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Lisafbrill Feb Newsletter.Pub MJCCA Lisa F. Brill Institute for Jewish Learning February Newsletter Upcoming classes with Lisa F. Brill Institute for Jewish Learning Derech Torah: Introduction to Judaism - MJCCA Zaban Park A sophisticated, challenging introduction to Judaism, including class sessions and experiential activities. Twenty week session: Sunday mornings, February 1 – July 12, 10:00 – 11:30 am ñ Ten week session: Tuesdays and Thursday evenings, March 17 – June 2, 7:15 -8:45 pm Cost: $260 Individuals/ $450 Couples Derech Torah II: For Derech Torah Graduates – MJCCA Zaban Park New class offering participants an exciting way to build upon the stimulating and meaningful learning obtained from Derech Torah. ñ Twelve week session: Monday evenings, February 2- May 4, 7:15 – 8:45 pm (some dates excluded). Cost: $160 Individuals / $280 Couples To register for either of these classes, contact Amy Schaaf at 678.812.3694 or [email protected] Community Learning Events - February MJCCA Book Festival Event: Martin Indyk Rambam Atlanta Day School presents MJCCA Zaban Park The Second Annual Lecture on Topics of Modern Orthodoxy Rabbi Natan Slifkin - MJCCA Zaban Park Former US Ambassador to Israel, Martin Indyk discusses his book “Innocent Abroad: An Intimate Wednesday, February 18, 7:30 pm Account of American Peace Diplomacy in the Middle East”. Topic: “The Challenge of Dinosaurs” Rabbi Slifkin is the world renowned “Zoo Rabbi” and has lectured and written Thursday, February 5, 7:30 pm. extensively on topics relating to Science and Judaism, especially those relating to the Animal Kingdom. Tickets Members $7/ Non Members $12 Suggested donation of $18 at the door Purchase tickets online at atlantajcc.org or contact For more details contact Channah Broyde at 404.931.5452 box office at 678.812.4002 or Talya Gorsetman Starr at 917.497.1126 Lisa F. Brill Institute for Jewish Learning with Kol Echad: Making Judaism Matter MJCCA Zaban Park Cost: Free to the community Presenting “The Conversation”, a series of encounters with the academic stars of the Atlanta community: ñ Tuesday February 17, 7:00 pm - Rabbi Michael Broyde, Professor of Law at Emory Law School “The Affluenza Epidemic – Traditional Jewish reflections on the Bernie Madoff Scandal” A conversation with Professor Broyde, an ordained rabbi, whose primary areas of interest are Law and Religion, Jewish Law and Ethics, and Comparative Religious Law. ñ Wednesday March 18, 7:00 pm – Professor Melvin Konner, author, anthropologist and physician “The Jewish Body” - A conversation with Professor Konner about how the Jewish body has been envisioned by Jew and non-Jew alike. Topics range from circumcision, nose jobs and the connection between the Jewish body and Zionism and Israel. Community Learning Events - March Neshama Carlebach In Concert – Greenfield Hebrew Academy A community concert of spirited, soulful, and inspiring song. Featuring Neshama’s critically acclaimed original music, and tunes and tales of her father Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach z”l. Thursday, March 12, 8:00 pm Tickets $54, $36, $18 Contact MJCCA Box Office at 678.812.4002 Kol Neshama - Women’s Spirituality Retreat – Camp Ramah Darom This trans-denominational spirituality retreat is designed to inspire women to start or continue their personal Jewish journey Neshama Carlebach will be the scholar in residence for the spiritual retreat. All details, including cost, can be found online at www.atlantajcc.org. March 13th - 15th For more information or to be a sponsor contact Amy Schaaf at 678.812.3694 or [email protected]. Community Learning Events - April, May & June Humanitarian Mission to Jewish Cuba Bring desperately needed aid and show the Cuban Jewish community that they have not been forgotten. April 17th – 25th Cost: Members $2950 per person / Non Members $3250, based on double occupancy For more details and applications contact Shaindle Schmuckler at 678.812.3983 Poland Holocaust Remembrance Journey Trip to Poland personally hosted by Rabbi Albert Slomovitz and Holocaust survivor Avraham Pukacz. Includes visits to Warsaw, Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration camps. May 10th – 15th Cost: $3,650 based on double occupancy. (Single supplement $515; Land only price $2,900). For more details contact Renee Werbin at 770.451.9399. Melton International Trips to Israel June 22nd - July 2nd July 13th - 23rd October 26th – November 5th **Price now reduced to $2459** For more information go to www.fmams.org.il or contact [email protected] Israeli Book Club Interested in reading and discussing excellent Israeli fiction (in English)? For more information, contact Noa Dolev at 678.812.3973 or [email protected] atlantajcc.org .
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