DATE

TOPIC

RABBI

LOCATION

Thursday

2/12/09

[1] Introductory Session

Stone

Shir Tikvah

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THE JEWISH COMMUNITY AND TIME

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Thursday

2/19/09

[2] Hebrew Calendar and Cycle of Holy Days

Kominsky

Neveh Shalom

Thursday

2/26/09

[3] Shabbat: Philosophy and Practice

Followed by Friday night dinner (2/27/09)

Schoenberg

Gesher

Gesher

TUESDAY

3/3/09

[4] Ancient Hebrews: Pre-Rabbinic Judaism

Zuckerman

Shaarie Torah

Thursday

3/5/09

[5] Rabbinic Judaism: Talmud, Mishnah, Midrash, Minhag variations

Greenstein

Neveh Shalom

Thursday

3/12/09

[6] Halakha

Greenstein

Neveh Shalom

Thursday

3/19/09

[7] Diaspora: Exile and History

Koch

Beth Israel

Thursday

3/26/09

[8] History of Anti-Semitism

Cahana

Beth Israel

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THE JEWISH COMMUNITY AND GOD

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TUESDAY

3/31/09

[9] The Jewish Master Story

Rutenberg

Gesher

Thursday

4/2/09

[10] God and Theology

Isaak

Neveh Shalom

TUESDAY

4/21/09

[11] Spirituality and Prayer (with hevruta)

Wolf

Havurah

Thursday

4/23/09

[12] Jewish Practice and Rituals

Dunsker

Shaarie Torah

Thursday

4/30/09

[13] Mysticism (with hevruta)

Stone

Shir Tikvah

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JEWISH COMMUNITY: ONE PEOPLE, MANY PATHS TO IDENTITY

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Thursday

5/7/09

[14] Life Cycle Events

Shaarie Torah

5/14/09

[15] Israel

Cahana

Beth Israel

Thursday

5/21/09

[16] Psycho-Social Considerations of Conversion

Neveh Shalom

Thursday

6/4/09

[17] The High Holy Days

Zuckerman

Shaarie Torah

Thursday

6/11/09

[18] The American Jewish Community

and Graduation

Beth Israel