TUESDAYS, 7:30 p.m.
TUESDAYS, 12 NOON-1 P.M.
Lunch and LeamlOitlite)
D Dan Betty Kahn Building
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A Tale of Two Rescues:
Rabbinic Insights on Purim and Passover (S91)
The Prayers We Sang as Children Can Inspire Us
More as Adults (T06)
Week 1—Rabbi Elimelech Goldberg, Young Israel of Southfield
Week 2—Rabbi Marla Hornsten, Temple Israel
Week 3—Rabbi Charles Popky, Congregation Beth Ahm
Week 4—Rabbi Norman Roman, Temple Kol Ami
Bring a parve or dairy lunch.
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit
6735 Telegraph Road, Bloomfield Hills
Is there power in prayer? This course will explore the spiritual
power of four well-known selections from the Siddur —
Ashrei, Lekha Dodi, Aleinu and Adon Olam.
Rabbi Elliot Pachter, Congregation B'nai Moshe, and Rabbi
Charles Popky, Congregation Beth Ahm
Sex in the Texts (T07)
Like all good things, sex began in the beginning. We will begin there
as well as with a study of primary Jewish texts focusing on issues of
sexuality, love, marriage, gender and sexual identity. Lessons will be
drawn from the Bible, the Talmud and Midrash, as well as from the
mystical and Responsa literature. All texts will be translated into
English. Beginners are welcome.
TUESDAYS, 7:30 p.m.
D. Dan & Betty Kahn Building
Rabbi Paul Yedwab, Temple Israel
How to Build a Jewish Home 202 —
Day by Day, Week by Week, Year After Year and
7:30-9:25 p.m.
Throughout Our Lives (T01)
TUESDAYS, 8:35 p.m.
Young adults will learn more about daily prayers, keeping
kosher, celebrating Shabbat, holidays and life-cycle events.
Please note extended time.
Beginning With Wonder: Into the Book of Genesis (T11)
Harlene Appelman, Federation's Alliance for Jewish
Education, and Judah Isaacs, Agency for Jewish Education
Matters of Life and Death:
Jewish Traditions in Caring for the Body and
Soul in Sickness and Beyond (T02)
We will explore the stories of the Book of Genesis, using
Jewish commentary and ancient non-Jewish cultural parallels.
The reader can deepen his/her understanding of these classic
texts. Join us as we begin with wonder.
—
Rabbi Joshua Bennett, Temple Israel
This course will explore how Jewish spirituality can help us
through life's inevitable health struggles.
A Leap of Practice:
Seizing Ritual in Your Jewish Life (T12)
Rabbi E.B. (Bunny) Freedman, Jewish Hospice and
Chaplaincy Network
We will discuss a variety of rituals and practices from birth
to death that will help you regain new appreciation for
Jewish rituals and Jewish life.
Among Friends: Issues for Single Parents (T03)
Rabbi Leonardo Bitran, Congregation Shaarey Zedek —
Ynai Israel Center
Recognizing how challenging it can be to be a single parent,
this course is dedicated to helping single-parent families
become strong, confident and capable. Leading this course are
Marilyn Hertzberg and Linda Orbach-Shear.
Week 1—Attitude and Stress Management
Linda Orbach-Shear, Institute for Single Jewish Parents
(a JEFF/AJE program)
Week 2—Discipline, Setting Limits and Sex Education
Alyssa Martina, MetroParent Magazine, and Ken Korotkin
Week 3—Maintaining Jewish Customs and Traditions in a
Single-Parent Home
Rabbi Dannel Schwartz, Temple Shir Shalom
Week 4—Marilyn Hertzberg; Jewish Family Service. and
Linda Orbach-Shear, Institute for Single Jewish Parents
(a JEFF/AJE program)
Peace in Pieces: Update and Background to Israel
and the Middle East (T04)
This timely course will analyze and update our understanding
of the region since the events of October 2000, in the context
of these formative issues: social, political and religious
cleavages in Israeli society; Israel's troubled neighbors; the
development of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Mark Myers, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit,
Michigan/Israel Connection
A Taste of Milk and Honey (T05)
Most people interpret kosher cooking with thoughts of meat.
These classes will show that dairy dishes are as good, if not
better. Bring your appetite!
Week 1—Vegetarian Dishes That a Meat Lover Would Love!
Week 2—Wild and Exotic Mushrooms
Week 3—Creative Fish Made Simple
Week 4—Simple Desserts That Will Make You Look Like a
Pastry Chef!
(Limited to 30 students)
Matt Prentice, Unique Restaurant Corp.
Jewish Music: From Choral to Hip Hop (T13)
Weeks 1 & 2—Choral Music Through the Ages. The scope
of these two sessions encompasses music from the Spanish
Inquisition to the present day. What traditions have been lost?
Which ones will never be lost? What really is Jewish music?
Benjamin Cohen, music director, Zamir Chorale of
Metropolitan Detroit
Weeks 3 & 4—Grand Fusion: Torah Roots of Hip Hop and
Rock and Roll.
As the band takes the stage and the frenzied crowd roars in
anticipation our thoughts turn to...Torah? Yes! Join us as we
spin discs and explore the hidden Torah roots of Hip Hop
and Rock and Roll.
Rabbi Hal Greenwald, Jewish Community Center, and
Gary Graff music journalist
The "Still Small Voice" Behind Moses:
The Women of Exodus (T14)
How did Moses survive? Was it luck, was it chance, or was it
choice? Who made the decisions and who directed the
outcomes? In this course we will explore the women
characters of the Exodus story by looking at Torah text,
rabbinic commentary and Midrash, as well as modern
interpretations. We will further examine the traditional
themes of the Exodus from a feminist perspective.
Rabbi Marla Hornsten, Temple Israel
Jewish Heretics from Abraham to Amichai (T15)
If there are two Jews and three opinions, but one of those Jews is a
rabbi, then the other must be a heretic. Jewish tradition celebrates
debate, but some Jews over the centuries have been condemned as
beyond the Pale, too radical for the community of their times. Some
of the most interesting Jewish writers and thinkers have been
condemned as Apikorsim (heretics). This seminar will explore who
they were and what they thought.
Rabbi Tamara Kolton and Rabbi Adam Chalom,
Birmingham Temple
Offsite, online and new classes: see back cover • No classes March 8