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Rabbi Klein teaches each year September- May
in the Federation's JLearn Adult Education Program.
Max M. Fisher Jewish Federation Building,
6735 Telegraph Rd. Bloomfield Hills MI 48301.
For registration information and course fees
(248) 205-2557 • E-MAIL: JLearn@jccdet.org or go to www.jccdet.org/JLearn
JLearn courses in 2022-23
Fall 2022
Reading the Gospels with the Rabbi Eight week Zoom series beginning September 30
Study the three “Synoptic Gospels” of Matthew, Mark and Luke with Rabbi Klein as they separately tell the story of Jesus, his mission and message to the Jews. Though presenting a similar narrative they have very different perspectives on Jews, Judaism and being “in covenant” with God. Productive and meaningful interfaith dialogue depends upon our Jewish understanding of the Christian Gospels.
Winter 2023
Reading Paul with the Rabbi Eight week Zoom series beginning January 6, 2023
The Jesus Movement was no longer Jewish under the 1st C influence of Paul, the most important figure for the Early Church. Paul’s authentic New Testament letters will be carefully examined to explore his theology as a blending of Hellenistic thought and Jewish theology. The class will explore and explain why and how the Jewish Paul impacted and challenged the early community of Jesus-believers, and founded Christianity.
Spring 2023
The “Parting of the Ways” Eight week Zoom series beginning March 3, 2023
Beginning in the 2nd C, the reciprocal antagonism between Rabbinic Judaism and the Early Church created a legacy of hostility and distrust that has only begun to subside in our lifetime. This course will focus on writings of the early Church and Rabbinic literature into the 4th C., later manifestations of their mutual antipathy, and how more recently we have begun to mend fences.
Grosse Pointe Jewish Council -- Winter Series 2023
Three presentations in January/February (in-person and Zoom)
Maimonides and his Guide
Moses ben Maimon (1138-1204), known as Maimonides and Rambam, was an Aristotelian religious rationalist who did not believe that God had any direct contact with or influence in our world. This put him in conflict with the Jewish Biblical literalists of his day (and ours!). In his Guide for the Perplexed, he affirms that there can be no contradiction between the religious truths about God and the findings of the human mind in science and philosophy. Maimonides was harshly criticized by Ashkenazi rabbinic authorities and his Guide was banned. Rabbi Klein will present and discuss selected readings from the Guide.
Three presentations in January/February (in-person and Zoom)
Maimonides and his Guide
Moses ben Maimon (1138-1204), known as Maimonides and Rambam, was an Aristotelian religious rationalist who did not believe that God had any direct contact with or influence in our world. This put him in conflict with the Jewish Biblical literalists of his day (and ours!). In his Guide for the Perplexed, he affirms that there can be no contradiction between the religious truths about God and the findings of the human mind in science and philosophy. Maimonides was harshly criticized by Ashkenazi rabbinic authorities and his Guide was banned. Rabbi Klein will present and discuss selected readings from the Guide.
Rabbi Klein is Adjunct Professor at Oakland University and Rochester University
The Book of Exodus, Rochester University, Fall Semester 2023
Introduction to Judaism, Oakland University, Fall Semester 2023
Introduction to Judaism, Rochester University, Fall Semester 2023
Rabbi Klein is Adjunct Professor at Oakland University and Rochester University
The Book of Exodus, Rochester University, Fall Semester 2023
Introduction to Judaism, Oakland University, Fall Semester 2023
Introduction to Judaism, Rochester University, Fall Semester 2023