Intro to Judaism and Hebrew Basics Resources
2020-2021
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Class Schedule/Recordings
Week 1 - Jewish Time: Introducing the Calendar and the Tishrei Holidays
Week 2 - Belonging, Behaving, Believing: Who are the Jewish People? What is Judaism? (no recording)
Week 3 - The Jewish Story: Torah, Tanach, and Jewish Beginnings
Week 4 - The Jewish Story: Greatest Hits from the Tanach
Week 5 - The Jewish Story: Transition to Rabbinic Leadership and Rabbinic Lore
Week 6 - Jewish Learning: Law and Debate in the Talmud and Beyond
Week 7 - Jewish Story: Medieval and Modern Periods and the Emergence of the Synagogue Movements
Week 8 - Jewish Living: Jewish Communities Around the World
Week 9 - Jewish Time: Chanukah Workshop & December Dilemma
Week 10 - The Jewish Story: The Jewish Experience of Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust
Week 11 - Jewish Living: Everyday Spirituality and Creating a Jewish Home
Week 12 - Jewish Time: Shabbat, a Sanctuary in Time
Week 13 - Jewish Story: Zionism, the Land, and the State of Israel
Week 14 - Jewish Time: The Spring Holidays from Tu BiSh'vat-Shavuot
Week 15 - Jewish Living: Applications of Jewish Law, Customs, and Values
Week 16 - Jewish Believing: Jewish Concepts of God
Week 17 - Jewish Prayer: Communal Worship and Observance
Week 18 - Jewish Believing: Judaism and Christianity
Week 19 - Jewish Living: Sanctifying the Cycles and Milestones of Our Lives
Week 20 - Jewish Living: Jewish Views of Life, Death, and Mourning
Week 21 - Jewish Time: Passover Workshop
Week 22 - Jewish Living: Jewish Music Past and Present
Week 23 - Jewish Living: Jewish Ethics and Current Issues of Social Justice
Week 24 - Jewish Prayer: An Experience of Worship and Communal Spiritual Practice
Week 25 - Questions, Roundtable, and Conclusion
5/25/2021 - Conversion Seminar: Texts and Background
Gerut at Temple Israel Pamphlet
Mikvah Blessings for the Purpose of Conversion
6/1/2021 - Conversion Seminar: Dynamics of Conversion
6/8/2021 - Conversion Seminar: Panel Discussion
6/15/2021 - Conversion Seminar: Liturgy and Ritual