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** Falling into October with New JLearn Classes!
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PARSHA HASHAVUAH (Weekly Torah Portion)
Instructors: Community Rabbis, Cantors and Educators
Fridays, 10:00 to 11:00 AM
Ten weeks, begins Oct. 9
Each week a different rabbi, cantor or educator will present the weekly Torah portion from his or her own perspective. You never know who will be teaching each week but it is always enlightening and engaging! Bring your own Tanakh.
Tuition: $105
Co-sponsored by: The Michigan Board of Rabbis and The Michigan Board of Cantors
WHERE DID WE COME FROM AND WHERE ARE WE GOING? THE INVENTION OF JUDAISM
Instructor: Rabbi Joseph Klein
Fridays, 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
Eight weeks, begins Oct. 9
Judaism didn’t exist in the time of Abraham, it did not come down from Sinai with Moses, and, it was not the religion of King David. Judaism had to be invented. From when and under what circumstances did Judaism emerge, and how are we to understand and appreciate the “Judaisms” that exist today?
Tuition: $150
CHAPTER AND VERSE – BOOK OF KINGS AND A DISCUSSION OF PROPHETS
Instructor: Rabbi Michele Faudem
Tuesdays, 10:45 to 11:45 AM
Eight weeks, begins Oct. 13
Add to the intrigue, plot twists and palace backstabbing, some in-depth studies of the Prophets, and you have another exciting weekly discussion with Rabbi Faudem!
Tuition: $100
THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE IN AMERICA, FROM THE BEGINNING
Instructor: Professor Howard Lupovitch
Tuesdays, 7 to 8:30 PM
Four weeks, begins Oct. 13
Explore the American Jewish experience. Explore Jews in Colonial America, the German-Jewish wave, Jewish areas in America and Jews in America after the Holocaust.
Tuition: $75
THE LITTLE BOOK OF BIG WISDOM: MORE PROVERBS
Instructor: Rabbi Michele Faudem
Wednesdays, 10:30 to 11:45 AM
Eight weeks, begins Oct. 14
Join Rabbi Faudem as she guides you through The Book of Proverbs, made of short weighty sayings, packed with wisdom.
Tuition: $125
BOOKED WITH MITCH!
Instructor: Rabbi Dr. Mitch Parker
Wednesdays, Noon to 1:15 PM
Monthly: Seven sessions, begins Oct. 14
Join Mitch for a monthly book club to explore the Lives of Great Religious Books, a series of short volumes that recount the complex and fascinating histories of important religious texts from around the world.
Tuition: $110 | Class size is limited!
CONTEMPORARY HALACHIC DEBATES
Instructor: Rabbi Michele Faudem
Thursdays, 9:30 to 10:30 AM
Eight weeks, begins Oct. 15
Join Rabbi Faudem for lively weekly discussions and debates on contemporary issues, using Halacha (Jewish law) as a starting point to discover how decisions are reached, changed or compromised in today’s society.
Tuition: $100
THE PERFECT BLEND, MIXING IT UP AGAIN! COFFEE WITH THE RABBIS
Instructors: Rabbi Joseph Krakoff and Rabbi Joshua Bennett
Thursdays, 10 to 11:30 AM
Monthly, eight sessions, begins Oct. 15
It’s time to fill your coffee cups and your souls with this unique opportunity with two of our respected rabbis from the Detroit community. Each month focuses on a different, compelling topic, allowing you to discuss and learn about a broad range of issues impacting our everyday lives.
Tuition: $165 | Class size is limited!
YOU DON’T HAVE TO LIKE IT BUT DO YOU UNDERSTAND IT?
Instructor: Rabbi Michele Faudem
Thursdays, 6:45 to 7:45 PM
Eight weeks, begins Oct. 15
How does Halacha (Jewish Law) impact our everyday opinions and decisions? Join our round table discussion as Rabbi Faudem asks you to answer the question: “You don’t have to like it, but do you understand it”?
Tuition: $100
YOU DON’T HAVE TO LIKE IT BUT DO YOU UNDERSTAND IT?
Instructor: Rabbi Michele Faudem
Thursdays, 6:45 to 7:45 PM
Eight weeks, begins Oct. 15
How does Halacha (Jewish Law) impact our everyday opinions and decisions? Join our round table discussion as Rabbi Faudem asks you to answer the question: “You don’t have to like it, but do you understand it”?
Tuition: $100
MODERN MEDICAL JEWISH ETHICS 2020!
Instructor: Jill Gutmann
Mondays, 10 to 11:30 AM
Monthly, eight sessions, begins Oct. 19
Unpack the Jewish response to relevant current medical events, as we try to navigate recent issues and corresponding events, surrounding modern medicine.
Tuition: $150
AT THE GHETTO GATES: A Premier Pop-Up Presentation
Co-Sponsored by: Holocaust Memorial Zekelman Family Campus
Instructors: Professor Howard Lupovitch and Professor Jeffrey Veidlinger
Mondays, 7 to 8:30 PM
Three weeks, begins Oct. 19
Join us for three engaging evenings of learning as our speakers take you beyond the gates of the Jewish ghettos to explore daily life among the Jewish prisoners being held there. The Vilna Ghetto, Ghettos in Occupied Ukraine and The Budapest Ghetto will be highlighted as you are immersed each week in a unique world of survival, hope, despair and resistance.
Tuition: $55
TOGETHER AND APART: THE FUTURE OF JEWISH PEOPLEHOOD
A Shalom Hartman Institute Course
Instructor: Rabbi Aaron Starr
Thursdays, 12 to 1:30 PM
Five weeks, begins Oct. 22
Join us for three engaging evenings of learning as our speakers take you beyond the gates of the Jewish ghettos to explore daily life among the Jewish prisoners being held there. The Vilna Ghetto, Ghettos in Occupied Ukraine and The Budapest Ghetto will be highlighted as you are immersed each week in a unique world of survival, hope, despair and resistance.
Tuition: $95
TOGETHER AND APART: THE FUTURE OF JEWISH PEOPLEHOOD
A Shalom Hartman Institute Course
Rabbi Aaron Starr
Thursdays, 12 to 1:30 PM
Five weeks, begins Oct. 22
Today we face new challenges to Jewish unity including nationalism, antisemitism, dual loyalty and identity politics. In conjunction with the renowned faculty of the Shalom Hartman Institute, we will consider what it means to be a member of the Jewish people, the core values that animate Jewish peoplehood, and the contemporary challenges to Jewish unity.
Tuition: $55
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