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 HUC-JIR/NY Venue for "Exodus Revolution" Program REVOLUTIONARY TEXT STUDY! A Six-Part Series on Michael Walzer's Exodus and Revolution "Wherever people know the Bible, and experience oppression, the Exodus has sustained their spirits and (sometimes) inspired their resistance." – Michael Walzer, Exodus and Revolution Do you have the same conversations at your Passover Seder, year after year? Are you looking for something that might spice things up this time around? Do you crave substantive and meaningful Jewish learning in community? If so, here's the program you've been waiting for! Exodus and Revolution, by Michael Walzer, traces the dynamics of revolution, redemption and liberation through the biblical story of the Israelites leaving Egypt for the Promised Land. It also examines later retellings of Exodus by diverse groups including classical rabbinic interpreters and political actors who used the story as the rallying point for their own revolutionary struggles – from African American resistance to slavery and Jim Crow, to the British and French Revolutions, to the guerilla liberators of various Latin American countries. Over the course of 6 weeks together, we will unpack Exodus and Revolution through intensive learning in chevrutah (in pairs) and through facilitated discussions that will be guided by some of NYC's leading scholars and activists. You will have a chance to learn with and from a roster of inspiring rabbis and social justice educators, including: Aaron Dorfman, Director of Education, American Jewish World Service Rabbi Elie Kaunfer, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Mechon Hadar Rabbi David Rosenn, Founder and Executive Director, AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps Daniel Septimus, Editor in Chief, MyJewishLearning.com Dara Silverman, Executive Director, Jews for Racial and Economic Justice Rabbi Melissa Weintraub, Co-Founder and North American Director, Encounter Shmuly Yanklowitz, Co-Founder, Uri L'Tzedek Rabbi Brent Spodek, the Marshall T. Meyer Fellow at Congregation B'nai Jeshurun, will open and close the series by teaching the introduction and conclusion. Teams of rabbis and educators (including those listed above) will teach the four chapters in between. Dates: Weekly, starting on Wednesday March 12th and ending on Wednesday, April 16th (March 12th, 19th, and 26th and April 2nd, 9th, and 16th). **The course will end just in time for you to bring your newfound insights to your Passover Seder! Time: 7pm-9pm Location: Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion @ 1 W.4th Street (corner Broadway), near Washington Square Book: Exodus and Revolution by Michael Walzer RSVP: Audrey Sasson at 212.792.2871 or asasson@ajws.org or asasson@avodah.net. This program is brought to you by AJWS, AVODAH, Congregation B'nai Jeshurun, Encounter, Uri L'Tzedek, Mechon Hadar, JFREJ, and MyJewishLearning.com. 
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 communal service professionals, and offers graduate and post-graduate programs to scholars of all faiths. With centers of learning in Cincinnati, Jerusalem, Los Angeles, and New York, HUC-JIR's scholarly resources comprise renowned library and museum collections, the American Jewish Archives, biblical archaeology excavations, research institutes and centers, and academic publications. HUC-JIR invites the community to an array of cultural and educational programs which illuminate Jewish history, identity, and contemporary creativity and which foster interfaith and multiethnic understanding. Visit us at www.huc.edu |
