09/15/2009 - 10:30am to 09/15/2009 - 11:45am

Location:
Florence Melton Adult Mini-School
Neveh Shalom
2900 SW Peaceful Lane
Portland, Oregon

Class Description:
Taught by Rabbi Joshua Stampfer

This course will explore many of the elements that helped create the way we are as Jews. We’ll examine the thoughts of some of the greatest minds in modern Jewish scholarship about these elements and see how well they meet our needs today.
Fall (Sept. 15-Nov. 17): Free Will / Winston, Emancipation / Hyam, Covenant / Eisen, Messianism / Werblowsky, Peace / Ravitsky, Hebrew / Gilnert, Prayer / Fishbane, Study/Lichtenstein, Torah / Kugel, Zionism / Halpern
Winter (Dec. 10-Feb. 16): Rest & Renewal / Waskow, Humanism / Simon, God / Jacobs, Halachah / Hartman, Holocaust / Fackenheim, Zedakah / Hartman, Chosen people / Atlan, Commandments / Leibowitz, Conversion / Wijnhoven, Death / Abramovich
Spring (Feb. 23-May 25): Ecumenism / Wigoder, Ethics / Rosenberg, Exile / Eisen, Feminism / Heschel, Freedom / Borowitz, Hassism / Green, Immortality / Arkush, Justice / Cohen, Love / Harvey, Prophecy / Zaas

More Info:
Thursdays, 10:30 - 11:45 AM, September 15-May 25.

For more information, please call (503) 892-3015 or e-mail melton@jewishportland.org. For more information on the Melton school, including schedules and registration material, visit www.meltonportland.org or contact the office.

Cost:
$180 per term, or $500 for all three terms if registered before Sept. 15.