Colorful Profiles - Winter Learning
Colorful Profiles
Short Stories of Extraordinary Lives from Jewish History
Join this four-week journey to encounter twelve stories of Jewish history's most fascinating men and women. Discover the incredible Jewish lives of converts, captives, royal advisors, philosophers, philanthropists, and more. You'll be fascinated by their sacrifices, adventures, and achievements and get a vivid look at our people's rich heritage and history.
4 Tuesdays, 7:30-9:00 P.M. Jan 28 - Feb 18.
Chabad of Kirkland 9720 NE 120th Pl #102 Kirkland, WA
Instructor: Rabbi Chaim S. Rivkin
This course is being in-person attenees
www.JewishKirkland.com /JLI [email protected] 425.749.8512 Fee: $60 + $24 book fee
Lesson One Courageous Converts
A Roman prince outwits his uncle to study Torah, an Italian priest studies his way to a new life, and a Polish noble meets an old Jew studying Talmud on a Paris park bench see their journey to Judaism and what came next.
Lesson Two Influential Jews
Spain's top Torah scholar leads a Muslim Army, an Amsterdam rabbi with a printshop talks England into readmitting Jews, and a rabbi teaches a Catholic scholar and saves Central Europe's Jewish books” how did they integrate Judaism into their influence?
Lesson Three Unsung Heroines
A businesswoman saves thousands from the Inquisition and rebuilds Jewish life across the Mediterranean, and a female Torah scholar shapes Halachic discourse while raising a family, feeding students, and caring for the sick”see the secret ways women shaped Jewish history.
Lesson Four Heroes and Hostages
Four rabbis are captured by 10th-century pirates, Germany's foremost Jewish leader is held for ransom, and thousands of East European Jews languish in Ottoman slave markets how did Jewish communities respond?
