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
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.
Summer 2024
When Antisemitism Began Four weeks, beginning June 7
Antisemitism did not exist prior to the 1st C CE. Before the Gospels, the Philistines, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, and Romans clashed with Israelite and Jewish communities for geo-political control of the Land of Israel. They were not against Jews because they were "Jews", not because of who we were. or what we believed, or what they thought we believed. It is only the early Jesus community who painted the Jews as anti-God, as inherently evil. Primary texts from 2nd – 4th C Early Church Fathers will be presented and discussed..
Grosse Pointe Jewish Council
2024 Summer Series -- "American Judaisms"
The American Jewish experience is expressed through a diverse variety of “Judaisms”, all of which have developed from the monolithic, rabbinic Judaism that existed prior to the 18th C Haskalah (Jewish Enlightenment), and each of which affirms its own authenticity. This series will examine the development and modern expression of the following American Judaisms: Modern Orthodox and Chasidic; Conservative and Reconstructionist; Reform and Humanist.
2024 Summer Series -- "American Judaisms"
The American Jewish experience is expressed through a diverse variety of “Judaisms”, all of which have developed from the monolithic, rabbinic Judaism that existed prior to the 18th C Haskalah (Jewish Enlightenment), and each of which affirms its own authenticity. This series will examine the development and modern expression of the following American Judaisms: Modern Orthodox and Chasidic; Conservative and Reconstructionist; Reform and Humanist.
Rabbi Klein is Adjunct Professor at Oakland University and Rochester University
The Book of Genesis, Rochester Christian University, Fall Semester 2024
The Book of Genesis, Oakland University, Fall Semester 2024
Introduction to Judaism, Rochester Christian University, Fall Semester 2024
Introduction to Judaism, Oakland University, Winter Semester 2025
The Book of Genesis, Rochester Christian University, Fall Semester 2024
The Book of Genesis, Oakland University, Fall Semester 2024
Introduction to Judaism, Rochester Christian University, Fall Semester 2024
Introduction to Judaism, Oakland University, Winter Semester 2025