
Together & Apart: The Future of Jewish Peoplehood
Past SessionsSunday, April 30, 2023 • 9 Iyyar 5783 - 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM - Unit 14: At-Homeness
Sunday, April 16, 2023 • 25 Nisan 5783 - 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM - Unit 13: Shared Believers, Partners and Investors
Sunday, April 2, 2023 • 11 Nisan 5783 - 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM - Unit 12: From Family to Consumer
Sunday, March 19, 2023 • 26 Adar 5783 - 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM - Unit 11: “What’s Good for the Jews?” Identity Politics in North America
Sunday, March 5, 2023 • 12 Adar 5783 - 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM - Unit 10: The Accusation and Dilemma of Dual Loyalties
Sunday, February 19, 2023 • 28 Shevat 5783 - 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM - Unit 9: Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism
Sunday, February 5, 2023 • 14 Shevat 5783 - 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM - Unit 8: Antisemitism as a Divisive Force
Sunday, January 22, 2023 • 29 Tevet 5783 - 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM - Unit 7: The Israeli Nation-State Law
Sunday, January 8, 2023 • 15 Tevet 5783 - 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM - Unit 6: The Moral Implications of Jewish Nationalism
Sunday, December 18, 2022 • 24 Kislev 5783 - 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM - Unit 5: Between Nationalism, Ultra-Nationalism, and Fascism
Sunday, December 4, 2022 • 10 Kislev 5783 - 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM - Unit 4: On Universalism and Particularism
Sunday, November 20, 2022 • 26 Cheshvan 5783 - 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM - Unit 3: The Judaism of Becoming
Sunday, November 6, 2022 • 12 Cheshvan 5783 - 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM - Unit 2: The Judaism of Being
Sunday, October 23, 2022 • 28 Tishrei 5783 - 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM - Unit 1: From No Home to Two Homes
Together and Apart- The Future of Jewish Peoplehood
Join Suzanne Fournier via Zoom on select Sundays from 1-2:30 pm
October 23; November 6, 20; December 4, 18; January 8, 22; February 5, 19; March 5, 19; April 2, 16, 30
About Our Jewish Peoplehood Instructor, Suzanne Fournier
Suzanne has been a member of Har Zion for over 20 ears, and is dedicated to life-long Jewish learning. She is an alumna of the Melton School of Adult Jewish Learning, and has studied at the Wagner Institute of Jewish Learning at the Jewish Theological Seminary and at the Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies in Chicago. Suzanne has served as Co-chair of the Adult Education Committee, taught Prayerbook Hebrew, and facilitated multiple sessions of the Introduction to Judaism course. She was instrumental in arranging the excellent Chicago Scholars series for Har Zion last year.
Explore the complex features of your Jewish identity, Jewish peoplehood, and the contemporary challenges to the Jewish people in an era in which we have moved from having no home to having two different, vibrant, homes in Israel and in North America.
The 14-week curriculum from the Shalom Hartman Institute's iEngage Project includes video lectures and interviews and textual sources, examining the forces dividing the Jewish people today, including nationalism, antisemitism, dual-loyalty, and identity politics. We'll consider what it means to be a member of the Jewish people and the core values that animate Jewish peoplehood and imagine new conceptual frameworks that can help sustain and grow the story of our people for a new millennium.
The Together and Apart course is organized around three parts: 1) classical categories and complexities of Jewish peoplehood; 2) contemporary sources of tension that are challenging Jewish peoplehood, including nationalism, antisemitism, dual loyalties, and identity politics; 3) new conceptual categories and metaphors for understanding Jewish peoplehood in an era of multiple homes. Throughout the course, we will encounter new ideas and ways of thinking and talking about the relationship between Israel and world Jewry which may allow the Jewish people to better engage with the realities and sensibilities of twenty-first-century Jewish life.
The registration deadline was originally set for Sunday, October 2. Registration is currently closed.
The course builds from one session to another, it is designed for participants is to commit to the full course and prepare for class discussion. The expectation is that you view the hour-long video and read resources connected to the video. Class time will be used for discussing the key points of the videos, text, study, and further discussion. Participants will need access to a computer with internet access.
If you have questions about the class please write the facilitator, Suzanne Fournier (s-fournier@uchicago.edu) or call the office and we will connect you with answers.
Note: After you register, you will receive an email message with instructions on how to access the course materials, which you should use to prepare for each session.
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JunJune 8 , 2023Miracle of Midrash, Rabbi Glick
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The Midrash conveys the wisdom of the ancient rabbis, creating a world of thought and experience between the terse verses of the Torah. What were Abraham and Isaac thinking as they headed to the binding of Isaac? What was Moses doing for 40 days and nights on top of Mount Sinai? How did King Solomon truly build the Temps. We will examine a different Midrash writing each week. All are welcome. In person and on Zoom ID# 990 415 095 with the Har Zion Zoom password. -
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JunJune 12 , 2023Monday Evening Learning with Temple Har Zion Director of Education David Schwartz
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JunJune 15 , 2023Miracle of Midrash, Rabbi Glick
Thursday, Jun 15th 10:00a to 11:00a
The Midrash conveys the wisdom of the ancient rabbis, creating a world of thought and experience between the terse verses of the Torah. What were Abraham and Isaac thinking as they headed to the binding of Isaac? What was Moses doing for 40 days and nights on top of Mount Sinai? How did King Solomon truly build the Temps. We will examine a different Midrash writing each week. All are welcome. In person and on Zoom ID# 990 415 095 with the Har Zion Zoom password. -
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JunJune 18 , 2023Mount Zion in Crisis
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Study a range of issues from the Israeli Declaration of Independence of 1948, and the reasons that Israel does not have a constitution to the tensions between the Jewish religion and Israeli democracy; how has the Israeli public and the Israeli Supreme Court addressed the issue of who is a Jew? -
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JunJune 22 , 2023Miracle of Midrash, Rabbi Glick
Thursday, Jun 22nd 10:00a to 11:00a
The Midrash conveys the wisdom of the ancient rabbis, creating a world of thought and experience between the terse verses of the Torah. What were Abraham and Isaac thinking as they headed to the binding of Isaac? What was Moses doing for 40 days and nights on top of Mount Sinai? How did King Solomon truly build the Temps. We will examine a different Midrash writing each week. All are welcome. In person and on Zoom ID# 990 415 095 with the Har Zion Zoom password.
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