Introduction to the Jewish Experience
This series is no longer offered.
This three-part course is an introduction to Judaism designed to equip students to engage with Jewish life and Jewish institutions. In Part 1, we study the Jewish lifecycle in the context of Jewish understandings of God and the cosmos. In Part 2, we learn about Jewish history and texts in order to understand Judaism in our own time. And in Part 3, we look at aspects of Jewish community, the People Israel, including our own Bay Area Jewish community. Each part can stand on its own as a separate course, and the three may be taken in any order. We welcome students in the fall, winter, and spring.
Please visit the website jexperience.wordpress.com that Rabbi Adar has set up for this class.
Schedule
| Session | Time | Days | Location | Instructors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Introduction to the Jewish Experience Part I: God & Jewish Lifecycle | ||||
| Oct 20 2010 | 7:30 PM–9:00 PM | Wed | Temple Sinai | Rabbi Ruth Adar |
| Oct 27 2010 | 7:30 PM–9:00 PM | Wed | Temple Sinai | Rabbi Ruth Adar |
| Nov 03 2010 | 7:30 PM–9:00 PM | Wed | Temple Sinai | Rabbi Ruth Adar |
| Nov 10 2010 | 7:30 PM–9:00 PM | Wed | Temple Sinai | Rabbi Ruth Adar |
| Nov 17 2010 | 7:30 PM–9:00 PM | Wed | Temple Sinai | Rabbi Ruth Adar |
| Dec 01 2010 | 7:30 PM–9:00 PM | Wed | Temple Sinai | Rabbi Ruth Adar |
| Dec 08 2010 | 7:30 PM–9:00 PM | Wed | Temple Sinai | Rabbi Ruth Adar |
| Dec 15 2010 | 7:30 PM–9:00 PM | Wed | Temple Sinai | Rabbi Ruth Adar |
| Introduction to the Jewish Experience Part II: Torah, Memory and History | ||||
| Jan 19 2011 | 7:30 PM–9:00 PM | Wed | Beth El | Rabbi Ruth Adar |
| Jan 26 2011 | 7:30 PM–9:00 PM | Wed | Beth El | Rabbi Ruth Adar |
| Feb 02 2011 | 7:30 PM–9:00 PM | Wed | Beth El | Rabbi Ruth Adar |
| Feb 09 2011 | 7:30 PM–9:00 PM | Wed | Beth El | Rabbi Ruth Adar |
| Feb 16 2011 | 7:30 PM–9:00 PM | Wed | Beth El | Rabbi Ruth Adar |
| Feb 23 2011 | 7:30 PM–9:00 PM | Wed | Beth El | Rabbi Ruth Adar |
| Mar 02 2011 | 7:30 PM–9:00 PM | Wed | Beth El | Rabbi Ruth Adar |
| Mar 09 2011 | 7:30 PM–9:00 PM | Wed | Beth El | Rabbi Ruth Adar |
| Introduction to the Jewish Experience Part III: The People Israel | ||||
| Mar 23 2011 | 7:30 PM–9:00 PM | Wed | Beth El | Rabbi Ruth Adar |
| Mar 30 2011 | 7:30 PM–9:00 PM | Wed | Beth El | Rabbi Ruth Adar |
| Apr 06 2011 | 7:30 PM–9:00 PM | Wed | Beth El | Rabbi Ruth Adar |
| Apr 13 2011 | 7:30 PM–9:00 PM | Wed | Beth El | Rabbi Ruth Adar |
| Apr 20 2011 | 7:30 PM–9:00 PM | Wed | Beth El | Rabbi Ruth Adar |
| Apr 27 2011 | 7:30 PM–9:00 PM | Wed | Beth El | Rabbi Ruth Adar |
| May 04 2011 | 7:30 PM–9:00 PM | Wed | Beth El | Rabbi Ruth Adar |
| May 11 2011 | 7:30 PM–9:00 PM | Wed | Beth El | Rabbi Ruth Adar |
Courses
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 ...
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 Prayerbook, which Jacob Petuchowski, a scholar of Jewish liturgy, has described as ...
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 and Renewal), Jewish ...