Recent Online Course Offerings

Rabbinics

• Genesis and Judaism: Bereshit Rabbah
• Judaism and Christianity
• Who’s Who Among the Rabbis
• Pirke Avot: Jewish Ethics and theology
• Business Ethics in Jewish Law
• Introduction to Rabbinics
• Rhythms of Jewish Life: The Calendar and Life Cycle Events

History

• History of Anti-Semitism
• From Tradition to Modernity: The Transformation of Russian Jewry
• Dilemmas in Jewish History from Abraham to Shabbetai Zevi
• Jews and the Renaissance
• Ashkenazi Roots: Eastern European Jewish History

Jewish Thought

• Introduction to Classical Judaism
• Judaism’s Encounter with Modernity
• Maimonides, Spinoza and Mendelssohn: The Shifting Sands of Jewish Thought

Contemporary Jewish Studies

• Perspectives on American Judaism
• The Family: An Institution in Transition

Political Science

• The Politics of Israel
• The Jewish Political Tradition
• Zionism and the State of Israel
• Israel in the Middle East

Bible

• Women in the Hebrew Bible
• Exodus Themes in Biblical Narrative

Education

• Jewish Education: Issues and Orientation
• Teaching Jewish Studies with Computerized Cognitive Maps
• Teaching Classic Jewish Texts: The Literary Approach
• Teaching Moral Issues in Jewish Studies
• Teaching Jewish Spirituality: Gateways to the Soul in Jewish Education
• Methods of Teaching Mitzvah, Halakhah and Minhag
• Using Art as Midrash/Commentary on the Bible
• Using Computers in the Jewish Classroom
• Philosophy of Jewish Education

Early Childhood Education

• Building a Jewish life: Curriculum and Concepts
• Mitzvot, Moral Development and Classroom Management: Creating a Classroom Community Based on Interactive Jewish Values
• The Power of Narrative in the Jewish Early Childhood Classroom
• Holidays Through Horticulture
• The Development and Identity of Young Children: Effects of Family, Community and Society

Non-Profit Management

• Strategic Planning for Jewish Communal Professionals
• Fundraising in the Organized Jewish Community
• Marketing and Promoting the Jewish Organization