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Introduction to Judaism
Temple Emanu-El, Haverhill
Congregation Beth Israel of the Merrimack Valley, Andover
 

Thursdays, February 11–June 3, 7:30 pm
(no class on February 25, April 1, or April 8)

Cost:
$36 (members of CBI or Temple Emanu-El)
$108 (nonmembers)
Instructors
​
Cantor Vera Broekhuysen, Temple Emanu-El, Haverhill
Rabbi Howard Mandell, Congregation Beth Israel of the Merrimack Valley, Andover
Rabbi Rachel Putterman, Temple Emanu-El, Haverhill

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Course Syllabus

Date
Topics
Faculty
February 11
Introduction: Who is a Jew
All
February 18
Jewish Time: Holidays
Rabbi Mandell
March 4
Jewish Time: Life Cycle Events
Rabbi Putterman
March 11
Jewish Time: Shabbat
Cantor Broekhuysen
March 18
Jewish Practice:
​Synagogue Life and Prayer
Cantor Broekhuysen
March 25
Jewish Practice: Kashrut
Rabbi Putterman
April 15
Sacred Texts: Tanakh
Cantor Broekhuysen
April 22
Sacred Texts: Oral Torah
​(Mishnah and Talmud)

Rabbi Mandell
April 29
Sacred Texts: Mysticism
Rabbi Putterman
May 6
Thought/Theology/History:
​God and Suffering
Rabbi Mandell
May 13
Thought/Theology/History:
Life After Death and
​Messianic Age
Rabbi Mandell
May 20
Thought/Theology/History:
​Antisemitism and Holocaust
Cantor Broekhuysen
May 27
Thought/Theology/History:
​Israel and Zionism

Rabbi Mandell
June 3
Closing
All
 

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  • Home
    • Membership
    • Clergy and Staff
    • Temple Hours
    • Directions
    • Board of Directors
    • Committees
    • Contact Us
  • Worship
    • Shabbat
    • Tot Shabbat
    • Holidays >
      • High Holy Days
    • Our Sanctuary
    • Temple Choir
    • Life Cycle Events
    • Ritual Resources
    • Shabbat and Holiday Melodies
    • Yahrzeit >
      • Names at Yahrzeit
  • Education and Study
    • Religious School >
      • Religious School in Pictures
      • Religious School Dates to Remember
    • PTO
    • Adult Education >
      • Weekly Parashah Study and Israel Chavurah
    • HaSifriyah/Library
    • Introduction to Judaism
  • Communications
    • Weekly Message
    • Cantor Vera's Corner
    • Rabbi Rachel's Reflections
    • President's Message
    • In the News
    • Temple Bulletin >
      • Want to advertise in our Bulletin?
    • Calendar
    • Annual Meeting Reports
    • Pictures
  • Social Action
    • Coat Drive
    • "Feed Your Neighbor"
    • Community Meals
  • Community
    • Lotsa Helping Hands
    • Chesed
    • Haverhill Jewish Scholarship Loan Association
    • Temple Affliates
  • Fundraising
  • Online Resources