Program:Hebrew College Tamid Instructor: Laila Goodman (Read Bio) Dates: 8 Sundays, Fall 2024: 9/22, 10/20, 11/17, 12/15, 1/26, 2/23, 3/23 & 4/20 Time: 10-11:30 a.m. ET Course fee: $320, financial aid is available Location: Zoom Hosted by: Hebrew College Registration:Click here
The course will focus on learning Mussar texts to guide students to work on incorporating ethical principles in small everyday actions. Each class will focus on one middah, a character trait (e.g.-patience, respect, gratitude.) Students will share their practice, which will allow others to be inspired by their successes and gain a more compassionate perspective on common challenges. The class will accommodate new and returning students, with a mixture of new middot and revisiting previously studied texts for new insights. The class is based in Jewish texts and Jewish practice and the work is done through self-reflection and setting small goals. It provides a structure and opportunity to do the inner work of exploring and discovering each student’s moral fabric. Students will have a chance to discuss in small groups, and havruta pairs, the character traits that come naturally and character traits to work on to be their most holy, best self. This is a course that touches on heart and head.
Program:Hebrew College Tamid Instructor: Carolyn Ringel, J.D., M.B.E. (Read Bio) Dates: 4 Sundays, Fall 2024: 11/17, 11/24, 12/8 and 12/15 Time: 7-8:30 p.m. ET Course fee: $160, financial aid is available Location: Zoom Hosted by: Hebrew College Registration:Click here
Designer babies? Artificial wombs? Psychedelic therapy? This is not just the stuff of science fiction; these topics were all pulled from current news headlines. In this four-week class, we will wrestle with issues in reproductive ethics, mental illness and addiction, end of life decisions and other “hot topics” in bioethics from our own personal moral code, and look at what Judaism has to say on these topics.
Program:Hebrew College Tamid Instructor: Aron Wander (Read Bio) Dates: 10 Wednesdays, Fall 2024: 10/30, 11/6, 11/13, 11/20, 12/4, 12/11, 12/18, 1/8, 1/15 & 1/22 Time: 7-8:30 p.m. ET Course fee: $200* (Thanks to the generosity of CJP) Location: Zoom Hosted by: Hebrew College Registration:Click here
What resources does Judaism offer for cultivating joy, acting ethically, and finding meaning in a 21st-century world that can often feel chaotic and disorienting? Who or what (or where) is God, and how can spiritual practice sustain us in our work, relationships, and commitments? In this 2-semester introductory course, we’ll explore Jewish holidays, texts, rituals, practices, theology, philosophy, political thought, and mysticism as lenses through which to address these and other critical questions. We won’t be trying to find “the” solution to any of them; instead, we’ll be looking for new ways to ask the questions and wrestle with the multiple — and often contradictory — potential answers.
Program:Hebrew College Tamid Instructors: Rabbi Leslie Gordon and Rabbi Allison Berry (Read Bios) Dates: 11 Tuesdays, Fall 2024: 9/17, 9/24, 10/1, 10/15, 10/22, 10/29, 11/5, 11/12, 11/19, 12/3 & 12/10 Time: 7-9:00 p.m. ET Course fee: $200* (Thanks to the generosity of CJP) Location: In Person at Hebrew College Hosted by: Hebrew College Registration: Click here
Jewish life and living are connected to Jewish history, thought and the cycle of time. This course, taught over two semesters, touches on the cycle of Jewish time, including holidays, lifecycle milestones and prayer. We will explore Jewish history from Biblical times to the present and the evolution of Jewish thought. In addition, we’ll examine Jewish family and communal life, relationship with the Divine and the land of Israel.
Program:Hebrew College Tamid Instructor: Dr. Susie Tanchel (Read Bio) Dates: 6 Wednesdays, Fall 2024: 10/30, 11/6, 11/13, 11/20, 12/4 & 12/11 Time: 7:30-8:30 p.m. ET Course fee: $180, financial aid is available Location: Zoom Hosted by: Hebrew College Registration:Click here
In this introductory course, we will discuss the different sections of the Bible and the way the Bible came to be. We will also study each major division of the Bible by looking at different genres, key themes, ad central messages of the texts. Together we will discover how these ancient texts continue to have deep relevance for our lives today. No knowledge of Hebrew is required.
Program:Hebrew College Tamid Instructor: Rabbi Marcia Plumb (Read Bio) Dates: 6 Wednesdays, Fall 2024: 11/20, 12/18, 1/15, 2/19, 3/19 & 4/23 Time: 7:30-9:00 p.m. ET Course fee: $240, financial aid is available Location: Zoom Hosted by: Hebrew College and Co-Sponsored by Central Reform Temple Registration:Click here
Mussar is a Jewish spiritual practice that gives concrete instructions on how to live a meaningful and ethical life. Mussar is virtue-based ethics — based on the idea that by cultivating inner virtues, we improve ourselves, offering opportunities for personal transformation through a Jewish lens. This introductory monthly cohort will explore different middot (character traits). No knowledge of Hebrew or prior experience necessary.
