10 Scholars – 10 thought-provoking and ready-to-teach texts with our
incredible HUC-JIR faculty. Register and get immediate access to our first seven
programs with Norman Cohen, Michael Marmur, Alyssa Gray, David Aaron,
Carole Balin, Reuven Firestone and Eliyahu Schleifer.
Open to All Alumni – Register
today
for our eighth 10 Great Texts course,
"The God Who Weeps: Divine Pathos as a Model
for Human Empathy?" with
Rick Sarason
March 3rd - 28th, 2008
Join us as we explore Midrash Eicha Rabbati and contemplate
religious responses to catastrophe from both ancient
and modern perspectives.
Dr. Sarason is Professor of Rabbinic Literature and
Thought and the Associate Editor of the Hebrew Union College Annual.
In ancient times, no less than today, Jews
grappled with God's response to disaster. Join Dr. Sarason as he explores how the rabbis
of old struggled with God's response to the destruction of the Temples. We will explore the poetry
and nuances of the Eicha Rabbatai text. We will learn from our ancient ancestors about dealing with
struggle in our own lives.
To learn more about the series, and/or to register, go to
www.huc.edu/jointcomm.
have to say about studying with the Joint Commission?
- "I think this is among the best study I do every year (I am in a weekly chevruta, a monthly Talmud study group with local colleagues, and a monthly rabbi-social worker group),
but this is "Talmud Torah keneged kulam!"
- "What I liked the most was that I could go at my own pace with the time I had available.
It made the studying more enjoyable and less time pressure bound. In actuality
I am still working through the materials and gaining a great deal from it."
- These materials are stimulating and you have provided me with content that I can use to craft a mini-course. My thanks to you and all of the faculty!
For additional info or to browse our previous courses, please go to www.huc.edu/jointcomm or contact the Director of
the Joint
Commission, Ruth Abusch-Magder at rabuschmagder@huc.edu.
Sponsored by the HUC-JIR/CCAR
Joint Commission for Sustaining Rabbinic Education
and the HUC-JIR National Department of eLearning