Previous Presentations

Grosse Pointe Jewish Council
Spring 2017 Adult Education Series
May 21, 2017 -- Abraham, Rebecca and Jacob
June 4, 2017 -- Jacob into Israel: What Goes Around, Comes Around
June 11, 2017 -- Judah v. Reuven! And the winner is…
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Temple Emanu-El
April 23, 2017
Superman's Secret Identity -- The Jewish Origins of Our Comic-Book Superheroes

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Limmud Michigan
March 19, 2017, Wayne State University
Who Was Jesus? And how did he become the Jewish Messiah of the Church?



Sholem Aleichem Institute
January 29, 2017, JCC
Brundage, Jews and the Nazi Olympics



Grosse Pointe Congregational Church
November 3, 2016
"The History of the Conflict Between Israel and the Palestinians"



Grosse Pointe Jewish Council
Fall 2016 Adult Education Series
Genesis 1 & 2-- Which Creation Story is Correct?
Genesis 3 -- Thank God We Got Out of the Garden!
Genesis 4 -- Cain as Tragic Hero

 
Federation Courses 2016-2017
Maimonides’ Guide for the Perplexed
Exploring the Psalms
A Jewish Understanding of the Synoptic Gospels
A Jewish Understanding of Paul ‘s Epistles
A Jewish Understanding of “The Parting of the Ways”
Jewish Messianism
A Brief History of Judaism: Abraham to America
The History, Development and Challenge of Reform Judaism

Federation Courses 2015-2016
Observance: Festivals, Life-Cycle, Rites, Rituals and Daily Life
Worship and Belief
A Brief History of Judaism: Abraham to America
Maimonides’ Guide for the Perplexed
Genesis & Exodus: Reading Them Again For The 1st  Time


Rochester College
Winter Semester 2015
The Two Creation Stories; Cain: Tragic Hero; The Jacob Cycle


Scholars' Colloquy at Marygrove College
October 2014
Searching for Spirituality? What's Wrong with Madonna's Kabbalah.



Paper presented to the Midwest Jewish Studies Association
September 2014, Kent State University
Making Jewish Sense of Paul's Theology



Grosse Pointe Jewish Council
August/September 2014 Adult Education Series
Understanding Early Christianity



Congregation Shaarey Zedek (E. Lansing MI)
February 2014 “Scholar Weekend”



Greenfield Presbyterian Church  (Berkley MI), January 2014,  Series of Four Presentations
The Book of Exodus: Text & Texture 


Temple Emanu-El (Oak Park MI), January 2014 Book Review
Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth