B”H
JLI Semesters – 5785
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Course Topics |
Starts Tuesdays in |
7:00 - 9:00 PM |
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Nurturing Relationships |
Oct |
6 Week Course |
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Decoding the Talmud |
Feb
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6 Week Course |
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Colorful Profiles |
May |
4 Week Course |
Course Descriptions
First Class always FREE
Scholarships available
FALL—6 LESSONS
Nurturing Relationships
Jewish Wisdom for Building Deeper, Richer Connection in All Your Relationships
The best relationships rarely just happen; they’re built and nurtured. This six-week course shows you how. Gain knowledge and skills for practicing empathy, active listening, and optimism, and navigating hard conversations, disagreement, and forgiveness. You’ll explore classic Jewish texts to uncover timeless tools for enriching all your interpersonal relationships—at home, at work, and beyond.
Lesson 1
The Art of Empathy: Nurturing Soulful Bonds and Deepening Relationships
Unlock the source of all great social connections and see how Judaism’s understanding of empathy enables deep, meaningful friendships that nourish your soul.
Lesson 2
The Art of Listening: Enhancing Connection through Mindful Communication
See how your attention shapes every relationship. Discover the power of attentive listening and why every word shared is worthwhile, and gain practical tools for effective, active listening.
Lesson 3
The Art of Disagreeing: Navigating Differences with Respect and Understanding
Does love conquer all? Explore when direct communication on hard topics is healthy, and when it’s not, and see how to sidestep personal offense, maintain grace, and achieve growth while navigating conflict.
Lesson 4
The Art of Positivity: Uncovering More Good in Those around Us
How can we stay connected to flawed people? Learn to identify biases that misconstrue our view of others, and unlock the tools Jewish thought offers for seeing the goodness hiding in plain sight.
Lesson 5
The Art of Influence: Guiding Others with Love and Effectiveness
Learn the limits of “live and let live.” See how Jewish texts chart a kind, considerate, and effective path for offering critique and guidance grounded in genuine love and respect.
Lesson 6
The Art of Forgiveness: Restoring Relationships through Reconciliation
How can we rebuild after hurt? Explore a realistic approach to forgiveness that addresses wrongs while overcoming resentment, rescuing connections, and rebuilding relationships.
WINTER—6 LESSONS
Decoding the Talmud
Inside the Story, Substance, and Significance of the Book That Defines Judaism
Enter the intricate world of the Talmud: the monumental classic that has defined Jewish learning for centuries. Join this six-week course to discover the Talmud, its history, authors, and significance—and experience it for yourself. You’ll learn the key terms, logical principles, and historical context required to decode every part of the Talmudic page. Plus, see how it became central to Jewish life and why it inspires fascination, debate, and study to this day.
Lesson 1
The Jewish People and the Talmud
Why Jewish life orbits a book of law.
Jewish law’s ultimate record is the Talmud, but what is Jewish law? Explore its nature, scope, and roots in the written Torah and Oral Law—and see learning’s central role in Jewish practice and culture.
Lesson 2
The Mishnah
The origins, authors, and contents of Judaism’s first legal code.
See how Jewish law shifted from oral tradition to written code and encounter the Mishnah’s precise style, tight structure, and tolerance for debate—and its spiritual significance in Jewish life.
Lesson 3
Decrypting the Mishnah
How the sages studied, debated, and understood the Mishnah.
Discover the tools, methods, and principles the sages employed in the centuries-long effort to unpack the Mishnah’s full practical implications.
Lesson 4
To Create the Talmud
How the sages shaped its structure and substance.
Meet the pivotal sages in the Talmud’s story—from Rav and Shmuel’s first academies to Rav Ashi and Ravina’s final text—and see how they wove in stories as well as ethical and philosophical teachings.
Lesson 5
How the Talmud Thinks
A unique method of logic—and why it matters.
Understand the Babylonian Talmud’s rigorous mode of legal reasoning, how it balances dueling principles to arrive at clear legal boundaries, and how its elegant logic fuels deeper learning.
Lesson 6
The Talmud until Today
Talmudic literature and fifteen centuries of constant study.
See how and why the Talmud became the core of Jewish law and discover the vast literature of responsa, legal codes, and commentaries that continue the conversation until today.
SPRING—4 LESSONS
Colorful Profiles
Short Stories of Extraordinary and Unexpected Characters from Jewish History
Join this four-week course to meet twelve of Jewish history’s most intriguing outliers. Discover unsung stories of Jewish converts, misfits, and mystics. Explore their sacrifices, adventures, and achievements, examine historical evidence of their exploits, and gain vivid windows into our people’s rich heritage and history.
Lesson 1
Courageous Converts
A Roman prince outwits his uncle to study Torah, an Italian priest studies his way to a new life, and a Polish noble meets an old Jew studying Talmud on a Paris park bench—see their journey to Judaism and what came next.
Lesson 2
Influential Jews
Spain’s top Torah scholar leads a Muslim Army, an Amsterdam rabbi with a printshop talks England into readmitting Jews, and a rabbi teaches a Catholic scholar and saves Central Europe’s Jewish books— how did they integrate Judaism into their influence?
Lesson 3
Unsung Heroines
A businesswoman saves thousands from the Inquisition and rebuilds Jewish life across the Mediterranean, and a female Torah scholar shapes Halachic discourse while raising a family, feeding students, and caring for the sick—see the secret ways women shaped Jewish history.
Lesson 4
Heroes and Hostages
Four rabbis are captured by 10th-century pirates, Germany’s foremost Jewish leader is held for ransom, and thousands of East European Jews languish in Ottoman slave markets—How did Jewish communities respond?
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