Lehrhaus Judaica Courses at Netivot Shalom, Spring, 2010
Below are the Lehrhaus Judaica courses being offered at Netivot Shalom this spring, 2010.
For further information on Lehrhaus, see the Lehrhaus Judaica website.
Advanced Biblical Hebrew 3: Chronicles vs. Kings: What's the Difference? (Spring)
L315-NS Instructors: Grist Starting: 04/18/2010 Location: Congregation Netivot Shalom
Our Bible has two 'official histories': Chronicles and Samuel-Kings. Some passages are, verbatim, the same. Others are radically different, and there are swathes of material that appear in Chronicles, but not Kings, and vice versa. ...
From Egypt to Israel: The Shared Journey of Two Lands: The Lehrhaus Pre-Tour Course (Spring)
H350-NS Instructors: Grist Starting: 04/18/2010 Location: Congregation Netivot Shalom
From Patriarchal beginnings to the 21st century, the tumultuous relationship between Egypt and Israel tells a far more complex story than the Biblical stereotype suggests. We see ourselves as Egypt's sworn enemy, forcing our way ...
Intermediate Prayerbook/Biblical Hebrew 2A (Spring)
L200A-NS Instructors: Grist Starting: 04/18/2010 Location: Congregation Netivot Shalom
The third semester of the introductory sequence of Biblical Hebrew grammar, this course covers the more complex features of the language commonly found in Biblical and Siddur (prayerbook) texts. After a brief review of material ...
Jews of Modern China: Personal Stories and Reminiscences
H800-NS Instructors: Frank Starting: 03/21/2010 Location: Congregation Netivot Shalom
Join us for a spectacular panel featuring three speakers who are surviving representatives of the Sephardi, Russian, and Holocaust–refugee Jewish communities that lived in China in the first half of the 20th century. This panel ...
Wrestling with Reconciliation: Jews, Muslims, and Sacred Texts
T400-NS Instructors: Hahn Tapper Starting: 04/15/2010 Location: Congregation Netivot Shalom
Co-taught by a Muslim and Jewish co-educator team, this course focuses on the themes of conflict, reconciliation, and inter-communal dialogue. Through inter-textual analyses, students will learn about similarities and differences between and within Judaism and ...