Here's our list of upcoming Adult Education lecture series, starting this Fall. Outlines for the series as well as bios of the teachers will be forthcoming. In the interim, please contact Tom Samuels, Membership and Program Coordinator, with any questions.
Introductory Modern Hebrew (for JRC members only)
Bruce Braveman
(Class dates will be determined by registration numbers. Please contact Tom Samuels to confirm class dates)
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Sundays during Religious School
First Session: 9:40-10:10am
Second Session: 11:30-12:00pm
Have you always wanted to sing along to the prayers in Hebrew? Help your child with his/her Bar/Bat Mitzvah Torah portion? Order a felafel sandwich from a street vendor in Tel Aviv....Learn basic Hebrew with JRC Member Bruce Braverman while your child(ren) are up on the 2nd floor learning Hebrew themselves.
(Participants are expected to prepared assignments between classes).
Professor Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern - Northwestern University
The Jewish Holidays in Text
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Thursdays, 7:30-9:00pm
September 22, 2011 - Rosh Hashanah
December 8, 2011 - Hanukkah
March 1, 2012 - Purim
March 29, 2012 - Pesach
Why do we celebrate Jewish holidays the way we do? What about non-Jewish influences both ancient and more recent? Northwestern University Professor Petrovsky-Shtern leads the class in an examination of the holidays’ original intentions as well as their application to our contemporary context.
Rabbi Brant Rosen
God Talk: Beyond the Supernatural
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Saturdays, 12:30-2:30 pm
October 22 & 29, 2011
Professor Kenneth Seeskin - Northwestern University
A Jew Looks at Jesus
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Tuesdays, 7:30-9:00 pm
November 1, 8 & 15, 2011
This course examines how Jesus' teachings emerged out of and attempted to transform Jewish tradition. Did Jesus think he had established a new religion? Where exactly did the break between Judaism and Christianity occur? What motivated it? In addition to passages from the Torah and Prophets, we will examine the gospels of Mathew and John and some letters of Paul.
Rabbi Brant Rosen
Learning to Love Leviticus
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Tuesdays, 7:30-9:00 pm
December 6, 13 & 20, 2011
Rabbi Brant Rosen
The Golem
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Thursdays, 7:30-9:00 pm
January 12, 19 & 26, 2012
Professor Henri Lauziere - Northwestern University
The Formation of the Modern Middle East
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Tuesdays, 7:30-9:00 pm
February 14, 21 & 28, 2012
This series of lectures emphasizes the formation of contemporary Middle Eastern states. While many of these states seemed artificial at first, they have survived and contributed to the development of new forms of nationalism. Nevertheless, many of the problematic aspects of modern Middle East history derive from this difficult transition from an imperial and multinational Ottoman structure to a series of divided nation-states. In addition to providing historical context, the lectures will address some of the main themes and controversies regarding the creation of modern Middle East.
Rabbi Brant Rosen
God Talk: The Role of Community
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Saturdays, 12:30-2:30 pm
March 17 & 24, 2012