SOUL OF THE MISHNAH

with Moshe Berger

Tuesdays, 7:00 - 9:00 PM        June 1, 8, 15, 22 (4 weeks)

Course #RAB006            Cost: $80

Although the Mishnah (edited in the Land of Israel circa 200 CE) is primarily a code summarizing the essence of Jewish Oral Law, it is permeated with psychological and spiritual insights and implications, and is composed in a literary style that is often evocative and poetic.

THE BOOK OF JONAH

with Moshe Berger

Wednesdays, 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM    June 2, 9, 16, 23 (4 weeks)

Course #BIB014            Cost: $80

In this course we will read the book of Jonah – in the original Hebrew and in translation.

WHAT DOES ISLAM SAY ABOUT JEWS AND JUDAISM

with Ronald A. Brauner

Wednesdays, 7:00 - 9:00 PM        June 2, 9, 16, 23 (4 weeks)

Course #REL012            Cost: $80

Passages from the Quran and the subsequent oral traditions (hadith) of Islam are analyzed in light of their historical, social and theological contexts.

BIBLE STORIES FOR ADULTS ONLY

with Ronald A. Brauner

Thursdays, 9:30 - 11:30 AM        June 3, 10, 17, 24 (4 weeks)

Course #BIB015                Cost: $80

We've come a long way since Sunday School and Hebrew School days! 

Advanced Readings in Biblical Narrative: The Book of Ruth

Thursdays, June 3 - July 1 (5 wks)

7:00 - 9:30 PM

Moshe Adler

The Book of Ruth is a tale of familial loyalty, nobility of character, and the adoption of an outsider into the family of Abraham.  In a larger biblical context, it is also the story of how acts of selfless kindness pay off an ancient "karmic debt" in the lineage of David, thus clearing the way for his divine election as king of Israel.

Hebrew Verbs the Easy Way

Tuesdays & Thursdays, June 1—June 17 (3 wks)

9:30 - 11:30 AM

Nili Adler

This course is intended for intermediate and advanced students and for teachers of prayerbook and modern Hebrew. 

Aggadah: The Classical Jewish Mind - Israel and Jerusalem

June 28 - July 2 with Ronald A. Brauner

M-Th 9:00am-12:00; noon 1:00pm-4:00pm; Friday 9-11am

The richest source for understanding the post-biblical classical Jewish mind and soul is the literature of aggadah.