Wednesday Classes

FULL SEMESTER 10/26 2/1 (12 sessions) Jews in the News Explore developing news stories and their eect on Jewish communiLes both local and abroad, considering current events through a Jewish lens. You will pracLce arLculaLng the range of these perspecLves in group discussions and writ- ing. Chris Aguero MINIMESTER I 10/26 12/7 (6 sessions)

7-8PM
MINIMESTER II 12/14-2/1(6 sessions)

Torah Yoga Civil Disobedience & The Freedom Riders INteract with Torah in a unique and refreshing way as we In May 1961, a group of civil rights acLvists many of whom delve into topics such as Loving-kindness, liberaLon, and were Jewish -- began a series of bus rides through the South to renewal. Explore principles of breath, alignment and medi- protest segregaLon. Though these Freedom Riders pracLced Your Company Name taLon in the light of the Torah as a way to experience Jew- non-violent civil disobedience, they faced brutal mobs through- ish wisdom in the body. No prior yoga experience is re- out their journey. UlLmately, they forced the naLon and the quired government to address the injusLce of segregaLon. Sasha Lehrer FiYy years later, we celebrate the success and heroism of these acLvists and ask How will we pass on this story to the next generaLon? Sasha Lehrer Beyond Kashrut: Making Kosher Choices Today Explore the tradiLonal raLonale for keeping kosher as a plaaorm for a broader understanding of our food choices. We will explore Ethical Kashrut, Eco Kashrut and other eaLng philosophies. Through a series of experiments in- side and outside the class, you will be asked to look deeply at your own consumpLon habits and begin to form your own kashrut pracLce. Rabbi Josh Winston The Jewish ReconnecOon Project Watch clips from the Jewish ReconnecLon Project, www.youtube.com/user/JewishReconnecLon, a documen- tary series that puts 6 American Jewish Teens and 6 Israeli Jewish Teens into a cyber room and asks them some tough quesLons, and discuss the topics as well as contribute to the greater conversaLon by posLng comments into the web chat set up by the project. Kevin Daly The Jewish Bookshelf Navigate your way in the sea of Jewish tradiLonal literature and explore the nature of the key Jewish sources and learn what was dierent about each one of them. Rabbi Michael Farbman A Taste of Israel Join our Israeli Emissaries as we tempt our senses with all things Israel. This course will be a look at Israeli culture through a va- riety of lenses. Yuval & Raz, Israeli Emissaries

Top Ten The Ten Commandments form the basis from which Jewish law was founded, but do they hold any relevance to our soci- ety today? New York Times author Christopher Hedges ex- amined the intersecLon of the Ten Commandments and modern society and asks us how do an army lieutenant, a Phish head, a con arLst, and others deal with the ethics and values that the Ten Commandments represent? Ma_ Wiener MAKOM Jams Grade Level: Open Do you like to play a musical instrument or sing? MAKOM Jams is a MAKOM band that will play a wide variety of Jewish music. Richard Gans

Jewish Films Series: Past Masters There are many Jewish lms that have had a major impact on their own Lme but are since forgo_en by most of todays Jew- ish teens. Films like Gentlemans Agreement, The Chosen, The Shoah, The Golem, and Exodus. Kevin Daly

The Art of the Text Explore dierent selecLons from the Torah and other tradi- Lonal texts while creaLng your own interpretaLons with a variety of materials Cippy Cynowicz

Sex, Holiness & TaToos for Jews in the 21st century (part 1) Are ta_oos for Jews; Can I download music from the internet; Are aborLons acceptable in the Jewish community; Should I sign up for organ donaLon; To 'sext' or not to 'sext'? Explore these and many other important issues with your peers Rabbi Michael Farbman

Wednesday Classes
FULL SEMESTER 10/26 2/1 (12 sessions) MINIMESTER I 10/26 12/7 (6 sessions)

8-9PM
MINIMESTER II 12/14-22/1(6 sessions)

Adopt-a-Survivor Grade Level: 10-12 You will be paired with a Holocaust survivor from our commu- nity and through meeLngs & interviews you will learn about their childhood, lives, and the triumph of the human spirit. This
full-year course has the following addiConal requirements: Read Bondis Brother, eld trip to Holocaust Resource Center, conduct and archive interviews, create and present an arCsCc project, and parCci- pate in community Yom Hashoah Program.

Jews in the Civil War March of the Living On the 150th anniversary of the start of the War Between the Grade Level: 11-12 States, you will examine the role that Jews played in both the Remember the past and embrace the future while preparing North and South using primary source documents, video for the March of the Living. You will explore our how our peo- Your Company Name clips, and more. ple have responded to internal and external inuences Rich Walter throughout modern history with special emphasis on the Holo- caust and the birth of the State of Israel. This class is required for
students planning to parLcipate in the March of the Living, April 15- 29, 2012.

Anat Weiner Jewish Heroes and Villains: The Play Learn about exciLng Jewish individuals who made their mark on history and write, direct, design, and act in your own original play telling your favorite stories from Jewish culture. Kevin Daly Hollywood & The Holocaust IncorporaLng pictures and video clips, we will explore how Hollywood handled the Nazi rise to power and the Holocaust as it was happening and in the years since. ScoT Feinberg

Rich Walter Tell It Like It Is Explore the importance of the delivery in storytelling & the personal narraLve. We will sample selecLons from notable Jewish Americans, considering the various media through which stories are told. Students will develop at least one per- sonal story/narraLve that they will present creaLvely. Chris Aguero Death and Dying Death is one of our greatest common denominators and one that we may avoid talking about. You will explore the Jewish rituals and observances through a variety of media surround- ing death in hopes to bring light to this powerful rite of passage. Sasha Lehrer Israels First Lebanon War from A Soldiers PerspecOve Friday June 6th 1982, I'm about to go home for my weekend furlough. I'm very relaxed and ready to have a good Lme..... and then my commander gives the word the war has just be- gan there goes my weekend and the rest of the ensuing six months, long stay in Lebanon.... Yaron Back

ShalOHM- Jewish MeditaOon Join us in a group exploraLon of Jewish MeditaLon. Find out what meditaLon is all about and how Jews use it to nd their spiritual center. We will use our sense of sight, smell, touch and imaginaLons to enter meditaLve states that will help relax us, clear our minds and open our hearts. Richard Gans Superheroes and the Jewish ConnecOon Explore if tradiLonal American superheroes are infused with Jewish values through material selected from dierent story lines. You will view movie clips, and study such characters as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Spider-man & X-men. Rabbi Chagie Rubin Shir Soul (Teen Jewish A Cappella group) Do you like Jewish music? Do you like singing with no instru- ments? Makom's Jewish a cappella group Shir Soul led by Can- tor Michelle Teplitz of B'nai Jacob will learn the basics of singing a cappella music as well as a repertoire of songs including secu- lar, non-secular, classical and pop. We will perform whenever we're ready wherever possible! Cantor Michelle Teplitz

American Jewish Feminism AcLvely engage in the work of determining the precise nexus of the American Jewish experience and progressive American values. We will consider popular American culture (art and music), proles of Jewish American feminists, their wriLng, biblical and rabbinic texts, etc. Chris Aguero Amud Haesh: Pillar of Fire This chronicle of Israel's creaLon illuminates the journey of the Jewish people and provides perspecLve on current head- lines. From the rise of anL-SemiLsm in Europe to the Arab naLonal awakening, and nally to the creaLon of the Jewish state in 1948. Yaron Back