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Courses by date: 2012

23 courses:

March (8 courses)

Add to cart A Taste of Hebrew (Spring)

L100B-SJ Instructors: Zach Peri Starting: 03/27/2012 Location: JCCSF

In this introductory course, students with little or no prior knowledge of Hebrew establish a basic foundation. Study the Hebrew alphabet, fundamental grammar and basic vocabulary. Learn to speak, understand and read in only 10 ...

Add to cart Advanced Hebrew (Spring)

L400B-SJ Instructors: Zach Peri Starting: 03/29/2012 Location: JCCSF

Created for students with high-level speaking and writing skills, this course offers an in-depth Hebrew reading and discussion forum on topics ranging from current events to Israeli culture. All courses are taught Israeli Ulpan style, ...

Add to cart Advanced Hebrew 2 (Spring)

L450B-SJ Instructors: Zach Peri Starting: 03/29/2012 Location: JCCSF

Created for students with high-level speaking and writing skills, this course offers an in-depth Hebrew reading and discussion forum on topics ranging from current events to Israeli culture. All courses are taught Israeli Ulpan style, ...

Add to cart Beginning Hebrew (Spring)

L150B-SJ Instructors: Zach Peri Starting: 03/27/2012 Location: JCCSF

Advance from the basics to the next level with a program full of conversation, letter recognition, reading proficiency and basic grammar. Build your vocabulary and learn more of the basic skills for living, including numbers ...

Add to cart Beginning Hebrew (Spring)

L200B-SJ Instructors: Zach Peri Starting: 03/27/2012 Location: JCCSF

Advance from the basics to the next level with a program full of conversation, letter recognition, reading proficiency and basic grammar. Build your vocabulary and learn more of the basic skills for living, including numbers ...

Add to cart Intermediate Hebrew (Spring)

L250B-SJ Instructors: Zach Peri Starting: 03/28/2012 Location: JCCSF

Designed to build on previous knowledge, students improve their ability to read with understanding, increase vocabulary and practice everyday conversations. All courses are taught Israeli Ulpan style, with Hebrew being the language of instruction.

Add to cart Intermediate Hebrew (Spring)

L300B-SJ Instructors: Zach Peri Starting: 03/28/2012 Location: JCCSF

Designed to build on previous knowledge, students improve their ability to read with understanding, increase vocabulary and practice everyday conversations. All courses are taught Israeli Ulpan style, with Hebrew being the language of instruction.

Add to cart Introduction to Judaism (Spring)

I100B-SJ Instructors: Baugh Starting: 03/28/2012 Location: JCCSF

Designed for Jews who seek a deeper connection with their heritage and for non-Jews wanting a greater understanding of Judaism, this course offers an opportunity to study texts, try Jewish practices, socialize and gain insights ...

April (4 courses)

Add to cart Advanced Biblical Hebrew 3: The Song and Story of Deborah (Spring)

L315-CBE Instructors: Grist Starting: 04/08/2012 Location: Congregation Beth El

Imagine traveling back in time to Israel's birth moment, somewhere between the late 13th-12th centuries BCE. That's what we'll do as we translate and analyze passages from Judges 4-5. Judges 4 offers a prose account ...

Add to cart Back to the Torah - The Book of Numbers

T106C-CCD Instructors: Cohen Starting: 04/19/2012 Location: Contra Costa Jewish Day School

Sacred Time in a Sacred Land This Spring, we will complete our study of the Book of Numbers! Our class will include a study of the sacred times and observances of the holy days in ...

Add to cart Intermediate Prayerbook/Biblical Hebrew 2A (Spring)

L200A-CBE Instructors: Grist Starting: 04/08/2012 Location: Congregation Beth El

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 ...

Add to cart Introduction to the Jewish Experience: The People Israel

I100C-TS Instructors: Adar Starting: 04/04/2012 Location: Temple Sinai

Who is a Jew? Who are the Jews? We will explore these questions by looking at Jewish life from many different angles: kashrut, Israel, the movements of Judaism (Reform, Conservative, Orthodox, Reconstructionism and Renewal), Jewish ...

May (8 courses)

Add to cart Advanced Conversational Hebrew (summer)

L500S-BA Instructors: Morad Starting: 05/31/2012 Location: Congregation Beth Am

This course will focus on conversational skills with an attention to improving fluency.

Add to cart Beginning Modern Hebrew 3A (summer)

L100CS-BA Instructors: Morad Starting: 05/30/2012 Location: Congregation Beth Am

This is a continuation of the Beginning Modern Hebrew class that has been meeting at the Oshman Family JCC. Students further develop vocabulary, grammar and basic conversational skills. The instructor will show both patience and ...

Add to cart Modern Hebrew Level B (summer)

L200S-BA Instructors: Morad Starting: 05/30/2012 Location: Congregation Beth Am

In this continuation of Modern Hebrew Level A2, students build on vocabulary, grammar and basic conversational skills. The instructor will show both patience and sensitivity to the needs of adult learners who have limited time ...

Add to cart Modern Hebrew Level C (summer)

L300S-BA Instructors: Morad Starting: 05/29/2012 Location: Congregation Beth Am

A continuation of the intermediate level, this course takes students to a higher level of conversation and comprehension skills, while further developing an understanding of Hebrew grammar. Prerequisite: Completion of four semesters of Lehrhaus Judaica’s ...

Add to cart Modern Hebrew Level D (summer)

L400S-BA Instructors: Morad Starting: 05/31/2012 Location: Congregation Beth Am

This course further expands fluency in Hebrew conversation and comprehension, and is designed for students with a reasonably developed level of modern Hebrew speaking and understanding. It continues building student vocabulary, grammar, and fluency skills. ...

Add to cart Modern Hebrew Level E (summer)

L405S-BA Instructors: Morad Starting: 05/29/2012 Location: Congregation Beth Am

This course further expands fluency in Hebrew conversation and comprehension, and is designed for students with a reasonably developed level of modern Hebrew speaking and understanding. It continues building student vocabulary, grammar, and fluency skills ...

Add to cart Sacred Treasure - The Cairo Genizah: The Amazing Discoveries of Forgotten Jewish History in an Egyptian Synagogue Attic

H300-JCL Instructors: Glickman Starting: 05/31/2012 Location: BJE Jewish Community Library

In 1896, Rabbi Solomon Schechter of Cambridge University stepped into the attic of the Ben Ezra Synagogue in Cairo, Egypt, and encountered the largest treasure trove of medieval and early manuscripts ever discovered. The Cairo ...

Add to cart The Two Sinais of HaLevi and Maimonides: Inclusiveness and Exclusiveness

T350-KS Instructors: Wolf-Prusan Starting: 05/01/2012 Location: Congregation Kol Shofar

As we travel from Egypt to Sinai, from Pesach to Shavuot, we arrive at two different Sinais: The Sinais of Judah HaLevi and Maimonides. We find both in our behaviors, liturgy, and recent Israeli law. ...

June (2 courses)

Add to cart Every Picture Tells a Story: Beginning Egyptian Hieroglyphs

L500-LJ Instructors: Grist Starting: 06/17/2012 Location: Lehrhaus Judaica

Ancient Egyptian was one of the first 'picture languages,' employing beautiful images to express consonants, syllables and whole words. When Biblical Hebrew was born, Egyptian writing was already 2000 years old, a language rich in ...

Add to cart Pharaoh's Land: History and Culture of Ancient Egypt

H300-LJ Instructors: Grist Starting: 06/17/2012 Location: Lehrhaus Judaica

From Narmer to Cleopatra, Pharaonic Egypt spanned 3000 years. Our course will cover every century and all the key personalities and conflicts of this extraordinary civilization. But we'll dig deeper to discover Egypt's gods and ...

July (1 course)

The Dead Sea Scrolls and Their World

H205-PSR Instructors: Grist Starting: 07/09/2012 Location: Pacific School of Religion at GTU

This course takes a decidedly holistic approach to understanding the scrolls in the context of their times. We'll begin with an overview of the history encompassing the scrolls, ca. 200 BCE-100 CE. From there, we'll ...