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Colorful Profiles

Spring 5785

Colorful Profiles

Short Stories of Extraordinary Lives from Jewish History

Join this four-week journey to encounter twelve stories of Jewish history’s most fascinating men and women. Discover the incredible Jewish lives of converts, captives, royal advisors, philosophers, philanthropists, and more. You’ll be fascinated by their sacrifices, adventures, and achievements and get a vivid look at our people’s rich heritage and history.

Tuesday Evenings

4 Tuesdays
7:00-8:30 P.M.
May 6 - 27

Instructor: Rabbi Ari Herson

This course is being offered for both online and in-person attendees

 
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Thursday Mornings

4 Thursdays
10:00-11:30 A.M.
May 8 - 29

Instructor: Rabbi Ari Herson

Bagel breakfast before each Thursday morning class!

This course is being offered for in-person attendees only

 
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Location

In Mendham and via Zoom
Address and link provided upon registration

More Info

www.chabadmc.org/JLI
[email protected]
732.619.8829
Fee: $54 ($100 per couple)

Scholarships available, please contact [email protected]

Lesson One
Courageous Converts

A Roman prince outwits his uncle to study Torah, an Italian priest studies his way to a new life, and a Polish noble meets an old Jew studying Talmud on a Paris park bench—see their journey to Judaism and what came next.

 

Lesson Two
Influential Jews

Spain’s top Torah scholar leads a Muslim Army, an Amsterdam rabbi with a printshop talks England into readmitting Jews, and a rabbi teaches a Catholic scholar and saves Central Europe’s Jewish books— how did they integrate Judaism into their influence?

 

Lesson Three
Unsung Heroines

A businesswoman saves thousands from the Inquisition and rebuilds Jewish life across the Mediterranean, and a female Torah scholar shapes Halachic discourse while raising a family, feeding students, and caring for the sick—see the secret ways women shaped Jewish history.

 

Lesson Four
Heroes and Hostages

Four rabbis are captured by 10th-century pirates, Germany’s foremost Jewish leader is held for ransom, and thousands of East European Jews languish in Ottoman slave markets—how did Jewish communities respond?

 
 

Thanks for your interest!

Registration for this class is now closed, but we’d love for you to join us for our upcoming programs.

Visit our main page to see what’s coming up.

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