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Jerusalem's History and Places - Part II: The New City
Shulie Mishkin
Mondays, 1:15pm Eastern, 8:15pm Israel
February 20 - March 27 (No Class March 6)
Click here to check out Part I of this series.
What is the story of the neighborhoods beyond the…
Rabbi Yosef Karo and the Making of the Shulhan Arukh
Rabbi Yosie Levine
Wednesdays, February 1 - 22
1:00pm Eastern
Who was Rabbi Yosef Karo? What did he set out to accomplish with the publication of his halakhic works? And how did the Shulhan Arukh…
Jews and Christians: A Tangled History
Rabba Dr. Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz
Wednesdays 11:00am Eastern, 6:00pm Israel
January 25 - March 22
From the 'parting of the ways' that led to what we now know as Judaism and Christianity, through the…
Songs of the Halutzim and the Early State of Israel
Dr. Moshe Sokolow
Tuesdays 11:00am Eastern, 6:00pm Israel
Beginning February 7 (No Class March 7 - Purim)
The lyrics and tunes that made up the songs sung by pioneers in Palestine through the early…
The Menorah of Zecharia: The Menorah of the Rambam
Dr, Beni Gesundheit
Sundays, December 11 & 18
10:00am Eastern, 5:00pm Israel
December 11: The Meaning of Chanukah in Maimonides’ Halachic-Philosophical Teaching
This shiur will review the…
Why Aren't the Books of the Maccabees in the Tanach?
Dr. Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz
Mondays December 12 & 19
11:00 am Eastern, 6:00pm Israel
Hanukah is the only festival that doesn't have a biblical book associated with it. Why? We'll look at what…
Letters from Chanukahs and Purims Past: Revisiting the Establishment of Holidays and Judea-Diapora Relations
Dr. Malka Z. Simkovich
Wednesday December 14
12:00pm Eastern 7:00pm Israel
In the second and first century BCE, Judean leaders in Jerusalem…
Rav Kook on "Can Maccabees and Hellenists Get Along?"
Rabbi Ari Shvat
Mondays December 12 & 19
1:30pm Eastern, 8:30pm Israel
Rav Kook, one of the most innovative thinkers of the past century, is known for his approach of harmonizing the apparent…