ADULT EDUCATION AT BETH ABRAHAM 5771-5772


ONGOING CLASSES

Weekly Text Study with Rabbi Bloom

Every Wednesday at 9:00am Woodminster Café, Woodminster Lane at the Corner of Joaquin Miller and Mountain Boulevard.
In this class we will continue look at the texts of Samuel and Kings, examining them from several angles. What did the ancient sages and commentators say about the passages? Can it be applied to modern life? All skill levels, abilities and desires are welcomed.
 

East Bay Jewish Forum presented by Jewish Federation of the East Bay

10am in the TBA Chapel--Tickets: $10 per lecture, or $80 for a series pass. Information: (510) 318-6453 or http://www.jfed.org.
Topics covered in the 11-lecture series include biblical history, Jewish mysticism, Jewish and Israeli cinema, anti-Semitism in America.  Class runs from Sept 8 through December 15th.

  

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND--Ken Cohen-Jeruslam Eternal

Sunday Morning at 10:00 am to 12:00 pm  in the TBA Chapel   

  

Jerusalem Eternal:

Where Three Religions Meet

 

Oct. 9         Biblical Jerusalem

Oct. 16       Jerusalem in Late Antiquity

Oct. 23       Byzantine Jerusalem and the Crusader Period

Oct. 30       The Islamic Caliphates and Jerusalem

Nov. 6        Jerusalem in the Ottoman and British Mandate Periods

Nov. 13      Jerusalem Since World War II

Nov. 20      The Future of Jerusalem

Optional Mini-Course:

The Tinderbox Archaeology of Jerusalem

Dec. 4        The Dawn of Jerusalem Archaeology (before WW II)

Dec. 11      Opening Up the Old City

Dec. 18      Controversies in Jerusalem Archaeology