Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
and
Lifelong Learning Society, Open University
Florida Atlantic University
G
REAT
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CHOLARS
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ERIES
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W
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2004
The Middle East:
Region of Many People
With One Beginning
January 13/14 Dr. Reuven Firestone, HUC-JIR
Judaism and Islam: What We Share — How We Differ
January 20/21 Dr. Adam Rubin, HUC-JIR
Israel and its Arab Neighbors: New Historical Perspectives
January 27/28 Dr. David Courtney, FAU
Hebrew Mysticism in Art and Music
February 4/5 Paul Liptz, HUC-JIR
Ethnicity and Religion in the Modern
Middle East
February 10/11 Dr. Alan Berger, FAU
Sacred Texts and Their Legacy for All
February 17/18 Rabbi Kurt F. Stone, FAU
Leaders in the Middle East
February 24/25 Dr. Walid Phares, FAU
Pluralism in the Middle East: Myth or Reality?
March 2/3 Dr. Mark Kligman, HUC-JIR
The Music of Jews and Arabs in the Middle East: A Common Language
Boca Raton Campus
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Tuesday/1:30 - 3:15 p.m./Barry and Florence
Friedberg Lifelong Learning Center
MacArthur Campus, Jupiter
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Wednesday/2:30 - 4:15 p.m.
Administration Building Auditorium
$55 Lifelong Learning Society members; $75 non-members
To register, please call (561) 297-3171 – Boca Raton
or (561) 799-8667 – Jupiter to request the Lifelong Learning
Society winter catalogue and registration materials.
For information about HUC-JIR’s programs in South Florida,
please contact: Gerda Klein, Director of Development
South Florida, (561) 738-2806
gklein@huc.edu
In Memory of Amy Newman Korn, Beloved Daughter of Miriam
and Sheldon O. Newman
“
Fabulous course…excellent…bravo…
an intellectual level not usually found
in adult courses…bring more Reform
programs and speakers; this has been a
remarkable series. I look forward to
HUC-JIR being back on campus…it
is a tremendous gift!!”
hese laudatory evaluations from the adult
learners who attended HUC-JIR’s Great
Scholars Series at Florida Atlantic University reflect
the enormous success of HUC-JIR’s programming
in South Florida last winter. In collaboration with
FAU’s Lifelong Learning Society, renowned schol-
ars from HUC-JIR presented
The World Today:
Ethics, Changing Values, and Social Issues
,
a series
of eight lectures examining fertility/ conception,
good and evil, family
values, charity, moral-
ity, heritage, law, and
social justice. Each
week, 630 students
convened for lectures,
at the Boca Raton
and Jupiter campuses,
featuring Dr. David
Ellenson, Dr. Norman
Cohen, Dr. Michael
Chernick, Dr. Alyssa
Gray, Dr. Wendy
Zierler, Dr. Mark
Washofsky, and Dr. Jonathan Cohen. Florida
residents and snowbirds are cordially invited to
participate in this year’s series, featuring HUC-JIR
and FAU scholars.
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Dr. Wendy Zierler (above, center) and Dr. Norman
Cohen (bottom, left) greeting their FAU students.
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