The Haberman Institute for Jewish Studies provides adults with high quality in-depth encounters with Jewish thought, history, and culture. Welcome!
Presented by Michael Berenbaum
Director of the Sigi Ziering Institute: Exploring the Ethical and Religious Implications of the Holocaust; Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies, American Jewish University
Presented by Dr. Robert Watson
Distinguished Professor of American History, Avron Fogelman Research Professor, and Director of Project Civitas at Lynn University
Presented by Dr. Tania Lombrozo
Professor of Psychology; Associate of the Department of Philosophy and the University Center for Human Value, Princeton University
Presented by Dr. Roni Rosenthal
Governor's Commission on Middle Eastern American Affairs, Literature Professor and Director of Judaic Studies, University of Maryland Baltimore County; Award-winning Author
Presented by Dr. Jeffrey Veidlinger
Joseph Brodsky Collegiate Professor of History and Judaic Studies, Director of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute, University of Michigan
Presented by Dean Cycon, Author, Lawyer, Human Rights Advocate
FALL COURSES
Begins September 3
Four Tuesday Evenings | 7-8:30 PM ET
September 3, 10, 17, 24
Instructor: Gideon Amir
Begins September 8
Nine Sunday Mornings | 10:30 AM-Noon ET
September 8, 15, 22; October 6, 13, 20, 27; November 3, 10
Instructor: Gideon Amir
Begins September 11
Three Wednesday Mornings | 9:30 - 10:45 AM ET
Instructor: Steve Kerbel
Begins October 7
Three Monday Evenings | 7-8:00 PM ET
(October 7, 14 and 28)
Instructor: Rabbi David Greenspoon
Begins October 8
Four Tuesday Evenings | 7-8:30 PM ET
October 8, 15, 22, 29
Instructor: Gideon Amir
Begins October 30
15 Wednesday Evenings | 7:30-9:00 PM ET
Location: B’nai Israel Congregation, Rockville, MD
Instructors: Multi-denominational team of rabbis from the DC Metro area
Begins November 5
Four Tuesday Evenings | 7-8:30 PM ET
November 5, 12, 19, 26
Instructor: Gideon Amir
Begins November 12
Three Thursday Mornings | 10:30 AM - 12 PM ET
Instructor: Rabbi Rachel Hersh, MSW
In-Person Only
Begins November 13
Four Wednesday Mornings | 9:30 - 10:45 AM ET
Instructor: Steve Kerbel
Begins November 17
Nine Sunday Mornings | 10:30 AM-Noon ET
(November 17, 24; December 1, 8, 15; January 19, 26; February 2, 9)
Instructor: Gideon Amir
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