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Heretics and the Evolution of Modern Jewish Culture
Heretics and the Evolution of Modern Jewish Culture
Program: Hebrew College Me’ah Select
Instructor: Rabbi Jeffrey Amshalem (Read Bio)
Dates: 8 Tuesdays, 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31, 11/7, 11/14, 11/28 & 12/5
Time: 7-9 p.m.
Cost: $360, financial aid is available
Location: Zoom
Hosted by: Temple Emanuel, Newton
Until recently, historians looked at the evolution of Judaism and Jewish culture in the modern era as a battle between “tradition” and “modernity.” In the last generation, however, scholars have challenged this simple binary and argued that since the Middle Ages Jews have been actively creating their own passage into modernity, not only holding on to a static tradition or abandoning it in part or in whole for life in modern society. It may be surprising to know that people branded as heretics have played an outsized role in this process. In this course we will learn about these figures, from Maimonides and the early Kabbalists to the Marranos of Spain, the “false messiahs” Shabbetai Tzvi and Jacob Frank, and Nachman of Bratslav. We will read the writings by these change-makers as well as historical studies about them and discuss how their “heresies” have shaped and continue to shape Judaism and Jewish culture.
For more information, contact meah@hebrewcollege.edu
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