Delve deeper11/13/2022 ![]() Judaism in the Modern World will be taught by Paul E. By comparing these communities to Jewish populations in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and the United States, we will explore the changes in Jewish life that have taken place since this shift in their social and political status. Throughout the course we will pay close attention to both social and intellectual history and explore the many ways Jewish thinkers have reimagined Judaism in the modern world. Though we will begin in the seventeenth century with Spinoza as the harbinger of modern possibilities for Jewish identity, we will focus most of our attention on the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries when internal and external attempts to modernize Jewish life brought Western European Jews out of a condition of social and cultural isolation and began their transformation into citizens of the states in which they lived. We will explore the answers to these questions and more in "Judaism and the Modern World." This course is an introduction to and survey of Jewish intellectual, social, and cultural developments in modern Western and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and America. How has Jewish identity changed as new c ommunities have emerged and older communities have been transformed? What has influenced the pace of change in various contexts? How have Jews experienced modernization, integration, and the cohesion of their communities? How have religious practices changed and adapted in response? Please do not let cost be a barrier! For scholarship information, please contact Rabbi Zerin at or 40 #Delve deeper full#Partial and full scholarships are available! We are very committed to making this course accessible to everyone. Temple Emanu-El, 99 Taft Ave, Providence, RI 02906Īccessible entrance available by request from Morris Ave He and his family were among the founders of Minyan Chadash and they are active in three local synagogues. He teaches in the Meah program at Hebrew College and has lectured widely. His research focuses on Jewish social history at the time of the rabbis and he has written , among other books, How the Bible Became Holy and Creating Judaism: History, Religion, and Practice. "The Rabbis and Their Legacy" will be taught by Michael Satlow, professor of religious studies and Judaic studies at Brown University. And, of course, you will have fun in the process! #Delve deeper how to#The class will involve much close reading of rabbinic texts (all presented in English - no prior knowledge required), and we will devote a session close to Passover on the Haggadah.īy the end of the course you should know: who the rabbis were, why they are important now, and how they became important what the Mishnah, the Talmud (both Babylonian and Palestinian), and midrash are and how to differentiate between them the rabbinic notions and process of law (halachah and mitzvot) rabbinic approaches to the concepts of revelation, redemption, creation, and why bad things happen to good people a deeper appreciation of the Haggadah and the emergence of rabbinic laws concerning kashrut, Shabbat, and women and marriage. This semester we will take a close look at the historical context in which the rabbis emerged and worked their literature their ideas and their discussions of proper Jewish practice. 70-640 CE) is astounding: their texts, among which are the two Talmuds and many books of midrash, have served as the foundation for nearly all forms of Judaism down to the present day. People talk about "the rabbis" all the time, but who were they really? The legacy of the rabbis of antiquity (ca. ![]()
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