Intro to Judaism Class Packets and Resources

Intro to Judaism class calendar • Intro to Judaism syllabus

Week 1 - Jewish Belonging, Behaving and Believing: Who is a Jew? Who are the Jewish People? What Is Judaism?
Week 1 Packet

Week 2 - Jewish Time: Introducing the Calendar and the Tishrei Holidays
Week 2 Packet

No Class on Tuesday, November 5, Election Day

Week 3 - The Jewish Story: Torah, Tanach, and Jewish Beginnings
Week 3 Packet

Week 4 - The Jewish Story: Transition to Rabbinic Leadership and Rabbinic Lore
Week 4 Packet

No Class on Tuesday, November 26.

Week 5 - The Jewish Story: Greatest Hits from the Tanach
Week 5 Packet

Week 6 - The Jewish Story: The Medieval and Modern Periods and the emergence of the Synagogue Movements
Week 6 Packet

Week 7 - Jewish Time: Chanukah Workshop & December Dilemma
Week 7 Packet

No class on Tuesday, December 24. Happy Chanukah!

No class on Tuesday, December 31. Happy New Year!

Week 8 - The Jewish Story: The Jewish Experience of Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust
Week 8 Packet 1
Week 8 Packet 2

Week 9 - Jewish Believing: Jewish Concepts of God

Week 10 - The Jewish Story: Zionism, the Land, and the State of Israel

Week 11 - Jewish Time: Shabbat, a Sanctuary in Time
Week 11 Packet

Week 12 - Jewish Living: Jewish Ethics and Current Issues of Social Justice
Week 12 Packet

Week 13 - Jewish Time: The Spring Holidays
Week 13 Packet

Week 14: Jewish Living: Jewish Music Past and Present
Week 14 Packet