Courses
Talmud: Structure of the SugyaTalmud with TosafotTalmud with RishonimTanakh with RashiTanakh with Mikraot GedolotAdvanced Tanakh ExegesisMahshavah I (Jewish Thought)Mahshavah II (Jewish Thought)Mahshavah III (Jewish Thought)Topics in HalakhahHasidutConversion, Apostasy and the Nature of Jewish IdentityShabbat in the Ten CommandmentsLiturgy SkillsParashat Hashavua: In God's WildernessJudaism as a Spiritual PracticeIndependent Beit MidrashSihahShiur Klali (Integrated Communal Learning)Advanced Midrash Text: Shir HaShirim RabbahBasic Torah Reading

Mahshavah I (Jewish Thought)

Taught by: Nina Redl
Thursday, 3:00 - 5:00pm; Friday, 8:45-10:15am

Is God the only thing that counts? An Introduction to Core Issues in Modern Jewish Thought

This course will give a survey of the classical modern thinkers with regards to their perceptions of God, the divine human relation/connection as well as the ethical consequences that arise from this connection. How present is God in the life of the human being, how does revelation happen, what does it mean and how – if at all – does God remain with the human being? Is a Jewish identity formed through a connection to God? What role does the human being play in this connection? Thinkers will include: Herman Cohen, Martin Buber, Franz Rosenzweig, Emanuel Levinas, Eugene Borowitz and Emil Fackenheim.