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Skirball Center for Adult Jewish Learning

the Skirball Center for Adult Jewish Learning at Temple Emanu-El was launched in 2001 to provide a new kind of learning experience for Jewish adults in the New York City area. Skirball offers opportunities for in-depth study of the great Jewish texts and ideas in a warm and open environment.



Winter Semester courses begin January 23, 2012.



Offerings include:
    Two Strange Books of the Bible: Jonah and Esther with Dr. Neil Gillman

    From Job to Steve Jobs: Reflections on Illness with Dr. Neil Gillman

    Reading Heschel: A Close Encounter With Abraham Joshua Heschel’s Essential Writings
      with Rabbi Alfredo Borodowski, Ph.D.

    Jewish Life-Cycle Moments Made Simple with Rabbi Jennifer Krause

    Non-Jewish Responses to the Holocaust with Dr. Ariella Lang

    All of Jewish History in Sevent Sessions with Dr. Regina Stein



Download the full course guide…


Registration may be completed online or by calling (212) 507-9580. Temple Emanu-El congregants receive 15 percent off full-semester courses; register for two or more and receive 20 percent off each additional course.


Can’t make it to Skirball? Then enjoy the learning experience
another way, with Skirball podcasts.




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