2019 Fall/Winter CJL Adult Ed Catalog

ADULT EDUCATION COURSE CATALOG

2019 FALL/WINTER

CENTER FOR JEWISH LEARNING WHO WE ARE The Center for Jewish Learning (CJL) supports Jewish learning as a critical link in ensuring a vibrant and thriving Jewish community. We strive to support existing learning opportunities within the community for all ages and offer compelling pluralistic Jewish educational experiences. We encourage you to explore the CJL Course Catalog and consider diving into something new this fall. Learn more at JFedSTL.org/CJL. Cyndee Levy, Director of CJL and Saul Brodsky Jewish Community Library Rabbi Tracy Nathan, Senior Educator, CJL, and Director of Melton-St. Louis Cynthia Wachtel, Shlichut Program Supervisor Shirley Wise, Registrar and Database Specialist Kathy Schmeltz, Resource Assistant, CJL

REGISTER ONLINE JFedSTL.org/Adult-Education See page 11 for additional ways to register.

TABLE OF CONTENTS Text and Thought.......................................2 Hebrew Language.................................... 4 History, Politics, and Current Events............................................5 The Florence Melton School of Adult Jewish Learning..............................6 Yiddish Culture and Music Celebration..................................................7 Arts and Culture.........................................8 Sh’ma: Listen! Speaker Series.................9 Registration Information......................... 11

Cover Image Ayin Samekh Nun from The Creation, ca. 1980, a series of tapestries designed by Mordecai Ardon (1896-1992). © Mordecai Ardon / Courtesy Ardon Estate / Photo: Courtesy Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem

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TEXT AND THOUGHT WRESTLING WITH ANGELS Rabbi Elizabeth Hersh This course will use the book Wrestling with Angels: What Genesis Teaches Us about our Spiritual Identity, Sexuality, and Personal Relationships, by Naomi H. Rosenblatt and Joshua Horwitz, to discuss how the Book of Genesis may speak to us today. Topics will include the challenges of adulthood, the nature of leadership, the challenges of faith, the joys of sexuality, and the empowerment of a spiritual identity.

1902. Thu 11:30 am-12:30 pm Unit 1: 10 classes from 9/26-12/12 (no class 10/10, 11/28) $100 Unit 2: 7 classes from 2/6-4/2 (no class 3/19, 3/26) | $70 Location: Temple Emanuel, 12166 Conway Rd., 63141

READING THE NEW TESTAMENT THROUGH A JEWISH LENS Rabbi Mark Shook This course will explore the foundational text of Christianity within a Jewish historical and literary context. A major focus of the course will be an examination of the points of departure between Rabbinic Judaism and early Christian theology.

We will use The Jewish Annotated New Testament, edited

by Amy Jill Levine and Marc Zvi Brettler, Oxford University Press, 2011, New York, NY, which may be purchased from a variety of sellers.

1903. Tue 7-8:30 pm | 6 classes from 11/5-12/17 (no class 11/26) | $90 Location: Kaplan Feldman Complex, 12 Millstone Campus Dr., 63146

FEARLESS WOMEN OF THE BIBLE Cyndee Levy Each class will explore strong women of the Bible who face difficult situations. Some women appear briefly or lack even a name, but their actions are powerful and inspiring for us today. Feel free to arrive early to purchase lunch at the on-site HJ’s cafe.

1904. Mon noon-1 pm | 11/18, 12/16, 1/13 | $10 per class or $30 for the series

BUILDERS BEIT MIDRASH: IMAGINING A JEWISH FUTURE Rabbi Micah Buck-Yael Using the SVARA method of learning Talmud, we will read texts through a lens that is feminist, queer-oriented, and focused on the importance of hearing marginalized voices.

This is a multi-level course: All texts will be studied in the original Hebrew/Aramaic, with the tools and support needed to ensure that anyone who can sound out the aleph-bet will be able to read and interpret the text for themselves 1905. Tue 7-9 pm | 7 classes from 10/29-12/17 (no class 11/26) | $100 Location: MaTovu, 4200 Blaine Ave., 63110

HURTING EACH OTHER: THE TALMUD OF PERSONAL INJURY Rabbi Seth Gordon You are in a car accident or trip over a child’s toys, which results in injury and/or property damage. Who is responsible? How much is the liability? Our class will explore the issues of personal injury and property damage in the Talmud and their commentaries and in law. Text material provided.

1906. Mon noon-1 pm | 6 classes from 11/4-12/16 | $60 Location: Kaplan Feldman Complex, 12 Millstone Campus Dr., 63146

JEWISH MYSTICAL TALES Dr. Howard Schwartz Using texts from Gabriel’s Palace: Jewish Mystical Texts, selected and retold by Howard Schwartz, we will read and discuss Rabbinic, Kabbalistic, and Hasidic tales, along with some modern mystical stories of Rabbi Zalman SchachterShalomi.

1910. Thu 7-8:30 pm | 6 classes from 10/31-12/12 | $90 plus book (offered at a discounted rate through author with minimum order) Location: Kaplan Feldman Complex, 12 Millstone Campus Dr., 63146

Location: Mirowitz Center, Covenant Place, 8 Millstone Campus Dr., 63146

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TEXT AND THOUGHT CONTEMPORARY JEWISH WRITERS Marcia Moskowitz This reading-and-discussion course explores contemporary Jewish writers’ perspectives on the themes of modern society. Among our works will be novels by American writers Philip Roth, Michael Chabon, Nathan Englander, and Israeli writers Ayelet Gundar-Goshen and Amos Oz. Note: Each unit will stand on its own, so you may sign up for any or all.

1908. Wed 11:30 am-1 pm Unit 1: 8 classes from 10/23-12/18 (no class 11/27) | $120 Unit 2: 6 classes from 1/8-2/12 | $90 Unit 3: 5 classes from 2/26-3/25 | $75 Unit 4: 5 classes from 4/22-5/20 | $75 Location: Kaplan Feldman Complex, 12 Millstone Campus Dr., 63146

SEARCHING FOR MEANING IN THE GREAT STORIES OF OUR TRADITION: LUNCH AND LEARN

JEWISH RESPONSES TO LIFE’S MOST CHALLENGING QUESTIONS: A MELTON MINI-COURSE Rabbi Tracy Nathan and Dr. Harold Braswell Why do people suffer? Why is there evil in the world? This new Melton mini-course explores responses to difficult human questions through the eyes of the rabbinic sages and modern thinkers, presenting multiple approaches in the quest for understanding and meaning. Based on Rabbi Dr. Morey Schwartz’s book, Where’s My Miracle? Exploring Jewish Traditions for Dealing with Tragedy.

1911. Mon 7-8:30 pm | 4 classes from 10/28-11/25 (no class 11/11) | $42 plus $18 book fee Location: Kaplan Feldman Complex, 12 Millstone Campus Dr., 63146

A P RO J E C T O F T H E H E B R E W U N I V E RS IT Y O F J E RU SA L E M

Cyndee Levy Our discussions will focus on uncovering the hidden wisdom in selected stories from our tradition. Source materials will be drawn from the Bible, historic and contemporary Jewish commentary, and narrative selections from Talmud. A light kosher dairy lunch will be served (reservations required).

1909. Third Tuesday of the month, noon-1:30 pm 10 classes from 9/17-7/21 (no October class) $15 per class or $145 for all classes Location: Home of Cyndee Levy (address provided after registration)

JEREMIAH: PROPHET OF PAIN, HERALD OF HOPE Rabbi Lane Steinger This course will be a survey of one of the most influential figures in the Bible. The prophet Jeremiah lived at a crucial time, and the influence of his thinking and message profoundly impacted the course of Judaism.

1901. Tue 11:30 am-12:30 pm 4 classes from 10/29-11/19 | $40 Location: Kaplan Feldman Complex, 12 Millstone Campus Dr., 63146

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Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands

HEBREW LANGUAGE BIBLICAL HEBREW: TRANSLATING AND DISCUSSING THE BOOK OF JOSHUA

CONVERSATIONAL MODERN HEBREW-SECOND LEVEL

Rabbi Shulamit Cenker

Ariel Kielmanowicz

In this upper level Biblical Hebrew course, students will translate and discuss the meaning of passages from the Book of Joshua.

Students will acquire the necessary vocabulary and grammar for basic conversation and reading of Modern Hebrew. Students will read, listen to stories, songs, and dialogues, and participate in guided class discussions.

Students must be able to read and pronounce Hebrew letters and words.

1912. Mon 10-11:30 am Unit 1: 9 classes from 9/9-11/25 (no class 9/30, 10/14, 10/21, 12/2) | $135 Unit 2: 10 classes from 1/27-4/6 (no class 2/17) | $150 Location: Kaplan Feldman Complex, 12 Millstone Campus Dr., 63146

BEGINNING HEBREW

1915. Tue 7:45-8:45 pm Unit 1: 6 classes from 11/5-12/17 (no class 11/26)| $60 Unit 2: 8 classes from 1/7-2/25 | $80 Location: Kaplan Feldman Complex, 12 Millstone Campus Dr., 63146

Rabbi Shulamit Cenker This course introduces the letters and vowels of the Hebrew aleph-bet with the goal of developing the student’s ability to phonetically sound out any vocalized Hebrew text and learn basic vocabulary. Students should purchase Aleph Isn’t Tough, edited by Linda Motzkin and Hara Person, URJ Press, 2000.

1913. Wed 7-8:30 pm | 10 classes from 9/18-12/4 (no class 10/9, 11/27) | $125 Location: Kaplan Feldman Complex, 12 Millstone Campus Dr., 63146

CONVERSATIONAL MODERN HEBREW-FIRST LEVEL Ariel Kielmanowicz Students will acquire the necessary vocabulary and grammar for basic conversation and reading of Modern Hebrew. Students will read, listen to stories, songs, and dialogues, and participate in guided class discussions.

Students must be able to read and pronounce Hebrew letters and words.

1914. Tue 6:30-7:30 pm Unit 1: 6 classes from 11/5-12/17 (no class 11/26) | $60 Unit 2: 8 classes from 1/7-2/25 | $80 Location: Kaplan Feldman Complex, 12 Millstone Campus Dr., 63146

Teth Heth Zayin from The Creation, ca. 1980, a series of tapestries designed by Mordecai Ardon (1896-1992). © Mordecai Ardon / Courtesy Ardon Estate / Photo: Courtesy Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem

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HISTORY, POLITICS, AND CURRENT EVENTS JEWISH CURRENT EVENTS

ISRAEL’S FOREIGN POLICY

Robert Cohn

Dr. Elai Rettig

Explore the news and events of the day through a Jewish lens and enjoy a spirited discussion with the Editor-in-Chief Emeritus of the St. Louis Jewish Light.

Dr. Elai Rettig, the Israel Institute Teaching Fellow in Israeli and Environmental Studies at Washington University in St. Louis, will explore what drives Israel’s foreign policy.

How do Zionism, Judaism, trauma, and war influence Israel’s engagement with the rest of the world?

1916. 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month, 10-11 am (no class 1/2, 4/16) | 17 classes from 9/19-6/18 | $170 Location: Kaplan Feldman Complex, 12 Millstone Campus Dr., 63146

GALIA AND MILTON MOVITZ, SENATOR JOHN DANFORTH ISRAEL SCHOLARS PROGRAM FOR ADULTS Rabbi Michael Rovinsky

Jan 9 | Is Israel Part of the Middle East?

We examine the tension between Israel’s geography and its desire to be part of the West, and ask whether Israel is a foreign entity in the Middle East. We review Israel’s changing role in the Middle East, from a country under complete economic boycott to an integral part of an emerging Sunni alliance against Iran. We will also discuss the moral dilemmas that this alliance entails.

Participants will be introduced to the history of Israel, beginning with the ancient and medieval eras through the development of modern political Zionism in 19th century Europe until the establishment of the state of Israel. The second part of the course will cover the relationship of the State of Israel to the Arab world, and we will seek to understand both the Israeli and Palestinian narratives of Israel’s history. The last part of the course will cover the historical relationship between Israel and the United States; the contributions of Israel to the world in the arena of medical and technological advancements; the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement; and the rise in anti-Israel sentiment on the university campus and around the world.

Jan 16 | Israel and Germany – In the Shadow of the Holocaust We discuss the complicated relations between Israel and Germany, from the question of receiving reparations from Germany during the 1950s, to the influx of young Israelis living in Berlin in recent decades. We ask whether Israelis forgave Germany for the Holocaust, and whether Germans forgive the Jews for Auschwitz.

1917. Mon 7:15-8:45 pm | 12 classes from 11/4-2/10 (no class 1/20) | $180

Jan 30 | Israel and the Developing World – Tikun Olam vs.

Realpolitik We review the evolution of Israel’s relations with various countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. We discuss the conflicting motivations driving these relations and the moral questions they raise.

Location: Kaplan Feldman Complex, 12 Millstone Campus Dr., 63146

Jan 23 | Israel and Europe – Between Economics and Politics The European Union is Israel’s largest trade partner. Yet the politics between Israel and the EU have known highs and deep lows throughout the decades. We discuss Israeli foreign relations with the EU and several of its statemembers, particularly France, UK, and the countries of Eastern Europe after the fall of the Soviet Union (including Russia).

1918. Thu 7-8:30 pm | 4 classes, 1/9-1/30 | $15 per class or $40 for the series Location: Kaplan Feldman Complex, 12 Millstone Campus Dr., 63146

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HISTORY, POLITICS, AND CURRENT EVENTS KODAK MOMENTS AND TECHNICOLOR DREAMS: READING IMMIGRANT CLUES IN TWENTIETH CENTURY PHOTOS Maureen Taylor In this Jewish genealogy workshop, internationally recognized expert on historic photograph identification Maureen Taylor will guide participants in discovering their family history one picture at a time. She will share her passion on getting people to dig deep into their family history in order to tell the story of their ancestors. She will present tools and tips for photo identification, family history and research, and photo preservation.

Co-sponsored by the Brodsky Library, the St. Louis Jewish Community Archives, and the St. Louis Genealogical SocietyJewish Special Interest Group.

1919. Sun 10 am-noon | 12/8 | Free Location: Kaplan Feldman Complex, 12 Millstone Campus Dr., 63146

JEWISH DENOMINATIONS: CHALLENGES OF MODERNITY Rabbi Elizabeth Hersh This course examines Jewish identity and religious expression against the backdrop of dramatic political and social change. Students will gain extensive insights into the historical and ideological developments of the major movements and explore the impact of gender, assimilation, Israel, and post-denominationalism on the movements and the Jewish people.

1920. Thu 7-8:30 pm | 10 classes from 9/26-12/12 (no class 10/10, 11/28) | $250 plus purchase of course reader Location: Temple Emanuel, 12166 Conway Rd., 63141

CROSSROADS OF JEWISH HISTORY Dr. Robert Taxman and Cyndee Levy This course merges the concepts of history and memory in order to better understand how each has shaped Judaism today. It is part of the second year of the Core curriculum for Melton (updated in 2015). Year one is NOT a prerequisite for this course.

Unit 1 begins in the Biblical period and moves through the Rabbinic era, including the confrontation with Christianity and early Islam, early mysticism, and the emergence of Sephardic and Ashkenazi communities.

Unit 2 looks at life in the ghetto, the first crusades, reactions to the false Messiah Shabbetai Tzvi, the Enlightenment (Haskalah), the Hassidic movement, antisemitism, Zionism, the Holocaust, the creation of the State of Israel, and the immigration of Jews to the United States.

Registration is through the Melton School.

1921. Wed 7-8:30 pm | Unit 1: 10 classes from 10/30-1/22 (no class 11/27) | Unit 2: 10 classes from 1/29-4/1 $200 each unit or $350 if registering for both units, plus purchase of course reader

Register at events.org/MeltonStLouis.

Location: Kaplan Feldman Complex, 12 Millstone Campus Dr., 63146

A P RO J E C T O F T H E H E B R E W U N I V E RS IT Y O F J E RU SA L E M

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ARTS AND CULTURE

A CELEBRATION OF YIDDISH CULTUR HEBREW NATIONAL SALVAGE A Concert with Hankus Netsky and Eden Macadam-Somer Sunday, March 29 | 3 pm Details on venue forthcoming

Hankus Netsky, Ph.D., is a leading figure in the revival of Klezmer music and founder and director of the Klezmer Conservatory Band. He was the Musical Director for Eternal Echoes, violinist Itzhak Perlman’s Sony recording and international touring project featuring Cantor Yitzkhak Meir Helfgot, and In the Fiddler’s House. He chairs the Contemporary Improvisation Department at the New England Conservatory in Boston and is the Research Director of the Klezmer Conservatory Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to the preservation and perpetuation of traditional Eastern European Jewish music.

Eden MacAdam-Somer’s music transcends genre through soaring violin and fiddling, sweet vocals, and percussive dance.

She has been a featured soloist with symphony and chamber orchestras, jazz and swing bands, and Eastern European and American folk ensembles. She has toured across the United States with her contemporary folk duo, NotoriousFolk.

Hankus Netsky will be our community Scholar-in-Residence, March 29-31, and will offer a series of talks on Yiddish, Klezmer, and Hassidic music.

Further details forthcoming at JFedSTL.org/CJL, or contact Rabbi Tracy Nathan at RabbiNathan@JFedSTL.org or 314-442-3757.

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ARTS AND CULTURE

RE AND MUSIC

THE PLAY’S THE THING: AMY HERZOG’S AFTER THE REVOLUTION Kathleen Sitzer Plays are meant to be heard and read out loud. Join New Jewish Theatre Founding Artistic Director, Kathleen Sitzer, for this opportunity to hear the words as class members assume the roles of the characters in Amy Herzog’s play, After the Revolution. We will discuss the play and its themes after the reading. The play is a family drama and includes themes that resonate in today’s politically charged climate. Participants who are not interested in reading a role will serve as audience members, and roles will be swapped out as necessary to ensure everyone who wants to play a role has a chance to do so.

1922. Thu 7-9 pm | 2 classes, 10/24 and 10/31 | $20 plus $10 for script Location: MaTovu, 4200 Blaine Ave., 63110

ST. LOUIS JEWISH BOOK FESTIVAL AND THE SAUL BRODSKY JEWISH COMMUNITY LIBRARY PRESENT JONATHAN BRENT Thursday, March 26 | 7 pm Dr. Jonathan Brent is the Executive Director and CEO of The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. In 2014, he initiated The YIVO Vilna Collection Project, an international project to conserve and digitize all of YIVO’s pre-WW II collections in New York City and Vilnius, Lithuania. His books include Stalin’s Last Crime and Inside the Stalin Archives. He has made three documentaries on his work: Stalin’s Last Plot, Declassified: Stalin, and Stalin: Man of Steel.

Sponsored by the Center for Jewish Learning, Brodsky Library, and the Holocaust Museum & Learning Center.

Location: Kaplan Feldman Complex, 12 Millstone Campus Dr., 63146

THE MORRIS AND ANN LAZAROFF BOOK TALK MARRA B. GAD Monday, November 4 | 7 pm The Color of Love: A Story of a Mixed-Race Jewish Girl is an unforgettable debut memoir about a mixed-race Jewish woman who, after fifteen years of estrangement from her racist great-aunt, helps bring her home when she develops Alzheimer’s disease. With honesty, insight, and warmth, Gad has written an inspirational chronicle proving that when all else is stripped away, love is where we return and our greatest inheritance.

Sponsored by The Morris and Ann Lazaroff Endowment of the Saul Brodsky Jewish Community Library, the St. Louis Jewish Book Festival, and the Center for Jewish Learning.

Location: The J’s Staenberg Family Complex, 2 Millstone Campus Dr., 63146

Dr. Brent will speak at Congregation B’nai Amoona on Saturday, March 28.

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YELLOW LOGO

SPEAKER SERIES

ART GREEN | Thursday, September 19 | 7 pm Dr. Arthur Green was the founding dean and is currently Rector of the Rabbinical School and Irving Brudnick Professor of Jewish Philosophy and Religion at Hebrew College. He is Professor Emeritus at Brandeis University, where he occupied the distinguished Philip W. Lown Professorship of Jewish Thought. Dr. Green is the author of more than a dozen books, including Tormented Master: A Life of Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav, and Radical Judaism: Rethinking God and Tradition.

Sponsored by the Center for Jewish Learning.

Location: Kaplan Feldman Complex, 12 Millstone Campus Dr., 63146 Dr. Green will be the Jick Kallah Scholar-in-Residence at Congregation B’nai Amoona, 324 S. Mason Rd., 63141 September 20-21 B’nai Amoona events are sponsored by the Jick Family, the Alex Family, and the Schuval Family.

DAVID MAKOVSKY Thursday, September 26 | 7 pm David Makovsky is the Ziegler distinguished fellow at The Washington Institute and Director of the Project on Arab-Israel Relations. He is an adjunct professor in Middle East studies at Johns Hopkins University’s Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). In 2013-14, he worked in the Office of the U.S. Secretary of State, serving as a senior advisor to the Special Envoy for Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations.

Sponsored by the JCRC and Dr. Carl and Lynn Lyss, in memory of Paul and Bluma Lyss.

Location: Congregation B’nai Amoona, 324 S. Mason Rd., 63141

The Sh’ma: Listen! Speakers Series serves as a way to share information about compelling speakers featured throughout the St. Louis Jewish community. Speakers may be sponsored by the Center for Jewish Learning, by a Jewish community organization or agency, or through collaborative partnership.

RABBIS ARTHUR WASKOW AND PHYLLIS O. BERMAN | September 20-22 Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Ph.D., is the Founding Director of The Shalom Center and co-founded ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal. Among his books are Down-to-Earth Judaism: Food, Money, Sex, and the Rest of Life. He is also the editor of Torah of the Earth: 4,000 Years of Jewish Thought on Ecology.

Rabbi Phyllis O. Berman is the Founding Director of the Riverside Language Program, a unique school in New York City for teaching English language and American culture to new immigrants and refugees. She is a leading Jewish Renewal liturgist, author, and storyteller.

Sponsored by Central Reform Congregation.

Location: Central Reform Congregation, 5020 Waterman Blvd., 63108

SO IS LIFE/CANTOR ROSALIE BOXT, CANTOR ELLEN DRESKIN, JOSH NELSON, DAN NICHOLS Saturday, September 21 | 8 pm So Is Life is comprised of four incomparable musicians, teachers, clergy, and visionaries. Each a talented musical force on their own, they come together to perform only a few times each year. Their harmonies, melodies, and messages will teach and engage us on the themes of Selichot. The evening will conclude with a dessert reception.

Sponsored by Congregation Shaare Emeth and made possible through the generosity of The Sam and Goldye Rosen Music Fund.

Location: Congregation Shaare Emeth, 11645 Ladue Rd., 63141

Watch for Sh’ma: Listen! Speakers Series email blasts throughout the year, or sign up directly for email blasts at JFedSTL.org/Email-Updates.

For further information, visit the Sh’ma: Listen! page at JFedSTL.org/SpeakersSeries, or contact Cyndee Levy at CLevy@JFedSTL.org or 314-442-3754.

HANAN SCHLESINGER | SHADI ABU AWWAD Thursday, November 21 | 7:30 pm Enemies to Allies is an evening of learning and discussion about the work of Roots-Shorashim-Judur, an initiative for understanding, nonviolence, and transformation, which is creating a new discourse on the conflict in Israel. This program is partially underwritten by the Fred and Elsie Deutsch Endowment Fund of Congregation Shaare Emeth.

Sponsored by Congregation Shaare Emeth, the JCRC, and the Center for Jewish Learning.

Location: Congregation Shaare Emeth, 11645 Ladue Rd., 63141

MARJORIE LEHMAN | November 22-24 Dr. Marjorie Lehman is Associate Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics at the Jewish Theological Seminary. She is the co-editor of Learning to Read Talmud: What it Looks Like and How It Happens and Mothers in the Jewish Cultural Imagination. She is working on a feminist commentary of tractate Yoma of the Talmud.

She is the author of The En Yaaqov: Jacob Ibn Habib’s Search for Faith in the Talmudic Corpus. Dr. Lehman will be speaking on “The Talmud of #MeToo.” Sponsored by Kol Rinah Congregation, Congregation B’nai Amoona, the Rabbi Bernard Lipnick Foundation for Conservative Judaism, and the Hereld Institute for Jewish Studies of the Jewish Theological Seminary.

Locations: Fri-Sat, Nov 22-23 | Kol Rinah Congregation, 829 N. Hanley Rd., 63130 Sun, Nov 24 | Congregation B’nai Amoona, 324 S. Mason Rd., 63141

JOSH WEINBERG | January 10-12, 2020 Rabbi Josh Weinberg is the Executive Director of the Association of Reform Zionists of America (ARZA). ARZA is the Zionist voice of the Reform movement in America. Spend the weekend learning with Rabbi Weinberg in advance of the World Zionist Congress elections.

Sponsored by Congregation Shaare Emeth.

Location: Congregation Shaare Emeth, 11645 Ladue Rd., 63141

JEANETTE KUVIN OREN | DAN OREN February 28-March 1, 2020 Artist Jeanette Kuvin Oren designed Shaare Emeth’s Torah covers and has created and installed more than 350 ritual pieces for houses of worship, schools, community centers, and camps around the world. Author Dan Oren recently published The Wedding Photo, which tells the story of his 20-year search to solve a mystery after a visit to an abandoned Polish Jewish cemetery.

Sponsored by Congregation Shaare Emeth.

Location: Congregation Shaare Emeth, 11645 Ladue Rd., 63141

JACK MENDELSON | April 26, 2020 | 7 pm Cantor and master storyteller Jack Mendelson presents The Cantor’s Couch, a musical journey through 1950s Borough Park, Brooklyn, a time when Jews would flock to the synagogue to hear the golden voices of cantors as if it were a concert hall. For over 25 years, Cantor Mendelson has taught at the Hebrew Union College School of Sacred Music and the H.L. Miller Cantorial School at the Jewish Theological Seminary.

Sponsored by Congregation Shaare Emeth.

Location: Congregation Shaare Emeth, 11645 Ladue Rd., 63141

Sh’ma: Listen! Speaker Series is generously funded by the Lubin-Green Foundation, a supporting foundation of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis.

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COURSES BY DAY OF WEEK

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

SUNDAY Kodak Moments and Technicolor Dreams: Reading Immigrant Clues in Twentieth Century Photos

Online registration is preferred at JFedSTL.org/Adult-Education.

MONDAY Biblical Hebrew: Translating and Discussing the Book of Joshua Hurting Each Other: The Talmud of Personal Injury Fearless Women of the Bible (at Mirowitz Center/ Covenant Place) Israel Scholars Program Jewish Responses to Life’s Most Challenging Questions

Center for Jewish Learning Jewish Federation of St. Louis 12 Millstone Campus Drive St. Louis, MO 63146

TUESDAY Jeremiah: Prophet of Pain, Herald of Hope Builders Beit Midrash (at MaTovu) Reading the New Testament through a Jewish Lens Searching for Meaning Lunch and Learn (offsite) Conversational Modern Hebrew – First Level Conversational Modern Hebrew – Second Level WEDNESDAY Contemporary Jewish Writers Crossroads of Jewish History-Melton Beginning Hebrew THURSDAY Wrestling with Angels (at Temple Emanuel) Jewish Denominations-Melton (at Temple Emanuel) Jewish Current Events Jewish Mystical Tales The Play’s the Thing (at MaTovu) Israel’s Foreign Policy

You may also pay in person or by mail with a check made out to the Jewish Federation of St. Louis.

Or feel free to call Kathy Schmeltz, Resource Assistant, at 314-442-3761.

Please have the course number available.

For confidential scholarship information, call or email Rabbi Tracy Nathan at 314-442-3757 or RabbiNathan@JFedSTL.org.

See online course guide for full list of dates for classes and faculty bios.

Postponement/Cancellation The decision to run a class is based on the number of students enrolled. You will be notified if a class is cancelled, and full refunds will be issued for classes cancelled by CJL. If you are planning to attend a class, please register so that we know there are enough students to run the class. If you are not certain if the class is a good fit, you are welcome to come to the first class before making a decision – just let us know in advance.

Please consider taking an adult education course through one of our Jewish community partners: Bais Abraham Congregation BaisAbe.com Central Reform Congregation CentralReform.org Chabad of Greater St. Louis ShowMeChabad.com Congregation B’nai Amoona BnaiAmoona.com

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MaTovu MaTovuStl.org National Council of Jewish Women NCJWSTL.org Next Dor STL Facebook.com/ NextDorSTL Neve Shalom NeveShalom.org Nusach Hari B’nai Zion NHBZ.org

Shir Hadash Reconstructionist Community ShirHadashSTL.info Temple Emanuel TESTL.org Traditional Congregation Traditional-Congregation. org U.City Shul UCityShul.org

United Hebrew Congregation UnitedHebrew.org Young Israel Synagogue YoungIsrael-Stl.org