An ideal world.

What does it mean to Jewish thinkers? Are we building gradually toward a better future or awaiting an apocalypse? How do Jewish visions of "The World to Come" differ from other religious visions? How can differing Jewish perspectives guide us today?

These questions are at the heart of this fall's Open Bet Midrash at Hebrew College, "Olam Haba: The World to Come." An outgrowth of the Hebrew College Rabbinical School’s Bet Midrash, the program is open to the community through the Center for Adult Jewish Learning.

"This offering is intergenerational and will be accessible to all," says Dr. Jonah Steinberg, Director of Talmudic Studies and Assistant Professor of Rabbinics at Hebrew College. "The evening Bet Midrash will enable not only broader community participation, but also a regular commitment to weekly study."

The class integrates hevruta study (primary source study in pairs and small groups) with seminar-style discussions informed by traditional and critical scholarship. All texts, ranging from biblical and rabbinic sources to mystical teachings and contemporary thinkers, will be provided in English and Hebrew.

For the past three years, Hebrew College has offered two week long Open Bet Midrash Summer Institutes, but this new evening program makes the experience available to those who can not devote an entire week to the program.

"Olam Haba: The World to Come" will take place on Wednesdays, October 23–December 21, 7:15–9:15 p.m. To register, email cajl@hebrewcollege.edu.



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Olam Haba: The World to Come
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