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HILLEL INSTITUTE OF JEWISH STUDIES

Introduction to Medieval Hebrew Philosophical Texts

Steven Harvey, Monday, 7:00-8:00 pm, beginning October 18, 1 Bryant Street library

Provocative selections from Saakia Maimonides, Falaquera, Gersonides, and Crescas wil be read. The course presupposes no knowledge of Medieval Hebrew

Lubavich Hassidic Thought

Rabbi Leib Scheiner, Tuesday, 8:00 pm

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1 Bryant Street library

In this course, we will study the Tania by Rabbi Schneur Zalman (1747-1813), the founder of the Lubavicher-Hassidic movement.

Maimonides: The Man and his Thought within the intellectual history of his period Rabbi Michael Shmidman, Tuesday, 7:30 pm, 1 Bryant Street

Contemporary Israel

The Kibbutz as an Alternative: A Realistic Assessment

Avishai Shafrir, founding member of Kibbutz Adamit,

Monday, 7:30 pm, beginning September 27 1 Bryant Street

Family Life

Conceptions of the Role of Women in Judaism (Seminar)

Leslie F. Keiter, co-coordinator, first meeting, Thursday, October 7, 8:00 pm 1 Bryant Street

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