewish community can complete the entire Torah.

HERE’S HOW IT WORKS

1. Choose your piece of Torah.

Choose one parshah—perhaps your Bar or Bat Mitzvah parshah, a story that has always intrigued you, or simply something that speaks to you. When you register, you’ll see the available portions and their major themes, making it easy to find the piece that feels like yours.

2. Make it yours at the Torathon.

At the special Torathon session immediately before the Yeshiva Beth Yehudah Dinner, you’ll explore the parshah you chose with a Torah partner. Come with a friend, family member, teacher, or learning partner of your own—or Partners Detroit will be delighted to match you with someone. We’ll provide everything you need to make the experience accessible, engaging, and personal. No background or prior experience is necessary. This is your opportunity to discover what your piece of Torah has to say—and what it might have to say to you.

3. Complete the Torah together.

Then, at the Yeshiva Beth Yehudah Dinner, all of those individual pieces will become something far greater: one Torah, completed by the greater Jewish community of Detroit. Together, we will celebrate a Grand Community Siyum—not simply marking the completion of Torah, but celebrating a community that has come together around it.

Each of us takes one piece. Each of us makes it our own. And together, the Jewish community of Detroit makes the whole Torah ours.

Sunday, November 1, doors open at 3:30pm, program starts promptly at 4:00pm.

...together, we complete an entire Torah.