Combined Jewish Philanthropies, Boston, Massachusetts

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1) Trit HOLOCAUST:  THE VICTIM, ThE EXECJTIuNErt, THE riYoTANBtiR
This course will oeal with such books as NIGHT, a memoir
of the Holocaust, WHILE SIX MILLION OIEO, describing The
CALLOUSNESS OF THE ALLIED LEADERS TO THE NAZI SLAUGHTER,
LEGtNOS OF OUR TIME, qiscussing moral and theolooical
implications of the holocaust, and forged in fury, story
of Jewish Resistance.  The students ano instructor will
oecioe on selections from these books , ano anv other
material that is suggested by the direction of the disCUSSIONS.   Fih8T Session:  Frioay, Jan. 22 at Kehillath
Israel, 384 Harvard St., Brookline, at 10:00 a.m.
2) MODERN JEWISH AMERICAN AUTHORS
Themes in shout storic6 of Isaac Bashevis Singer, Bernard
Malamuo, Saul Bellow, and other suggested by the class,
and their relationship to questions of jewi6h identity
and Commitment.  First Session:  Tuesday, Jan. 19, ,N
Room 245 EC at 7:00 p.m.
3) JUDAISM ANO THE CUUNTER.CULTURE
0i6Cus&iON6 on the development or the new Jewish con.
sciousncss growing among Jewish roatn, and The various
ASPECTS OF THE MOVEMENT..: RADICAL ZIONISM, ACTIVISM ANO
PROTEST AGAINST THE JEWI6H ESTABLISHMENT, THE HaVUROT,
THE INFLUENCE OF CHA8SIOISM ANO RaBUI  ShLOMO CaRLEBACM,
Etc.  Readings from Response magazine, Jewish Liberation
Journal. Genesis 2. and other publications of the new
counterculture.   First Session:  Thursday, Jan 21, in
ROajM 2A5 EC at 4:30 p.m.
4) DIALOGUE ING  jMTM ARAB PROPOGAMOA
An in oepth view of current anti-Israel publications in
the United States.  Including articles from El Fatah,
the course will enoeavor to outline the channels in the
university that are used by the anti.israel movement,
olscussions of current political and social, situations
in Israel will be included, baseo on stuoent interest.
First Session: Wednesday, January 20, in room 245 EC
»t 7:00 p.m.
5) contemporary je.v 1 sh Thought
Reaoings from the works of Buber, Abraham Joshua Heschel.
Moroecai M. Kablan, and Franz Rosenzweio, and Their rela
tionship to us in the third generation Jewish cultural
ano Ioentity HAN0-UP6.  First Session: Wednesday,
Jan. 20. in room 245 EC at 4:00p.m.
6) SOVIET JE.fWY: A CRISIS ANO ITS ORIGINS
QlSCUS&IONS OF the cultural genocide of our brothers in
Russia will be conoucteo from these perspectives:  the
1917 constitution and The Jews,  Russian Jews ano The
First ano Second Wohko Wars,  the Extinction of Yiddush
Culture, Jews as a Nationality/ Judaism as a Religion,
the Meaning of the Ioentity Caro, The Impact of Israel.
First Session:  Thursday, January 21, in Room 245 EC
at 7:00p.m.
in  terms of tongue ...
7) INTRODUCTORY HEBREW
A course for those interested in learning to speak
Hebrew—Ability to reao Hebrew is not a pre-requisite.
Those with a Hebrew School backround. but no conversational 8KILLB ARE also encourageo to join the class.
First Session:  Tuesoay, January 19. »n room 245 EC
at 4":00p.m. 1
8) INTERMEDIATE HEBREW
Anyone who has some reading and/or conversational
skills is invited to the first meeting to decide on
the MATERIAL6 ano focus for the course.
Fi rst Session: I»I560ay, January l9, in room 245 EC
at 8:30 p.m.
for rebel and  seeker...
9) INTRODUCTION TO HASSIDIC THOUGHT
Hasioism AS A MYSTICAL PHOENOMEN TO BE UN0ER6r000 IN
the context of Jewish mysticism in general; particularly
its historical and loeoligical roots in zoharic and
Lurianic Kabbalah.   First Session: Tuesday, January 19,
in Room 246 EC at 7:00p.m.
10) INTELLECTUAL HONESTY AND RELIGIOUS CQMHITMENT
For those interested in questions dealing with Faith