Explore one of the leading books of the apocryphal, the Books of Maccabees, which tells the startling account of what life was like for the Jews under Seleucid rule after the death of Alexander the Great.
EMANCIPATION AND THE RISE OF REFORM JUDAISM
This course explores the aftermath of the French Revolution (1789), the dismantling of the Ghetto, and why this watershed moment marks the beginning of Modern Jewish History.
INTERMEDIATE HEBREW
Participants will expand their language skills to read and understand contemporary appropriate-level texts and get a glimpse of the news and cultural life in Israel.
JEWISH VALUES & THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT
This twelve-week course designed by the Shalom Hartman Institute explores one of the most divisive issues affecting the Jewish people today: the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
