​                                                 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 2023-24 
Fall 2023
Great Jewish Thinkers of a Radical Kind Eight weeks, beginning October 13
A close examination of the radical theologies of Philo (1st C), Maimonides (12th C), Spinoza (17th C), and Mordecai Kaplan (20th C). Each of these four Jewish figures challenged established rabbinic leadership in how they understood Torah and Revelation and what it then meant for his Jewish community. This course will explore their primary texts, how they have been understood, and what they can mean for us today. (

Winter 2024
Jewish Festivals: The Rest of the Story Eight weeks, beginning January 5
An exploration of the origins, developmental histories, and backstories of our Jewish Festivals. We tend to take for granted the familiarity of our celebrations and commemorations, not realizing why and how these traditions came to be. The “Rest of the Story” will take an inside-out look at the Pilgrimage Festivals, High Holidays, Chanukah and Purim.
 
Spring 2024
Rites and Rituals, Customs and Commandments: Tell Me Why Eight weeks, beginning March 8
The origins, backstories and histories of experiential Jewish life reveal that we often know so little of what and why we do what we do as Jews. This course explores our Jewish life-cycle events and personal mitzvote, dietary and Shabbat restrictions, and the development of prayer and worship. 

                                                    Grosse Pointe Jewish Council -- Summer Series 2023 
                                                                       July 30, August 6, 13
Reading the Prophets
We know their names, and we're familiar with many of their quotations. So it's time to learn their histories and find out who they in fact were. This series will examine the best known of our Biblical Prophets, place them in their historic context and read them for what they have to teach us today.

                                                            

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​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
The Book of Genesis, Oakland University, Spring Semester 2024