Download KOLEL's Fall 2007 Course Brochure and Event Calendar (pdf)
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KOLEL 2007-2008 Course offerings this year include:
At The Bathurst Jewish Community Centre
MONDAYS
Advanced Torah Study: The Book of Numbers
Rabbi Elyse Goldstein
Mondays, October 15-December 3 (8 weeks); continues in the spring March 3-May 12 (skip March 31, April 7 and 21, 8 weeks)
6:30-7:30pm
Beyond Politics: The Soul of Israel
Rabbi Elyse Goldstein
Mondays, October 15-Dec. 3 (6 weeks, skip Nov. 5 and 12)
8:00-9:30pm
NEW COURSE! The Kolel “Ideas” Salon
Rabbi Elyse Goldstein
Mondays, March 3-May 12 (skip March 31, April 7 and 21) 8 weeks
8:00-9:30pm
TUESDAYS
The Unlikely Nature of G-d
Rabbi Jerry Steinberg
Tuesdays, October 23-November 13, (4 weeks)
7:30-9:30pm
History of the Holocaust and the Holocaust in History
Frank Bialystok
Tuesdays, October 23-November 27 (6 weeks)
7:30-9:30pm
What’s Jewish About Great Modern Jewish Literature?
Dr. Allan Gould
Tuesdays, October 23-November 27 (6 weeks)
7:30-9:00pm
The Mussar Path of Personal Transformation
Rabbi Michael Skobac
Tuesdays, March 4-April 8 (6 weeks)
8:00-9:00pm
WEDNESDAYS
DAYTIME COURSE! Kabbalah for Life
Rabbi Lawrence Englander
Wednesdays, November 14-Dec. 5 (4 weeks)
12:00noon-1:30pm
OUR SIGNATURE COURSE! Doing Jewish (Basic Judaism)
Alena Strauss
Wednesdays, October 10- November 28 (8 weeks)
7:30-9:30pm
NEW COURSE! All About Eve
Dr. Rachel Adelman
Wednesdays, October 10- November 14 (6 weeks)
7:30-9:30pm
NEW COURSE! The Torah is My Therapist and Guide: A Psycho- Social Look at the Torah
Dr. Ira H. Schweitzer, RJE
Wednesdays, October 17- November 21 (6 weeks)
8:00-9:30pm
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! Exploring Jewish Issues as an Interfaith Couple
Alena Strauss
Wednesdays, February 6- 27 (4 weeks)
7:30-9:30pm
Conversational Hebrew Level 1
Shiri Achiasaf
Wednesdays, October 24-December 12 (8 weeks); offered again in the spring March 5-April 30
7:30-9:00pm
THURSDAYS
DAYTIME COURSE! Jewish History
Rabbi Elyse Goldstein
Thursdays, October 11-November 22 (6 weeks, skip October 18)
9:30-11:00am
DAYTIME COURSE! “Reading Jewish”: Intro to Jewish Texts
Rabbi Elyse Goldstein
Thursdays, April 10-May 22, (6 weeks, skip April 24)
9:30-11:00am
Jewish Meditation
Michelle Katz
Thursdays, October 25-November 29 (6 weeks)
7:30-9:30pm
Hebrew Reading Step Programme: Steps One, Two and Three
(For those who have not begun with Step One: please call to check the correct level for placement)
Thursdays, October 11-November 22 (8 weeks)
7:30-9:30pm
Step One: For absolute beginners with no previous reading skills.
Step Two: For graduates of Step One, or those who can read Hebrew and want to continue to improve, plus begin with grammar.
Step Three: For graduates of Step Two, or those who can read Hebrew and know some basic grammar, for steady improvement and acceleration.
Step Four, along with the other three steps, will also be offered in the spring, March 4-April 29.
Conversational Hebrew Level 2
Shiri Achiasaf
Thursdays, October 11-November 22 (8 weeks); offered again in the spring March 4-April 29
7:30-9:00pm
At The Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre, 750 Spadina Avenue.
MONDAYS
NEW COURSE! Plato Meets The Talmud
Rabbi Michael Stroh
Mondays, October 15-November 19 (6 weeks)
7:30-9:30pm
NEW COURSE! Kafka, Kierkegaard and Friends
Rabbi Michael Stroh
Wednesdays, April 16-May 21 (6 weeks)
7:30-9:30pm
WEDNESDAYS
OUR SIGNATURE COURSE! Doing Jewish (Basic Judaism)
Alena Strauss
Wednesdays, March 12-April 30 (8 weeks)
7:30-9:30pm
THURSDAYS
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND AT MNJCC! Rosh Chodesh for Women
Rabbi Elyse Goldstein
Oct. 11, Nov. 15, Dec. 6, Jan. 10, Feb. 7, March 6, April 10, May 15 (8 sessions)
7:30-9:30pm
For full course descriptions and details, see Kolel's Course Brochure.
