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Intro to the Jewish Experience: Traditions of Judaism, will look at the elements that shape Judaism as it is today. We will study the varieties of Judaism in the late antique and early medieval period, Ashkenazi Judaism, Sephardic Judaism, and the modern streams of Judaism. We will also look at some of the elements that make Judaism in America, in California, and in our local Jewish community so distinctive. The class will finish with a look at food traditions in Judaism: kashrut (keeping kosher) and other Jewish food traditions.
This class has three parts, which run in the Fall, Winter, and Spring. They may be taken in any order. This year I have revamped the Spring class, which I felt did not do justice to the traditions of the Sephardim (Jews with roots in Spain) and to the diversity within Judaism.
The class will meet at Congregation Beth El in Berkeley on Wednesday evenings from 7:30 – 9pm. Next fall the class will continue at Temple Sinai in Oakland, on the same day and time.
If you would like to register, you can do so on the class page in the Lehrhaus Online Catalog.
I’m looking forward to it!
– Rabbi Adar
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