November 12, 2021 @ 9:30 am - 10:35 am Event Series A Close Look at Torah with Rabbi Andrea London A Close Look at Torah There are many ways to interpret Torah and its nuances of meaning that are often overlooked. We will continue our learning from last year, reading and interpreting the text of the Book of Deuteronomy line by line. New learners are always welcome. Texts will be provided. No fee for members Please register for this program ...
November 12, 2021 @ 11:00 am - 12:15 pm Rabbinic Inferno: Hell in Classical Judaism Zoom l Meeting ID: 853 8717 8252 l Passcode: 1224Fridays, November 5 and 12 | 11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. The leading rabbis of American Reform Judaism declared in the 1885 Pittsburgh Platform that “we reject as ideas not rooted in Judaism, the belief … Gehenna (Hell).” Arguing that this claim misrepresents the history of ...
November 16, 2021 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Event Series Current Politics with Professor David Zarefsky Current Politics Zoom l Meeting ID: 898 8073 2872 l Passcode: 1224 A continuing lecture-discussion class on contemporary public issues of interest to Jews as citizens. Special attention will be given to the policy and political issues facing the Biden administration.
November 19, 2021 @ 9:30 am - 10:35 am Event Series A Close Look at Torah with Rabbi Andrea London A Close Look at Torah There are many ways to interpret Torah and its nuances of meaning that are often overlooked. We will continue our learning from last year, reading and interpreting the text of the Book of Deuteronomy line by line. New learners are always welcome. Texts will be provided. No fee for members Please register for this program ...
December 3, 2021 @ 9:30 am - 10:35 am Event Series A Close Look at Torah with Rabbi Andrea London A Close Look at Torah There are many ways to interpret Torah and its nuances of meaning that are often overlooked. We will continue our learning from last year, reading and interpreting the text of the Book of Deuteronomy line by line. New learners are always welcome. Texts will be provided. No fee for members Please register for this program ...
December 8, 2021 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Not So Current Politics Current policy and political decisions often reflect or are influenced by events from earlier historical periods. This ongoing lecture-discussion class investigates these earlier moments and how they relate to the present. The December session will explore America's most famouse political debates- revisiting Lincoln and Douglas. Prior familiarity with the historical periods is not required. Free ...
December 10, 2021 @ 9:30 am - 10:35 am Event Series A Close Look at Torah with Rabbi Andrea London A Close Look at Torah There are many ways to interpret Torah and its nuances of meaning that are often overlooked. We will continue our learning from last year, reading and interpreting the text of the Book of Deuteronomy line by line. New learners are always welcome. Texts will be provided. No fee for members Please register for this program ...
December 14, 2021 @ 7:00 pm Educational Reparations for Evanston In part 3 of our educational events on Reparations, we have the privilege of hearing from Professor kihana miraya ross. Northwestern Professor kihana miraya ross has received a Spencer grant to study having educational reparations to repair historic educational injustice in Evanston. “‘In recognizing the debt owed to its Black residents and pledging actual dollars ...
