The Gwendolyn and Joseph Straus School
for Continuing Education
Ahad Ha’am and Martin Buber: Zionism, Existentialism, and Community
Buber and Ahad Ha’am, each representing a discrete Jewish response to modernity, are inextricably linked in the history of Jewish thought in the twentieth century. We explore the historical and philosophical context of the activities of these two giants; thence analyze their writings—existentialism and Judaism, struggles over political versus cultural Zionism, the nature of Jewish community, tradition, and renewal—and assess their impact on Jewish history, politics, and thought in the twentieth century and beyond.
Jerome Chanes
Wednesday, April 14, 12:45 – 2:15 p.m.
Tuition: $35 with lunch / $30 without lunch
Paid registration for lunch must be received by Tuesday, April 13, at noon. After that time you may still attend the class, but food will not be provided.
Ezekiel’s Vision of the Chariot: Haftarah of the First Day of Shavuot
Rachel Friedman
Tuesday, May 4, 12:45-2:15 p.m.
Tuition: $35 with lunch / $30 without lunch
Paid registration for lunch must be received by Friday, April 23 at noon. After that time you may still attend the class, but food will not be provided.
