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 Open Enrollment Open for New York Kollel Fall Classes and Lectures New York Kollel: The Center for Adult Jewish Studies Spring 2006 Classes Begin September 13 HUC-JIR is home to a vibrant and diverse learning environment for adults of all skill levels in New York City, with courses taught by leading Jewish scholars and educators. HEBREW LANGUAGE • JEWISH HISTORY • MIDRASH • TALMUD THEOLOGY • FREE LECTURE SERIES • AND MORE! The New York Kollel was created by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion to serve the large number of Jews seeking to explore their religious and spiritual identities. We offer our students an opportunity to learn in the warm, invigorating, and intellectually challenging atmosphere of the nation's oldest institution of higher Jewish education. The New York Kollel is a program of The Irma L. and Abram S. Croll Center for Jewish Learning and Culture. Information and Registration: (212) 824-2272 • kollel@huc.edu FREE LECTURE SERIES OCTOBER 26, 6:00 pm: Rabbi Lawrence Kushner Kabbalah: A Love Story NOVEMBER 21, 7:30 pm: Dr. David Myers and Nomi Stolzenberg What Does Kiryas Joel Tell us About Liberalism in America? DECEMBER 7, 6:00 pm: Dr. Uzi Avner - Archaeology lecture The Biblical and Social Implications of the Timna Miners' Sanctuary JANUARY 17, 6:00 pm: Dr. Jodi Magness - Archaeology lecture The Ancient Synagogue at Dura Europus JANUARY 24, 6:30 pm: Dr. Michael Stanislawski A Murder in Lemberg: The Assasination of Rabbi Abraham Kohn CLASSES IN BIBLICAL, PRAYERBOOK, AND MODERN HEBREW SEMINARS (once a week, for 3-5 weeks) The Tree of Days; A journey Through the Seasons of the Jewish Year Abraham, Isaac, and the Altar: Understanding the Akedah The Life and Thought of Emanuel Levinas: An Introduction The Light and Fire of the Baal Shem Tov Parashat Hashavua - The Weekly Torah Portion Dav Sh'vui - A Weekly Taste of Talmud The Book of Deuteronomy Introduction to Jewish Philosophy Introduction to Jewish History The Jewish Bookshelf Jesus the Jew and the Beginnin of Christianity ONE-TIME SEMINARS September 14: Dr. Steven M. Cohen Unaffiliated but Engaged: Emerging Identities Among Young Adult Jews November 2: Dr. Daniel Hillel The Natural History of the Bible: An Environmental Exploration November 8: Rabbi Helga Newmark Psalms and the Holocaust: A Teaching for Kristallnacht November 16: Rabbi Martin A. Cohen The Talmud as a Political Text: The Use of Spin and legend December 7: Cantor Josee Wolff Prayer is Song-Pathways to the Divine KOLOT CHADASHIM - "New Voices" - Seminars taught by HUC-JIR rabbinical students AND MORE!!! Information and Registration: (212) 824-2272 • kollel@huc.edu Founded in 1875, Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion is the nation’s oldest institution of higher Jewish education and the academic, spiritual, and professional leadership development center of Reform Judaism. HUC-JIR educates men and women for service to American and world Jewry as rabbis, cantors, educators, and nonprofit management professionals, and offers graduate programs to scholars and clergy of all faiths. With centers of learning in Cincinnati, Jerusalem, Los Angeles, and New York, HUC-JIR’s scholarly resources comprise the renowned Klau Library, The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives, research institutes and centers, and academic publications. In partnership with the Union for Reform Judaism and the Central Conference of American Rabbis, HUC-JIR sustains the Reform Movement’s congregations and professional and lay leaders. HUC-JIR’s campuses invite the community to cultural and educational programs illuminating Jewish history, identity, art, and archaeology, and fostering interfaith and multiethnic understanding. |
