Rabbi Kaufman’s Adult Education Schedule Spring 2018
All Classes Begin at 7 pm in the Loeb Room and are open to the public.
Those interested in Conversion to Judaism should plan to attend these classes.
Jan 3 The Plague to the Baal Shem Tov
Jan 10 Origins of Reform Judaism
Jan 17 NO CLASS
Jan 24 Evolution of the Concept of God
Jan 31 Evolution of the Concept of Salvation
Feb 7 Angels in the Jewish Tradition
Feb 14 NO CLASS
Feb 21 The Afterlife
Feb 28 Origins of Antisemitism
Mar 2 Rabbi’s Tish 10:00 a.m. – Justice, Righteousness, and Kindness
Mar 7 Modern Antisemitism and Philosemitism
Mar 14 Introduction to Purim
Mar 21 NO CLASS – Shushan Purim
Mar 28 Zionism and the Founding of Israel
Apr 4 Israel’s Wars
Apr 11 Introduction to Passover
Apr 18 NO CLASS
Apr 25 NO CLASS
May 2 Lessons of the Shoah
May 9 NO CLASS- Yom Haatzmaut
May 16 Israel and the Pursuit of Peace
Rabbi’s Symposium (Discussions of Current Events)
All Start at 5 pm
January 13 – Granite City Brewery
February 10 – BeerStyles
March 10 – Granite City Brewery
April 14 – BeerStyles
Torah Study
We offer two options for Torah study each Saturday morning.
9:00 a.m. Weekly Text Study (led by congregants)
9:00 a.m. Traditional Torah Study (led by Rabbi Kaufman)
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