MECR 5/345 Jewish Thought and Practice

Lectures: Wednesdays at 8:30am - 11:00am Eastern Time

Credit Hours: 3

Cost: $540 Audit; $2,085 Credit

Recorded Lectures: Yes

Description

The course will describe the nature of present-day Jewish religious beliefs, books, and practices with an emphasis on their development throughout the ages. This course will be hybrid. Online students will join the instructor and in-residence students for live class sessions.

Objectives

By the end of the course, a student should be able to:

• identify the basic sacred texts of Judaism;
• list the life cycle events and describe how they are celebrated in Judaism;
• discuss how Judaism has developed through history including recent developments in the last century with the establishments of the State of Israel;
• contrast and compare basic concepts of Christianity with Judaism; and
• develop a conceptual structure for understanding the basic theological issues within classical and modern Judaism.

Equivalencies

• Judaism
• Comparative Religions

Instructor

Rabbi Moshe Silberschein: B.A., Columbia University; B.H.L., M.H.L., Jewish Theological Seminary. Faculty, Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion. Ordained rabbi. Began teaching at JUC in 1992.