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Adult Education

ללמד וללמד
(leelmod u’l’lamed) “to learn and to teach”

WELCOME TO Marlboro Jewish Center’s Community of Learners
Registration
The following classes are from 7:15 – 8:15 pm starting on Monday, October 24, and continuing for the following 5 weeks.

Class A
Rashi’s Daughters and Jewish Women During the Middle Ages
Taught by Beth Banks Cohn, PhD

Rashi’s daughters were rumored to wear tefillin and tallitot as well as study the holy books. One is even reported as acting as a mohel! These events would be considered quite modern even by today’s standards, yet they took place during the High Middle Ages. Did they really happen or is it just fiction? What was life really like for Jewish Women during that time? Were Rashi’s daughters real? Were they the norm or an anomaly? We will explore the world of Jewish Women during the High Middle Ages both in fact and in fiction as we try to draw our own conclusions.

Class B
Beginning Hebrew for Adults
Taught by Reba Schneiderman

This proven method of learning to read Hebrew has been used for many years to teach adults.
Don’t be left out and afraid to learn how to read, it’s not hard.

Class C
The Torah’s Greatest Hits: The Ten Commandments
Taught by Cantor Krieger

We will explore the meaning of God’s revelation at Sinai through the receiving of the Ten Commandments. This will be an interactive and discussion course delving into the deeper meaning of each of the Ten Commandments, including Midrash and folktales

The following classes are from 8:30 – 9:30 pm starting on October 24 and continuing for the following 5 weeks.

Class D
Talmud
Taught by Rabbi Pont

The longest running class at MJC continues with everyone invited to try it out.
Find out why we do what we do. What are the reasons behind Jewish customs and laws.
It is taught in English and no previous knowledge is needed.
Discussions are encouraged and you are guaranteed to enjoy it.

Class E
A Most Informative & Stimulating Series of Classes.
Taught by Howard Lisch

In the Talmudic spirit of Pilpul this class will seek out the anomalies in Torah in order to ask the questions that the words, phrasing and events of genesis create. We will use linguistics, science, history, Sumerian tablets, the Book of Enoch and recent archeological discoveries as a guide.

1 – Story of Creation and Paradise
2 – Sex, War and Ethnic Cleansing
3 – Elohim and The Shining One
Discussion of Gilgamesh, Moses, Noah story, Giants and
Abraham’s military expedition
4 – Results of War
Adam & Eve and the Garden of Eden
5 – 12,000 year sago, Jacob’s Ladder
6 – Book of Enoch

We ask that you please register so we know what size classroom to hold the class in. Nobody wants to be squeezed in and this way we can accommodate everyone. All classes are in the Chai building 46 Topanemus Road, Marlboro.

Please call Reba at the ritual office or email in the form below to: Reba 732-536-2300 ext. 106 or email rschneiderman@mjcnj.com

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