Midreshet Rockland

5769/2008-2009 Fall Semester Registration

 

PLEASE NOTE:  Courses run for fifteen sessions (unless otherwise noted) and begin in Sept.
Students should have a basic knowledge of Judaism or be a Melton graduate to register.  Classes are held once a week at the Rockland Jewish Community Campus for 1 1/4 hours 

All classes meet on Wednesday (unless otherwise noted)  Tuition: $250/1 class, $450/2

Period One: 9:30 to 10:45 am

Three Hundred Years of The American Jewish Experience – Part I
 
Beginning with the arrival of twenty-three Jews on these shores, we will trace the history and development of the American Jewish community with emphasis on the major institutions that play an important role in shaping American Jewish life to the present.

Instructor: Leslie Goldress

Talmud For Beginners (in English)

Using the new Steinsaltz translation of the Talmud, we will study an introductory section of Talmud. We will experience the Talmudic method of dialogue to deepen our understanding of why the Talmud, written over 1500 years ago, remains one of the foundations of Judaism.

Instructor: Rabbi Aryeh Meir

Period Two: 11:00 am to 12:15 pm

Judaism and Her Daughters
In this course, we will compare and contrast what Judaism and her two daughter religions-
Christianity and Islam- teach about a variety of topics: God, good and evil, sin and repentance, salvation and the afterlife, rituals and celebrations, prayer and more.

Instructor: Rabbi Aryeh Meir and guest lecturers representing Christian and Muslim traditions

The Great Books of the Jewish Tradition: What They Are and How to Read Them
(This is a 2-semester course, 30 weeks)

Based on the popular volume, "Back to the Sources" by Barry Holtz, this course will introduce students to five major texts of our tradition: Bible, Talmud, Bible Commentary, Kabbalah, and Hasidism. A different instructor will lead each six-week segment. Barbara Birnbaum will lead off with the Bible section.

Coordinator: Barbara Rosenthal Birnbaum

Kabbalah Class on Monday Evenings

Kabbalah in the eyes of many is a new movement in itself.  The course will delve deeply into mystical writings of the Kabbalah.

The class will meet for 15 Mondays beginning in September from 7-8:15 pm and be taught by Rabbi Scott Bolton

See separate page for registration form

 

 

Meet Our Faculty

Barbara Rosenthal Birnbaum, who has an MA in Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages from the Jewish Theological Seminary, teaches biblical texts with a fresh perspective in a number of institutions in Rockland County and beyond. 

Rabbi Scott Bolton is a graduate the American Jewish University and is Headmaster at Reuben Gittelman Hebrew Day School.

Leslie Goldress was Director of Education at the New City Jewish Center and this year, is being given an honorary doctorate in pedagogy by the Jewish Theological Seminary for her lifetime of service in Jewish education. 

 

Rabbi Aryeh Meir, director of the Florence Melton Adult Mini-School of Rockland, is a graduate of the Jewish Theological Seminary.  Rabbi Meir is spiritual leader of the West Clarkstown Jewish Center and is Dean of Admissions at the Academy for Jewish Religion in New York.

 

Midreshet Rockland/Melton Graduate Course

Registration Form

 

Tuition:         

 

$250 per fifteen session course. 

$450 per two fifteen session courses. 

Registration Form: Please send with your payment to:

CJER, 450 West Nyack Road, West Nyack, NY 10994

 

Please register me for the following graduate courses.

 

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Please mail this form with your payment to CJER, 450 West Nyack Rd, West Nyack, NY 10994

Questions:  Call 845-362-4200 ext 180 or email us at melton@jewishrockland.org ******************************************************************************************

Sponsored by The Center for Jewish Education

of the Jewish Federation of Rockland County

Laurie Hoffman, Executive Director