Courses by instructor: Diane Tobin
Diane Tobin is the president of the Institute for Jewish & Community Research (IJCR), an independent think tank providing original research and innovative initiatives. She is also the founder of Be’chol Lashon, a community-building initiative of the Institute that seeks to grow and strengthen the Jewish community through a global understanding of the Jewish people. With representatives and partners across the United States, as well as in Latin America, Europe, and Africa, Be'chol Lashon advocates for pluralistic inclusive expressions of Judaism that are relevant to young people and others. Diane Tobin is the author of In Every Tongue: The Racial & Ethnic Diversity of the Jewish People, which was a 2006 Independent Publisher Book Award finalist, and co-author of ewish Family Foundations.
A500-TS
Local photographer Bryan Schwartz documented the global Jewish community in Scattered Among the Nations. This exhibit challenges the stereotypes of what Jews look like. But are we more comfortable with Asian or Black Jews in ...
A300-TS Instructors: Tobin Starting: 02/22/2012 Location: Temple Sinai
Worldwide, the number of Jews is stagnant. Decimated by the Inquisition, the Holocaust, high intermarriage rates and low birth rates, Jews now comprise only 0.2% of the world's people. In focusing our attention on traditional ...