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Courses by instructor: Rabbi Ruth Adar

Rabbi Ruth Adar – Rabbi Ruth Adar has called the East Bay her home for 20 years, although you may detect the sound of her native Tennessee in her voice. Rabbi Adar serves Congregation Ner Tamid in Las Vegas as Visiting Rabbi. In the past, she has served as spiritual leader for Temple Beth Solomon of the Deaf in Tarzana, CA, as a chaplain at the Jewish Home for the Aging in Reseda, CA, and at the City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center in Duarte, CA. Rabbi Adar attended Hebrew Union College, receiving ordination in May, 2008. She holds an M.A. in Religious Studies from the University of Chicago and a B.A. in Economics from the University of Tennessee. Rabbi Adar and her partner, Linda Burnett, live in the East Bay. They have two sons, Aaron and James.
Add to cart Series Introduction to the Jewish Experience

I100-TS

This three-part course is designed to equip students to engage with Jewish life and Jewish institutions. The course will follow the course of the Jewish year, preparing students for the holidays shortly before they occur. ...

Add to cart Introduction to the Jewish Experience Part I: God & Jewish Lifecycle

I100A-TS Instructors: Adar Starting: 10/20/2010 Location: Temple Sinai

Jews express our faith more by “doing” than by “believing.” Jewish lifecycle celebrations and rituals express the relationship of the Jew to the world, and Jewish understandings of the Holy. This course will explore Jewish ...

Add to cart Introduction to the Jewish Experience Part II: Torah, Memory and History

I100B-CBE Instructors: Adar Starting: 01/19/2011 Location: Congregation Beth El

As the Jews travel through history, we have recorded our experiences in various texts: Bible, Midrash, Mishnah, Talmud, Codes, Responsa literature, and the Prayer Book, which Jacob Petuchowski, a scholar of Jewish liturgy, has described ...

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

I100C-CBE Instructors: Adar Starting: 03/23/2011 Location: Congregation Beth El

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, Renewal), Jewish institutions ...