Calendar
The Foundation for Jewish Studies Programs
Holiday Weekend Study Retreats
The Distinguished Scholar Series
Lunch & Learn Bible Study Groups
Community Heritage Lectures
Bible Study Center
2010
Presidents Day Study Retreat: February 14-15, 2010
Dr. Eric H. Cline
Memorial Day Study Retreat: May 30-31, 2010
Dr. Lawrence Fine
Labor Day Study Retreat: September 5-6, 2010
Dr. Benjamin Sommer
The Distinguished Scholar Series
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2010
January 21, 2010
Judaism: It’s All About Love: The Wisdom of Love: Men, Women & God in The Bible
Naftali Rothenberg
March 11, 2010
The Life of Death: What Our Rabbis Tell Us About The World To Come
Professor David Kraemer
March 18, 2010
Are the Holidays Late This Year? Judaism and the Lessons of Modern Biblical Scholarship
Professor James Kugel
April 22, 2010
Renaissance England’s Chief Rabbi: John Selden
Professor Jason Rosenblatt
May 13, 2010
The People And The Book: The Invention of Printing And The Transformation of Jewish Culture
Professor David Ruderman
May 27, 2010
Arab And Islamic Anti-Semitism Today
Professor Menahem Milson
Lunch & Learn Study Groups
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Downtown Lunch & Learn
The Sixth and I Historic Synagogue
600 I Street, NW.
(Chinatown metro stop on the Red Line)
February 4, 11, 18, 25, 2010
The Rule of Law in the Book of Esther
Nathan Lewin
March 4, 11, 18, 25, 2010
Poetry and Art Surrounding the Forefathers and Foremothers
Rabbi Toby Manewith
April 8, 15, 22, 29, 2010
Judaism’s Relation to Christianity and Islam
Rabbi Harold White
May 6, 13, 27, June 3, 2010
Women in the Apocrypha
Rabbi Ben Mintz
Rockville Lunch & Learn
Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington
6125 Montrose Road
Rockville, MD
301-881-0100
January 6, 13, 20, 27, 2010
Leaders Defending Themselves
Rabbi Lyle Fishman
February 10, 17, 24, 2010
The Musical Heritage of the Sephardim
Cantor Abraham Lubin
March 3, 10, 17, 24, 2010
Power and Powerlessness in the Book of Esther
Erica Brown
April 7, 14, 21, 28, 2010
Imaginative Insights on Psalms
Norman Shore
May 5, 12, 26, June 2, 2010
Above and Beyond: The Origin of Ethics and Piety Out of the Pages of the Jewish Legal Tradition
Rabbi Michael Feshbach
Northern Virginia Lunch & Learn
Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia (library)
8900 Little River Turnpike
Fairfax, VA
703-323-0880
March 2, 9, 16, 23, 2010
From Hester Street to Hollywood
Rabbi Benjamin Shalva
April 13, 20, 27, May 4, 2010
Jewish Philosophers From the First to the Twentieth Century
John Rybicki
May 11, 18, 25, June 1, 2010
Jewish Music From all Periods and Places: A Series of Lecture-Recitals
Cantor Sharon Steinberg
Community Heritage Lectures
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Sixth & I Historic Synagogue
600 I Street, NW
Washington, DC
(Gallery Place/Chinatown metro stop on Red Line)
Watch this page for upcoming programs…
The Dennis and Phillip Ratner Museum
10001 Old Georgetown Road
Bethesda, MD
301-0897-1518
Session 1
October 18 – December 20, 2009
Excluding November 29, Thanksgiving Sunday
The Book of Joshua
The Conquest of Canaan during Joshua’s Three Major Campaigns
Gideon Amir
Session 2
January 10 - March 21, 2010
Excluding February 28, Purim
The Book of Joshua
The Division of Canaan by Tribe
Gideon Amir
Session 3
April 11 – June 27, 2010
Excluding May 9, Mother’s Day
Excluding May 30, Memorial Day
Excluding June 20, Father’s Day
The Book of Joshua
Joshua’s Farewell Speeches and Death
Gideon Amir
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