Lunch & Learn Series for 2008
2008 NoVA Lunch & Learn
Tuesdays, noon to 1:30 pm
When Fairfax County Schools are closed or open late due to weather conditions, Lunch & Learn is cancelled.
Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia (library)
8900 Little River Turnpike
Fairfax, VA
703-323-0880
12-12:30 BYO lunch, hot drinks provided
12:30-1:30 Class
Biblical Views on the Beginning and End of Life
Gideon Amir, Biblical Scholar
January 8, 15, 22 (snow January 29)
$30 Note: Class will be conducted from 12:10 – 1:30 pm
The Apocryphal Book of Daniel: Assimilation in the Diaspora, Post-Biblical Style
John Rybicki, Interfaith Scholar
February 5, 12, 19, 26 (snow March 4)
$30
Elijah and Elisha: Prophets or the First Rabbis? Exploring Their Relationship and Transformation
Rabbi Joshua Ben Gideon, Congregation Olam Tikvah
March 11, 18, 25; 12:30 – 1:30 pm
$25
Contemporary Understandings of the Meaning of Freedom, as Seen Through Our Readings of the Haggadah
Rabbi Bruce Aft, Congregation Adat Reyim
April 1, 8, 15; 12:30 – 1:30 pm
$25
All four sessions are $100.
The Origins of the Israelites, Part ll; Their Egyptian Background
Paul Forbes, Historian
May 6, 13, 20 12:30 – 1:30 pm
$25
Sin, Punishment and Divine Justice in the Hebrew Bible
Gideon Amir, Biblical Scholar
June 3, 17, 24 Note: Class conducted from 12:10 – 1:30 pm
$30
The Evolution of the Creation Stories in the Bible
Gideon Amir, Biblical Scholar
July 8, 15, 22 Note: Class conducted from 12:10 – 1:30
$30
All three classes are $80.
2007-2008 Rockville Lunch & Learn Series
Wednesdays
Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington
6125 Montrose Road
Rockville, MD
301-881-0100
12:15 pm Pareve/dairy brown-bag lunch, hot drinks provided.
12:30-1:30 pm Study
Highlights of Joshua & Judges: Heroes, Heroines and Conquests
Rabbi George Driesen
October 3, 10, 17 (12:30 – 1:50 pm)
Tales of Elijah the Prophet
Rabbi Paul Tuchman
October 24, 31, November 7, 14
Decisive Talmudic Narratives: Law & Broader, Then and Now
Rabbi Lyle Fishman
November 28, December 5, 12, 19
Parashat HaShavuah: As the Torah Turns, Modern Power in Ancient Words
Michael Feshbach
January 2, 9, 16, 23
Messianic Expectation As Seen Through the Midrash: A Discussion with Text
Jack Luxemburg
February 6, 13, 20, 27
Kabbalah and Meditation: Getting the Most from Your Prayers
Yaacov Benamou
March 5, 12, 19, 26
Most Blessed of Women? Victors & Victims in the Book of Judges
Gilah Langner
May 7, 14, 21, 28 - CANCELLED
All Rockville Lunch & Learn courses are $30 a series, or $200 for the full series.
2007-2008 Downtown Lunch & Learn
Thursdays
The Sixth and I Historic Synagogue
600 I Street, NW.
202-408-3100
(Chinatown metro stop on the Red Line)
12:15 pm Bring a brown-bag pareve/dairy lunch & beverage
12:30-1:30 pm Study
The Hebrew Bible: History of the Text, Canonization, Translation & Interpretation
Prof. Ben Mintz
October 11, 18, 25, November 1
Pressures from Within, Pressures from Without: Tolerance and Intolerance in Biblical History
Rabbi Gilah Langner
November 8, 15, 29, December 6
Eshet Chayil: Breaking Jewish Female Stereotypes
Sharon Freundel
January 3, 10, 17, 24
Where Were the Forty-two Stops in the Desert? A Study of Text and Rabbinic & Non-Jewish Holyland Maps
Nat Lewin
January 31, February 7, 14, 21
The Best of the Rest: “Forgotten” Classics of Jewish Literature
- Saadia Gaon, The Book of Beliefs and Opinions
- Bachya Ibn Pakuda, Duties of the Heart
- Yehuda HaLevi, The Kuzari
- Gersonides, The Wars of the Lord
Michael Feshbach
February 28, March 6, 13, 20
Elijah the Prophet, Our Favorite Guest for 3,000 Years
Norman Shore
March 27, April 3,10, 17
Jewish Approaches to War
Shmuel Herzfeld
May 8, 15, 22, 29
(At The Hudson Institute, 1015 15th Street, NW , 6th floor WDC 20005)
All Downtown Lunch & Learn courses are $30 a series, or $175 for the full series.
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