Previous Presentations

Limmud Michigan
March 11, 2018, Wayne State University
A Rabbi Reads the Apostle Paul



Grosse Pointe Jewish Council
Spring 2018 Adult Education Series
What did the people really hear at Sinai? 
Boiling a kid? – Really?!
Golden Calf as Polemical Allegory
Another 10 Commandments?!
 Did the Exodus from Egypt Really Happen?



FedEd @ Congregation Shir Tikveh
February/March, 2018
Our Spring Festivals --- The Rest of the Story


Greenfield Presbyterian Church  (Berkley MI), March 13,  2018
Jesus' Jerusalem-- A Guided Tour 


Grosse Pointe Jewish Council
Fall 2017 Adult Education Series
A Radical Re-Reading of Exodus Chapter 1
Reviewing the Documentary Hypothesis
"Bridegroom of Blood" & What About God's Name?
Re-Imagining the 10 Plagues
Pharaoh's "Heavy Heart"
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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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Grosse Pointe Jewish Council
Spring 2017 Adult Education Series
 Abraham, Rebecca and Jacob
Jacob into Israel: What Goes Around, Comes Around
Judah v. Reuven! And the winner is…


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

 
Previous Federation Courses 
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
The History, Development and Challenge of Reform Judaism
Observance: Festivals, Life-Cycle, Rites, Rituals and Daily Life
Worship and Belief
A Brief History of Judaism: Abraham to America
Genesis & Exodus: Reading Them Again For The First  Time
The Five M'gillot


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