Adult Judaic Learning at Ohev Shalom

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It is our pleasure to showcase the Adult Education Beyt Midrash course offerings for 5769!  Highlighted below are a variety of courses designed to peak your curiosity, enhance your Judaic knowledge, and inspire your love for informal and formal Jewish learning.

 

Our commitment to lifelong Jewish learning is so important to us that every event is offered at no cost to Ohev Shalom members. The programs and opportunities that we offer are made possible by the Torah Endowment Fund and the Gratz College Adult Education Outreach Program funded by the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia.

 

Please feel free to contact our Rabbi Daniel Aronson, Director of Congregational Learning, with any questions or suggestions.

 

GENESIS AND THE BIG BANG
Michael N. Tabachnick Tuesday, September 9 7:40 PM – 9:15 PM Room 203 Rothman Family Education Building Scientists have always struggled with the apparent conflicts between the beliefs of religion and science.  If the scientist is religious, this conflict becomes an internal battle to resolve the differences.  Mr. Tabachnick, Professor of Physics at Delaware Valley College, has resolved for himself the difference between the description of Genesis in the Bible and scientists’ belief of what the origins of the universe must have looked like, the “Big Bang Theory.”  This program will include a discussion of Mr. Tabachnick’s belief that Genesis is nothing more than a description of the “Big Bang” in layman’s terms – that there is actually no difference between the two.  He will use deep space photographs from the Hubble telescope to illustrate his point, comparing the photographs to the Biblical verses which seem to describe those vistas. Michael N. Tabachnick has been teaching Physics, Mathematics, and Logic courses at Delaware Valley College for the last 40 years.  He holds an A.B. degree in Physics from Temple University, an M.A .degree in Physics from Columbia University, and has finished all of his course work toward a Ph.D. degree in Physics from Rutgers University.
SEXY AND JEWISH
Deborah D. Shain Sunday, October 12 To Be Rescheduled 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM Social Hall This presentation and light breakfast will involve the participants in a dynamic, informative, and entertaining discussion about Judaism’s view of sexuality.  Our Jewish tradition teaches us that we are born of “original virtue.”  What does that mean and how does that affect our relationships?  For instance, in the Jewish family, what does it mean when the baby is born to say:  “It’s a girl” or “It’s a boy?”  How do these historical attitudes about our sexuality affect our development and self-image? Deborah Shain, psychotherapist, educator, and author, earned her graduate degree in Clinical Social Work from the Bryn Mawr College Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research, where she became a member of the faculty.  She currently teaches sex therapy to fourth year psychiatry residents at Drexel University Medical School, and is a faculty member at Cabrini College.  Her bimonthly column, “Life Cycles” – combining her skills as a psychotherapist with her scholarship in Judaism – appeared for eight years in the Philadelphia Jewish Exponent.
DREAMERS, PIONEERS & POLITICIANS:  THE MUSIC OF ISRAEL
Dr. Marsha Bryan Edelman Tuesday, November 11 7:40 PM – 9:15 PM Room 203 Rothman Family Education Building The music of Israel is a reflection of the many different populations and cultures which have converged there.  It also tells the story of hope and pride in our Jewish heritage and the struggle of a young pioneering nation to become a modern state.  In this lecture, Dr. Edelman will bring the world of Israeli music to life as she discusses and plays samples of the varied influences and expressions of Israeli music from Hasidic nigunim to Oriental ragas. Dr. Marsha Bryon Edelman is a Professor of Music and Education at Gratz College.  She also serves as Director of the Tyson Music Department and coordinates the College’s academic programs in Jewish Education.  Dr. Edelman studied at New York University and Barnard College, from which she received a B.A. in Music in 1975.  In that same year, Dr. Edelman also received a Bachelor of Hebrew Literature degree and a Bachelor of Sacred Music degree from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America.  She earned her Master of Sacred Music degree from the Seminary the following year, and a Master of Education degree from Teachers College, Columbia University in 1978.  Her Doctorate in Music and Music Education was awarded by Columbia University in 1982.
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