Overview
Winter 2009 Program
Summer 2009 Program
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OVERVIEW
Oraita, an exciting new Hebrew College continuing education program for rabbis, invites you to delve into classic Jewish texts with 25 to 30 rabbinic colleagues from all denominations, guided by world renowned teachers. The program opens with a four-day retreat and continues via user-friendly online faculty lectures,
havruta study and group discussions.
Retreat: Letting go of a rabbi’s daily worries, you’ll delve deeply into Torah learning. Emphasizing
bet midrash–style
havruta learning combined with presentations by our faculty, this retreat will be an intensive text study experience in a nurturing setting, as well as an opportunity to deepen connections with colleagues. Evenings will include programs on the arts and other areas of life.
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"Seeing the Miraculous in the Mundane"
Read about the first Oraita retreat in
the latest issue of Hebrew College Today.
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Online Program: You will continue the learning and fellowship when you return to your home communities. The semester of study will feature online video lectures, conference call discussions with faculty and participants, and regular
havruta study, either long distance or, if there is another Oraita participant in the vicinity, in person.
We encourage students to invite other rabbis from their area or friends from rabbinical school to form an Oraita study group. Extra workshops with Oraita faculty can be made available for any group of six or more rabbis in a vicinity. Please contact us if you would like help in bringing together a group in your area.
Tuition: Please refer to the specific retreat information below. Participants are responsible for their own transportation to and from the retreat.
Some scholarships are available in cases of financial need.
Support for Oraita has been made possible by the Lasko Foundations and other generous sponsors.
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WINTER 2009
The Divine Image
Demanding Humanity
| Retreat |
January 12–15, 2009, Ramah Darom Hotel
(Clayton, Georgia) |
Online
Program |
January–March |
| Faculty |
Yair Lorberbaum, Professor of Halakhah, Law and Culture, Bar-Ilan University, Israel; Faculty, Shalom Hartman Institute; Author, Tzelem Elohim
Nancy Fuchs-Kreimer, Director, Religious Studies Program at Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
Rabbi Michael Paley, Executive Director of Synagogue and Community Affairs, UJA, New York |
| Tuition |
The cost of the program is fully subsidized. Participants are responsible for their own transportation to and from the retreat. |
It is said that Judaism’s greatest contribution to the world has been
the idea that all humans are
created in the image of God. But
where is the Divine Image today?
In our materialist, secular culture,
can it bring us back to our humanity?
In the expanding, global world,
what does it mean for us to see God
in all people?
Jewish voices, from Rabbi Yehuda
HaNasi to Rambam, from Moshe
de Leon to Freud will help us
explore the contemporary relevance
of
tzelem Elohim.
Join the
bet midrash conversation with outstanding scholars and rabbinic colleagues from all denominations for this four-day retreat as we gain fresh perspective on real questions, grounded in text.
Send completed applications to:
Rabbi Natan Margalit
Hebrew College
160 Herrick Road
Newton Centre, MA 02459
For more information, please email Rabbi Margalit at
nmargalit@hebrewcollege.edu or call 617-559-8617.
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SUMMER 2009
Judaism and the Environment
| Retreat |
June 15–18, 2009 |
Online
Program |
June–July |
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Check back often and watch your email for further details. |
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Contact Us
Rabbi Natan Margalit
Director of Oraita
nmargalit@hebrewcollege.edu
617-559-8617
