Midrasha
Center for Adult Jewish Learning
"HAVURAH IVRIT"
Nira Lev and Tsiona Ragowsky
A 10-week study group conducted entirely in Hebrew,
for advanced-level Hebrew speakers, using Israeli
newspapers and other primary sources to discuss current
events, popular culture, and other topics. Tuition $130.
Wednesdays, 10:00 AM to 12 noon, starting October 27
Hebrew Interactive Learning Center, Midrasha
21550 West 12 Mile Road, Southfield
"ASHKENAZ: THE JEWS OF
CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE"
Professor Miriam Bodian
From medieval times to the early modem period, there was
a homogenous Jewish cultural sphere that transcended political
boundaries from Alsace to the easternmost regions of Poland.
With the rise of the centralized absolutist state in the 18th
century, fundamental changes swept the Ashkenazic Jewish
world.This slide lecture will examine the rise and eventual
fragmentation of the world of Ashkenazic Jewry. Tuition $12.
Sunday, October 31, 1:00 to 3:00 PM
Co-sponsored and hosted by Temple Emanu-El,
14450 West 10 Mile Road, Oak Park
"ONE-WAY LOVE AFFAIR? THE JEWS
AND GERMANY, 1780 TO 1933"
"THE BINDING OF MEMORY: AKEDAT
YITZCHAK AND THE JEWISH CONSCIENCE"
Rabbi Aaron Bergman
The story of the Binding of Isaac is a story of faith and betrayal,
love and disappointment, an inexhaustible source of inspiration
and contemplation. This course will explore the story from the
perspectives of Torah, Talmud, Midrash, medieval poetry, and
modern writers, especially Israeli poets. We will not solve the
mystery, but we will gain a more profound understanding of our
ancestors and ourselves, and a deeper appreciation for the
brilliance of our sacred writings. Tuition $24.
Four Mondays, 7:30 to 8:30 PM, November 1, 8, 15, 22
Co-sponsored and hosted by Congregation Beth Abraham
Hillel Moses, 5075 West Maple Road, West Bloomfield
"KEDUSHAT ERETZ YISRAEL: THE
HOLINESS OF THE LAND OF ISRAEL"
Rabbi Rod Glogower
It is a widespread and cherished belief among the Jewish
people that the land of Israel possesses special holiness.
What is the source of this holiness and how does it manifest
itself? This series will delve deeply into rabbinic sources in
search of an understanding of the profound and complex
relationship between the Jewish people and the land of Israel.
Tuition $27.
3 Tuesdays, 7:30 to 9:00 PM, November 2, 9, 16
Co-sponsored and hosted by Adat Shalom Synagogue,
29901 Middlebelt Road, Farmington Hills
Professor Miriam Bodian
From 1780 on there was great pressure on Jews to integrate
into German society, and strong impulses within the Jewish
community itself to assimilate. Meanwhile, the dynamics of
nation-building gave rise to repeated waves of German hostility
gainst Jews as "the other" and a threat to German national
identity. This slide lecture course will examine the Jews' deep
infatuation with and emotional ties to German culture and the
responses of German society in the centuries leading up to the
electoral triumph of the Nazis in 1933 - the event that marked
the beginning of the end of an intense relationship on German soil.
Tuition $45 (special discount if mini-course is taken together with
Professor Bodian's October 31 lecture on "Ashkenaz").
Five Mondays, 8:00 to 9:30 PM, November 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
Co-sponsored and hosted by Temple Emanu-El,
14450 West 10 Mile Road, Oak Park
Midrasha
A Division of the
Agency for Jewish Education
21550 West 12 Mile Road, Southfield MI 48076
(313) 354-1050 FAX 354-1068
Please register in advance, by mail, fax , phone, or in person
"IDENTITY, CONTINUITY, AND
INTERMARRIAGE: THE NEW
JEWISH VOCABULARY"
Dr. David Gordis
The title says it all. Our speaker is
President of Hebrew College in
Boston and a past president of
the University of Judaism in Los
Angeles. He has made frequent
radio and TV appearances on
topics ranging from the Jewish
family to Diaspora-Israel relations
and international political issues. He is involved in many
leadership positions, including with the Jewish Television
Network, the Los Angeles Jewish Legal Project, and the
Bioethics Commission of the Nat'l Conference of Christians
and Jews, and is in the forefront of efforts in the Boston
area to advance the cause of adult Jewish literacy. Open
to the community at no charge.
Wednesday, November 3, 7:30 PM
Co-sponsored and hosted by Adat Shalom Synagogue,
29901 Middlebelt Road, Farmington Hills