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)

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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

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 Putterman
June 3	Closing	All