Scholar In Residence Kallah
Dr. Robert A. Harris
February 27-28, 2009

"Unfolding the Text: Reading Scripture Through the Vision of Classical Jewish Exegesis"

The Friday night lecture is "I Pshat the Torah" -- How Jewish reading of Torah changed from “midrashic reading” into “pshat”; “authoritative reading” into “independently derived, contextual reading.”

The Shabbat morning sermon is: "Drasha: Parashat Terumah"

The Shabbat afternoon lecture is "Jews and Christians Read Scripture" -- The commonalities as well as the differences between Jews and Christians in medieval biblical study; the relationships and mutual influences that rabbis and churchmen had on one another (particularly in northern France) and, in particular, the polemics through which they typically interacted.

Talmud Study
Rabbi Gerald C. Skolnik, Instructor
Thursday mornings, immediately following 7am minyan.
Join Rabbi Skolnik at this one-morning-a-week Talmud study session immediately following morning minyan. A light breakfast will be served.

Fees: FHJC Members free; $10 per session for non-members. Sessions will begin October 30.

The World of Torah Commentary
Dr. Hyman J. Campeas, Instructor
Tuesday evenings, immediately following the 7:30pm minyan.
Ten sessions, beginning November 4.
Join Dr. Campeas for an insightful course that explores the world of rabbinic thought as it unfolds in our day and age. The text will be “Emet-Ve-Emunah.”
Fees: $50 members;$100 for non-members.

Zohar - The Book of Splendor
Rabbi David Greenstein, Instructor
Monday evenings, immediately following the 7:30pm minyan.
Dr. Greenstein will teach about the Zohar, a collection of writings embodying the most revered statement of Jewish mystical teachings. No previous study or special background is necessary.
Fees: $100 every 6 months, includes 4 free sessions per time period.

Hebrew Literature Group
Saturday January 10, 3pm in the Library
We will continue to read poems by Yehuda Halevi. All are welcome. Light refreshments will be served.

For those of you who wish to get a head start on our next book, we will be discussing The Zig Zag Kid (Yesh Yeladim Zigzag), by David Grossman, for our April meeting.