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Rabbi Dr René Pfertzel
BEING PROGRESSIVE AND SPIRITUAL
Live on-line free talk
Sunday 7.00-8.30pm UK time
Date: 16 April 2023
The talk will be recorded and available to participants for 7 days after the class.
Please note: These talks will be recorded and available to the public on our website in the future. By signing up for these talks you are agreeing to this.
You can register for this talk now using the button below. Zoom link will be sent a couple of days before the talk.
Talk description:
Is there such a thing as Progressive spirituality? How do we talk about God, how do we talk to God? Ask any Jew in the synagogue, what is Judaism? and you’ll get many answers, and even more. In this talk, I would like to explore with you the concept of Jewish spirituality? Can we be Progressive Jews and aspire to a spiritual life? And what about spirituality and religion? A Israeli sticker in the early 2010s read, there are many ways to be Jewish. Let’s see if and where spiritual fit.
Biography:
Before his Rabbinic ordination in July 2014, Rabbi Dr René Pfertzel held various teaching positions in France. He earned a teaching degree in 1990, the “Agrégation d’Histoire”, and taught in French High Schools, as well as a year at the Sorbonne in Paris, where he taught a course in Anthropology of Judaism. He earned a PhD in Biblical Studies from the University of Strasbourg, France, in 2004. He examined the unofficial corrections of scribes (Tikkuney Soferim) that can be revealed by comparing the different textual traditions of the Hebrew Bible.
He began working with Progressive communities in France in the 1990s, mainly in his hometown, Strasbourg. He had also a long term partnership with the Liberal community in Lyons, Keren Or, which he served as Rabbi between 2014 and 2016. After two years of commuting between Lyons and London, where he served the Liberal Jewish Synagogue in St Johns Wood, Rabbi René Pfertzel decided to work full-time with Kingston Liberal Synagogue, a constituent of Liberal Judaism.
Testimonials:
”This was the third course I have taken at Lehrhaus over the past few years, and once again I really enjoyed Rabbi René’s engaging teaching style. He is such a good teacher!”
”I enjoy the participation of the other attending the course to the discussion, even if I do not intervene (too shy, I’m sorry). There was no doubt about the preparation of the teacher and the atmosphere created. The fact that is on line and the possibility to watch again the recording.”
”Excellent professor, without equal. Rabbi Rene Pfertzel is the perfect mixture of intellect, curiosity and heart. He is a first class communicator, gentle and probing. His classes were intellectually stimulating, well-organized, thought-provoking.”
”The course enabled me to achieve my aims because of (a) the informational/didactic input provided by René; (b) the invitations to reflection that he offered through the questions that he posed to the group; and (c) the engagement of my fellow course participants who shared their thoughts and experiences in an open, trusting way.”
We will be using ZOOM as our on-line platform for all sessions. Here are some steps to take before the start of the course in order to ensure maximum connectivity and experience. To get you started with Zoom, please click on the link below for some basic information:
https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362193-How-Do-I-Join-A-Meeting-
Please test your connection to Zoom here.
Professor Melissa Raphael
WHAT’S JEWISH ABOUT JEWISH ART?
Live on-line free talk
Sunday 5.00-6.30pm UK time
Date: 7 May 2023
The talk will be recorded and available to participants for 7 days after the class.
Please note: These talks will be recorded and available to the public on our website in the future. By signing up for these talks you are agreeing to this.
You can register for this talk now using the button below. Zoom link will be sent a couple of days before the talk.
Talk description:
Many commentators today would be wary of claiming that modern Jewish art has any exclusively Jewish religious and stylistic characteristics. Instead, they would argue that modern Jewish art belongs within the movements, techniques, and imaginary that make up the wider history of western art.
In this illustrated talk, Professor Emerita Melissa Raphael, author of Judaism and the Visual Image: A Jewish Theology of Art, will question that prevailing view. She will suggest (after Anthony Julius) that Jewish artists’ variously prophetic engagements with the Second Commandment’s proscription of idolatrous images present us with a definitively Jewish type of Jewish art.
Biography:
As well as teaching at Leo Baeck College in the areas of modern Jewish thought and Jewish responses to evil and suffering, Melissa Raphael is Professor Emerita (Jewish Theology) at the University of Gloucestershire and an Associate Lecturer at the University of Chichester. She has been the Sherman Lecturer in Jewish Studies at the University of Manchester; the Hussey Lecturer in the Church and the Arts at the University of Oxford, and the British Government’s Foreign Office delegate to the International Task Force on Holocaust Remembrance and Research.
Professor Raphael is the author of numerous articles and books. Her books include Thealogy and Embodiment: The Post-Patriarchal Reconstruction of Female Sacrality (Sheffield Academic Press, 1996); Rudolf Otto and the Concept of Holiness (Oxford University Press, 1997); The Female Face of God in Auschwitz: A Jewish Feminist Theology of the Holocaust (Routledge, 2003); Judaism and the Visual Image: A Jewish Theology of Art (Continuum, 2009), and Religion, Feminism and Idoloclasm: Being and Becoming in the Women’s Liberation Movement (Routledge, 2019).
Testimonials:
”Melissa’s way of teaching and her point of view, and the ability to watch the recording. I didn’t always want to speak when participants were encouraged to, and there was no problem with that. I appreciated that I could switch between attending live or watch the recording.”
”The intellectual challenge of dealing with some complex concepts. Hearing other participants’ points of view and opinions. Professor Raphael’s teaching style and her facilitation skills.”
”Very engaging and interesting teaching, presented in a way that could be understood by many levels
The materials provided by Melissa before the course were also very helpful/interesting.”
We will be using ZOOM as our on-line platform for all sessions. Here are some steps to take before the start of the course in order to ensure maximum connectivity and experience. To get you started with Zoom, please click on the link below for some basic information:
https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362193-How-Do-I-Join-A-Meeting-
Please test your connection to Zoom here.
PROFESSOR MELISSA RAPHAEL
JEWISH CREATIONS
4-week online course
Wednesday 7.30-9.00pm UK time
Dates:
8, 15, 22, 29 March 2023
All sessions will be recorded and available to participants for 7 days after the class.
The price for this 4-week course is £60.
You can register and pay for this course now using the button below. Alternatively, you can pre-book your place by emailing lehrhaus@lbc.ac.uk and you will be asked for payment about two weeks before the start of the course.
Course description:
This illustrated four-week course will blend historical, rabbinic and theological perspectives to explore how a variety of Jewish creators’ contributions to visual culture may have been made in the image of God’s own practice and legislation of the art of Creation.
The course will open with an aesthetic reading of the first verses of Genesis, where, over the course of six days, God works on the spectacular composition we call ‘the world’ and, after daily critical inspection, pronounces it ‘very good’. In the light of God’s subsequent design and planting out of a garden in Eden, the second session will explore the history of the Jewish garden and its contemporary eco-messianic possibilities. The course will then turn its attention to modern Jewish art’s negotiation with the Second Commandment’s proscription of idols and will close with a session that celebrates Jewish tailors and fashion designers like Ralph Lauren and Isaac Mizrahi who, since Adam and Eve first sewed together a garment made from leaves, have made such a notable mark on the way we dress.
Biography:
As well as teaching at Leo Baeck College in the areas of modern Jewish thought and Jewish responses to evil and suffering, Melissa Raphael is Professor Emerita (Jewish Theology) at the University of Gloucestershire and an Associate Lecturer at the University of Chichester. She has been the Sherman Lecturer in Jewish Studies at the University of Manchester; the Hussey Lecturer in the Church and the Arts at the University of Oxford, and the British Government’s Foreign Office delegate to the International Task Force on Holocaust Remembrance and Research.
Professor Raphael is the author of numerous articles and books. Her books include Thealogy and Embodiment: The Post-Patriarchal Reconstruction of Female Sacrality (Sheffield Academic Press, 1996); Rudolf Otto and the Concept of Holiness (Oxford University Press, 1997); The Female Face of God in Auschwitz: A Jewish Feminist Theology of the Holocaust (Routledge, 2003); Judaism and the Visual Image: A Jewish Theology of Art (Continuum, 2009), and Religion, Feminism and Idoloclasm: Being and Becoming in the Women’s Liberation Movement (Routledge, 2019).
Testimonials:
”Melissa’s way of teaching and her point of view, and the ability to watch the recording. I didn’t always want to speak when participants were encouraged to, and there was no problem with that. I appreciated that I could switch between attending live or watch the recording.”
”The intellectual challenge of dealing with some complex concepts. Hearing other participants’ points of view and opinions. Professor Raphael’s teaching style and her facilitation skills.”
”Very engaging and interesting teaching, presented in a way that could be understood by many levels
The materials provided by Melissa before the course were also very helpful/interesting.”
We will be using ZOOM as our on-line platform for all sessions. Here are some steps to take before the start of the course in order to ensure maximum connectivity and experience. To get you started with Zoom, please click on the link below for some basic information:
https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362193-How-Do-I-Join-A-Meeting-
Please test your connection to Zoom here.
Dr Simon Holloway
THE SAGES
4-week live online course
Sunday 10.00-11.30pm UK time (7.00-8.30pm AEST)
Dates:
16, 23, 30 April
7 May 2023
All sessions will be recorded and available to participants for 7 days after the class.
The price for this 4-week course is £60.
For students affiliated to Progressive Jewish communities in Australia the price of this course is £48. Please check the discount box on the registration page.
You can register and pay for this course now using the button below. Alternatively, you can pre-book your place by emailing lehrhaus@lbc.ac.uk and you will be asked for payment about two weeks before the start of the course.
Course Description:
We know them as “our sages of blessed memory”, but who were the characters of the Mishna and the Talmud? This four-week course will explore the personalities of some of the most formative characters in the rabbinic literature, against the backdrop of the history of their times. Along the way, we will get a sense as to the opinions attributed to different individuals, the impact of those opinions on the general development of Jewish law, and some of the incidents (both comic and profound) for which those rabbis became known.
Biography:
Dr Simon Holloway is the Head of Education at the Melbourne Holocaust Museum, where he is presiding over the development of new education programs for school students, professionals and the general public. Simon holds a PhD in Classical Hebrew and Biblical Studies from the University of Sydney, where he served for six years as a sessional academic, and a Masters in Ancient History. Before moving to Melbourne, Simon also spent six years as an Education Officer at the Sydney Jewish Museum, delivering seminars on Nazi racial hygiene, Jewish resistance and the history of the Holocaust. At present, Simon spends much of his free time studying the Talmud. His current research involves the identification of references to biblical and rabbinic literature in diaries and letters produced during the Holocaust.
We will be using ZOOM as our on-line platform for all sessions. Here are some steps to take before the start of the course in order to ensure maximum connectivity and experience. To get you started with Zoom, please click on the link below for some basic information:
https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362193-How-Do-I-Join-A-Meeting-
Please test your connection to Zoom here.
Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers
IS THE MIKVEH FOR EVERY BODY?
4-week live online course
Sunday 7.00-8.30pm UK time
Dates:
16, 23, 30 April
7 May 2023
All sessions will be recorded and available to participants for 7 days after the class.
The price for this 4-week course is £60.
You can register and pay for this course now using the button below. Alternatively, you can pre-book your place by emailing lehrhaus@lbc.ac.uk and you will be asked for payment about two weeks before the start of the course.
Course Description:
Over 4 weeks we will explore the biblical and rabbinic roots of Mikveh (ritual immersion) and the ways in which it functions as spiritual technology for all Jews in the 21st Century.
Week 1. The Bible: when men were in the Mikveh more than women
Week 2: The Rabbis: Unpacking ‘purity’ and navigating the post-Temple world
Week 3: Mikvaot that may surprise – from secret Mikvaot hidden from the inquisition to the Ethiopian Jewish community, how has Mikveh practice varied around the Jewish world?
Week 4: Making it personal: How have Jews been using the Mikveh to create meaningful moments, and how is the Wellspring Project hoping to do more of this in the UK!
Biography:
Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers teaches at Leo Baeck College a course entitled World Religions 101 which allows students to explore their own encounter with other faiths, and dialogue between faiths. She was ordained by Leo Baeck College in 2009, also earning a distinction for her MA. Her first degree was in Religious Studies (1st class hons) at Lancaster University (2001), and she was a Buber Fellow at Paideia, the European Centre for Jewish Studies (2003). Having volunteered in the Interfaith world for several years, and served as the Chair of the Young Leadership Council of the International Council of Christians and Jews, Debbie worked at the UK Council of Christians and Jews from 2003-2004. Her first post-Rabbinic role was at West London Synagogue where she co-ordinated Interfaith activities and the Jewish Preparation programme, as well as developing an interfaith programme for teenagers. She is currently working at the Movement for Reform Judaism as the Community Educator. She has been published in magazines and journals, regularly writes for the Jewish press, and is a regular contributor to Radio 2’s Pause for Thought, BBC 3 Counties Radio and BBC London. and the Jewish News. Debbie has published prayers and chapters in several books, including writing on issues addressing interfaith matters in ‘Words for Today 2013’ ed. Nicola Slee, 2012, IBRA, ‘Deep Calls to Deep’ ed. Tony Bayfield, 2017 SCM Press and ‘Pope Francis and Interreligious Dialogue’ ed. Kasimow and Race, 2018, Palgrave Macmillan.
We will be using ZOOM as our on-line platform for all sessions. Here are some steps to take before the start of the course in order to ensure maximum connectivity and experience. To get you started with Zoom, please click on the link below for some basic information:
https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362193-How-Do-I-Join-A-Meeting-
Please test your connection to Zoom here.
RABBI EMILY REITSMA-JURMAN
THE JEWISH BODY – PIERCING, TATTOOS & COSMETIC SURGERY
4-week live on-line course
Thursday 7.30-9.00pm UK time
Dates:
20, 27 April
4, 11 May 2023
All sessions will be recorded and available to participants for 7 days after the class.
The price for this 4-week course is £60.
You can register and pay for this course now using the button below. Alternatively, you can pre-book your place by emailing lehrhaus@lbc.ac.uk and you will be asked for payment about two weeks before the start of the course.
Course description:
Are tattoos kosher? What about lip filler? Does Jewish tradition have anything to say about body modification? Does it matter to us if it does? All these questions from the legal to the ethical and the anthropological will be investigated. Join us as we explore our autonomy over our Jewish bodies.
Biography:
Emily Reitsma-Jurman is a Canadian-born, British-trained, half-Israeli rabbi, happily married to a brilliant Dutch librarian. As a person who has often felt like they were ‘on the fringe’, Rabbi Emily is passionate about exploring the lived experience of contemporary Jewish society and helping others find their niche within our broader community. She was ordained by Leo Baeck College in 2015, and has served many congregations, most notably Edgware & Hendon Reform (2011 – 2020) and is currently the Associate Rabbi at West London Synagogue. She loves cats, Star Trek, and visiting garden centres with her wife, Dr. Renee Reitsma-Jurman.
We will be using ZOOM as our on-line platform for all sessions. Here are some steps to take before the start of the course in order to ensure maximum connectivity and experience. To get you started with Zoom, please click on the link below for some basic information:
https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362193-How-Do-I-Join-A-Meeting-
Please test your connection to Zoom here.
Dr Renée Reitsma-Jurman
JACOB TAUBES: MESSIANISM, MAYHEM AND APOCALYPSE
4-week online course
Monday 7.30-9.00pm UK time
Dates:
1, 8, 15, 22 May 2023
All sessions will be recorded and available to participants for 7 days after the class.
The price for this 4-week course is £60.
You can register and pay for this course now using the button below. Alternatively, you can pre-book your place by emailing lehrhaus@lbc.ac.uk and you will be asked for payment about two weeks before the start of the course.
Course description:
In this course we will look at the life and works of Jacob Taubes, a 20th Century Rabbi, philosopher, and theologian. A prolific teacher, he only wrote one book, his doctoral dissertation Occidental Eschatology. Two further collections of his work were published: The Political Theology of Paul, based on lectures, and From Cult to Culture, containing short pieces he wrote. We will read most of The Political Theology of Paul as well as excerpts from the other two works, and look at themes of apocalypse, Christianity, and philosophy of history. His life was as interesting as his thought: he developed an obsession with Gershon Scholem, who considered Taubes to be the embodiment of moral evil. Can we seperate the man, as he was in his private life, from his intellectual thought?
Biography:
Dr. Renée Reitsma-Jurman is a philosopher and librarian living in London with her wife Rabbi Emily Reitsma-Jurman. She wrote her PhD thesis on Nietzsche and sin, and is also interested in philosophy of music and the philosophy of disability. She is passionate about helping people discover lesser known thinkers, and hopes to encourage intellectual curiosity.
We will be using ZOOM as our on-line platform for all sessions. Here are some steps to take before the start of the course in order to ensure maximum connectivity and experience. To get you started with Zoom, please click on the link below for some basic information:
https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362193-How-Do-I-Join-A-Meeting-
Please test your connection to Zoom here.
Rabbi Dr René Pfertzel
THE SAGA OF THE ANCESTORS
4-week online course
Wednesday 7.00-8.30pm UK time
Dates:
7, 14, 21, 28 June 2023
All sessions will be recorded and available to participants for 7 days after the class.
We are pleased to offer a promotional 50% reduction for this course.
The price for this 4-week course is £30.
You can register and pay for this course now using the button below. Alternatively, you can pre-book your place by emailing lehrhaus@lbc.ac.uk and you will be asked for payment about two weeks before the start of the course.
Talk description:
Is there such a thing as Progressive spirituality? How do we talk about God, how do we talk to God? Ask any Jew in the synagogue, what is Judaism? and you’ll get many answers, and even more. In this talk, I would like to explore with you the concept of Jewish spirituality? Can we be Progressive Jews and aspire to a spiritual life? And what about spirituality and religion? A Israeli sticker in the early 2010s read, there are many ways to be Jewish. Let’s see if and where spiritual fit.
Biography:
Before his Rabbinic ordination in July 2014, Rabbi Dr René Pfertzel held various teaching positions in France. He earned a teaching degree in 1990, the “Agrégation d’Histoire”, and taught in French High Schools, as well as a year at the Sorbonne in Paris, where he taught a course in Anthropology of Judaism. He earned a PhD in Biblical Studies from the University of Strasbourg, France, in 2004. He examined the unofficial corrections of scribes (Tikkuney Soferim) that can be revealed by comparing the different textual traditions of the Hebrew Bible.
He began working with Progressive communities in France in the 1990s, mainly in his hometown, Strasbourg. He had also a long term partnership with the Liberal community in Lyons, Keren Or, which he served as Rabbi between 2014 and 2016. After two years of commuting between Lyons and London, where he served the Liberal Jewish Synagogue in St Johns Wood, Rabbi René Pfertzel decided to work full-time with Kingston Liberal Synagogue, a constituent of Liberal Judaism.
Testimonials:
”This was the third course I have taken at Lehrhaus over the past few years, and once again I really enjoyed Rabbi René’s engaging teaching style. He is such a good teacher!”
”I enjoy the participation of the other attending the course to the discussion, even if I do not intervene (too shy, I’m sorry). There was no doubt about the preparation of the teacher and the atmosphere created. The fact that is on line and the possibility to watch again the recording.”
”Excellent professor, without equal. Rabbi Rene Pfertzel is the perfect mixture of intellect, curiosity and heart. He is a first class communicator, gentle and probing. His classes were intellectually stimulating, well-organized, thought-provoking.”
”The course enabled me to achieve my aims because of (a) the informational/didactic input provided by René; (b) the invitations to reflection that he offered through the questions that he posed to the group; and (c) the engagement of my fellow course participants who shared their thoughts and experiences in an open, trusting way.”
We will be using ZOOM as our on-line platform for all sessions. Here are some steps to take before the start of the course in order to ensure maximum connectivity and experience. To get you started with Zoom, please click on the link below for some basic information:
https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362193-How-Do-I-Join-A-Meeting-
Please test your connection to Zoom here.
Rabbi Fred Morgan
THE FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIAL JUSTICE IN JUDAISM
4-week online course
Tuesday 9.00-10.30am UK time MORNING CLASS (6.00-7.30pm AEST)
Dates:
6, 13, 20, 27 June 2023
All sessions will be recorded and available to participants for 7 days after the class.
The price for this 4-week course is £60.
For students affiliated to Progressive Jewish communities in Australia the price of this course is £48. Please check the discount box on the registration page.
You can register and pay for this course now using the button below. Alternatively, you can pre-book your place by emailing lehrhaus@lbc.ac.uk and you will be asked for payment about two weeks before the start of the course.
Course Description:
What does it mean to act justly? How do we create a just society? What does building a just society have to do with Judaism? This course will look at four Hebrew concepts that provide the foundations for a Jewish understanding of social justice: b’tzelem Elohim (being created in the divine image), tikkun olam (mending the world), tzedek/ tzedakah (righteousness, restorative justice) and b’rit (covenant). We’ll explore these four concepts in some depth by tracing them through traditional Jewish sources as well as contemporary writings, and see how they are used today to provide a framework for social awareness across many of the Jewish denominations.
Biography:
Fred Morgan taught Religious Studies with specialisation in the religions of India at the University of Bristol before entering LBC for rabbinic studies. After receiving s’mikhah from the College in 1984, he served at North West Surrey Synagogue for 13 years. His association with the College continued through this period, teaching courses in midrash and in contemporary Jewish thought to both rabbinic and MA students, and filling various academic and administrative roles. In 1997 he was made an Honorary Fellow of the College. (He was made Hon Fellow of LBC for a second time in 2009, to mark his 25 years in the rabbinate.)
In the same year Rabbi Morgan took up the post of Senior Rabbi at Temple Beth Israel in Melbourne, Australia. During his tenure at TBI he twice served as Chair of the Assembly of Rabbis in Australia, New Zealand and Asia. Over the years he has spent extended periods working with progressive communities in Budapest, Perth, Wellington and Singapore, as well as briefer periods with other communities across Australia and Asia.
In 2013 Rabbi Morgan was appointed Emeritus Rabbi at TBI, and he was also awarded Membership in the Order of Australia for his services to the Jewish community and to interfaith relations. Subsequently he served as Professorial Fellow at the Australian Catholic University, and as Rabbinic Advisor to the Union for Progressive Judaism in Australia, New Zealand and Asia. He has also taught for the Melton Adult Jewish Learning program for several years, and he has recently begun teaching by Zoom for the University of the Third Age.
For the past 12 years Rabbi Morgan has led Jewish-themed tours to destinations around the globe, including several tours to Central and Eastern European destinations, India, Morocco, the Balkans, South America, the Silk Road in Central Asia and outback Australia. His tour to the Caucasus has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
He is married to Sue and they have three children and three grandchildren.
Testimonials:
‘‘I really enjoyed Rabbi Morgan’s great knowledge and accessibility in class. Joining the class in Melbourne, I enjoyed the comments of the English and European participants. I wish the course had lasted a couple more weeks. We covered a lot of ground in 4 weeks – would have been good to have had more time for more discussion. I hope Rabbi Morgan will run more courses with Lehrhaus. I thought Zoom was very successful for this course in joining people on different continents and in different countries. It all worked very smoothly and easily and I am a complete technophobe.”
”Rabbi Fred’s course was fantastic. He is so encouraging and inclusive. Thanks to Lehrhaus for the course and I am interested in future courses with Rabbi Fred.”
”It was interesting and thought provoking. Rabbi Morgan’s classes are always very enjoyable.”
”This was a wonderful class and I would happily do another class with Rabbi Morgan!”
We will be using ZOOM as our on-line platform for all sessions. Here are some steps to take before the start of the course in order to ensure maximum connectivity and experience. To get you started with Zoom, please click on the link below for some basic information:
https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362193-How-Do-I-Join-A-Meeting-
Please test your connection to Zoom here.
Rabbi Colin Eimer
“A PRIEST, A VICAR AND A RABBI ARE AT A FUNERAL…” – THE STORY BEHIND THE PICTURE
4-week online course
Tuesday 7.30-9.00pm UK time
New Dates:
13, 20, 27 June
4 July 2023
All sessions will be recorded and available to participants for 7 days after the class.
The price for this 4-week course is £60.
You can register and pay for this course now using the button below. Alternatively, you can pre-book your place by emailing lehrhaus@lbc.ac.uk and you will be asked for payment about two weeks before the start of the course.
Course description:
“A priest, a vicar and a rabbi are at a funeral…” It sounds like the beginning of a Jewish joke. But we have a painting to show that something like that actually happened; and we have a photo of a man on a hotel balcony.
Four sessions exploring these and other well-known and less-known images from modern Jewish history,
What’s the ‘back story’ and what does it mean to us today?
Biography:
Academic background:
1963-1966 London University, London School of Economics, B.Sc (Econ)
1966-1971 Leo Baeck College – Rabbinic ordination
2005-2007 Sussex University – MA (European Jewish History, Thought and Culture)
Professional Background:
1971-1974 Rabbi, Union Libérale Israélite Universelle, Paris
1974-1977 Rabbi, Bushey & Radlett Reform Synagogue
1977-2015 Rabbi, Sha’arei Tsedek North London Reform Synagogue
2015- Emeritus Rabbi, Sha’arei Tsedek North London Reform Synagogue
Relevant work experience:
1979-2005 Leo Baeck College – Lecturer, Biblical Hebrew and developing Vocational Training Programme.
2013- Leo Baeck College – Lecturer, Jewish History
2017- Rabbi, North-Western Reform Synagogue (Alyth Gardens)
2017-2018 Leo Baeck College – Lecturer, Biblical Hebrew
Research interests:
Development of a Progressive Jewish Rabbinate in Alsace-Lorraine after 1871.
We will be using ZOOM as our on-line platform for all sessions. Here are some steps to take before the start of the course in order to ensure maximum connectivity and experience. To get you started with Zoom, please click on the link below for some basic information:
https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362193-How-Do-I-Join-A-Meeting-
Please test your connection to Zoom here.
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