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BOOK DISCUSSION: THE HEBREW TEACHER – THREE NOVELLAS BY MAYA ARAD (IN-PERSON)

Instructor(s):
Sylvia Abrams, PhD
Mondays, February 24-March 10|10:00 AM to 11:30 AM ET

PURIM: THE STORY, THE SCROLL AND THE FESTIVAL (IN-PERSON)

Instructor(s):
Katya Oicherman, PhD
Tuesdays, March 11-25|10:30 AM to Noon ET

RABBI SACKS ON HISTORY, RELIGION AND SOCIETY (IN-PERSON)

Instructor(s):
Rabbi Jeremy Bruce
Thursdays, March 13 - April 3 |10 AM - Noon ET

HEBREW BIBLE HEROINES (AND ANTI-HEROINES) (REMOTE)

Instructor(s):
Caryn Tamber-Rosenau, PhD
Tuesdays, March 18 - April 1|7:00 PM to 8:30 PM ET

HOW JEWS TRANSFORMED MODERN ART (REMOTE)

Instructor(s):
Linda Sandhaus, MD
Tuesdays and Thursdays, April 22-May 1 (2X per week)|10:00 AM to 11:30 AM ET

OTHERNESS: SHAKESPEARE IN OPERA AND JEWS IN SHAKESPEAREAN ENGLAND (IN-PERSON)

Instructor(s):
Matt Goldish, PhD, Samuel M. and Esther Melton Chair in History, Ohio State University
Mondays, April 28-May 19|12:00 PM to 1:30 PM ET

SIGN LANGUAGE AND JEWISH VALUES: SHEMA, TZEDAKAH, TIKKUN OLAM, AND TIKVAH (IN-PERSON)

Instructor(s):
Lori Harris, MEd
Tuesdays, May 6-May 13|7:00 PM to 8:30 PM ET

EXPLORING THEODICY IN BIBLE: HOW THE PROPHETS UNDERSTOOD GOD THROUGH THE DESTRUCTION OF THE FIRST TEMPLE (IN-PERSON)

Instructor(s):
Adina Blaustein
Wednesdays, May 7-May 28|1:00PM to 2:30PM

OZARK JEWS: COWBOYS IN POPULAR CULTURE (REMOTE)

Instructor(s):
Mara W. Cohen Ioannides, PhD
Thursdays, May 8-May 29|10:30 AM to 12:00 PM ET

ISRAEL AND THE NON-JEWISH COMMUNITIES IT INHERITED (REMOTE)

Instructor(s):
Steve Klein, PhD
Wednesdays, May 14-June 18|2:30 PM to 4:00 PM ET

THE THEME OF TRAGEDY IN AGNON AND BRENNER’S SECOND ALIYAH HEBREW NOVELS (IN-PERSON)

Instructor(s):
Nadav Linial, PhD
Wednesdays, May 14–May 28|10:30 AM to 12:00 PM ET

UNVEILING THE RISE, GLORY, AND DECLINE OF AN ANCIENT LANGUAGE (IN-PERSON)

Instructor(s):
Rabbi Daniel Isaac, PhD
Wednesdays, June 4-18|10:30 AM to 12:00 PM ET

ISAIAH 53: THE CONTROVERSY BETWEEN THE MESSIANIC PROPHECY OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY (REMOTE)

Instructor(s):
Todd Rosenberg
Wednesdays, June 4-25|7:00 PM to 8:30 PM ET

THE MYSTERY OF HEBREW NUMEROLOGY (REMOTE)

Instructor(s):
Rabbi Ari Sollish
Mondays, June 9-23|7:00 PM to 8:30 PM ET

JOURNEY THROUGH CLEVELAND’S JEWISH HISTORY LECTURE AND BUS TOUR (IN-PERSON)

Instructor(s):
Sean Martin
Monday, June 9 | 10-11:30 AM ET|Monday, June 16 | 10 AM - 3 PM ET

SHAVUOT SPECIAL: AS QUEEN SHE IS IN HER FINERY: DRESSING UP THE TORAH (IN-PERSON)

Instructor(s):
Katya Oicherman, PhD
Tuesdays, June 10-24|1:30 PM to 3:00 PM ET