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.
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MONDAY, 10:00-11:30am (ET) November 4, 2024 - January 27, 2025
“How Ya Gonna Keep Them in Shul, After They’ve Tasted Freedom?”
Course Description :
In this ten-week course we will explore the Jewish responses to freedom, citizenship and the dismantling of the Ghetto offered by the French Revolution (1789) and its aftermath. We will discuss how the Jews of Europe gained emancipation, and why this watershed moment marks the beginning of Modern Jewish History. We will examine how the Jews of the French Empire reacted to their new status. Was it good or bad for the Jews? (The answer is: Yes!). How did these developments affect the Jews throughout the rest of Europe? We will follow this story for over two hundred years and trace the Jewish developments that resulted from those changes, including the rise of the Reform, Orthodox, and Conservative, and Reconstructionist movements we know today.
Mondays, 10:00-11:30am (ET)
Dates: Nov. 4, 11, 18; Dec. 2, 9, 16; Jan. 6, 13, 20, 27
About the Instructor:
Rabbi Norman Lipson moved to Miami, FL in 1955. Following graduation from the University of Miami, he entered the Hebrew-Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati, Ohio and was ordained in 1972. He has served on the national staff of the Anti-Defamation League and as spiritual leader of congregations in Mississippi, Texas, Hollywood, FL and most recently Temple Dor Dorim in Weston, where he was the Founding Rabbi, and now is Emeritus. For years, Rabbi Lipson’s been a sought-after teacher in Broward and luckily for us, now “brings his talents to North Dade/Aventura. He is married and the proud grandfather of four brilliant grandchildren (direct quote :-).
