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Academy for Jewish Religion Academic Calendar 2006 - 2007

Special Educational Opportunity!
For the first time The Academy for Jewish Religion/CA will open its summer session classes to serious adult learners outside our regular programs.

You can study with graduate-level students, sharing in stimulating discussions and learning with outstanding rabbis, cantors and scholars on fascinating topics.

Mysteries of our calendar
Issues in Jewish education
Modern Jewish literature
Ancient teacher, Jesus
Science & Jewish mysticism
Issues in gay & lesbian studies
Ancient Jewish classics
Modern teacher, R’ Carlebach

WHEN? July 6-10 and July 13-17
Each class is 5 sessions in one week – 18 hours altogether with an outstanding professor.

WHERE? 574 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles 90024 (Westwood near UCLA).

HOW DOES IT WORK? Two classes in one week, maximum. But there are two weeks!

HOW MUCH? Special price this summer only for auditors, $450.

Registrations received by June 19th – discount of $100.

SIGN ME UP! -- See the class descriptions, along with days & times, to make sure your classes don’t conflict.

Summer Session 1 July 6-10

Mornings 9:00am-12:45pm (9-10:45 Fri)
RAB 390
Modern Midrash:
The Literature of S. Y. Agnon
Rabbi Daniel Bouskila
LIT 399
Luach & Liturgy
Hazzan Jeremy Lipton
Afternoons 1:00-4:45pm (11:00-12:45 Fri)
PRO 380
Adult Jewish Learning
Professor Judy Aronson
MYS 395
Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, Hasidic Master
Professor Ronnie Serr

PRC 280
B’nai Mitzvah Education
Hazzan Jeremy Lipton

 

Summer Session 2 July 13-17

Mornings 9:00am-12:45pm (9-10:45 Fri)
RAB 391
**GLBT Inclusion: Textual Evidence and the American Jewish Community
Rabbi J. B. Sacks
RAB 397
Jesus and Christianity
in the Talmud
Rabbi Daniel Bouskila
HST 350
Pirke Avot with the Shemoneh Perakim of Maimonides
Rabbi Menachem Metzger
Afternoons 1:00-4:45pm (11:00-12:45 Fri)
MYS 399
God, Cosmos, and You:
Science and Jewish Mysticism
Professor Tamar Frankiel
RAB 398
Daf Yomi:
A Taste of the Classic Spiritual Practice
Professor Ronnie Serr