Introduction to Jewish Life Course Schedule
October 23, 2025 — Chapter 1 — From Creation to the Edge of the Wilderness
October 30, 2025 — Chapter 2 — The World of the Bible
November 6, 2025 — Chapter 3 — A Heart of Many Rooms: Exploring Jewish Diversity
November 13, 2025 — Chapter 4 — Holidays, the Great Wheel of the Jewish Year Part 1
November 20, 2025 — Chapter 4 — Holidays, the Great Wheel of the Jewish Year Part 2
November 27, 2025 — No Class: Thanksgiving
December 4, 2025 — Chapter 5 — Shabbat: A Palace in Time
December 11, 2025 — Chapter 6 — When Do I Bow?
December 18, 2025 — No Class: Chanukah
December 25, 2025 — No Class: Christmas Day
January 1, 2026 — No Class: New Year's Day
January 8, 2026 — Chapter 8 — God: Encountering the Holy
January 15, 2026 — Chapter 9 — Talmud: Arguments for the Sake of Heaven
January 22, 2026 — Chapter 10 — Starting Over: The Jewish High Holidays
January 29, 2026 — Chapter 11 — Kashrut: The Original Soul Food
February 5, 2026 — Chapter 12 — Philosophers, Poets, and Mystics: The Jewish Middle Ages
February 12, 2026 — Chapter 13 — Love, Marriage, and Kosher Sex
February 19, 2026 — Chapter 14 — Birth to B'nai Mitzvah: Raising a Mensch
February 26, 2026 — Chapter 15 — A Time to Mourn: Traditions for Death, Grief, and Healing
March 5, 2026 — Chapter 16 — Out of the Darkness: Stories from the Holocaust
March 12, 2026 — Chapter 17 — Israel Dreaming of Deliverance Part 1: Zionism
March 19, 2026 — Chapter 17 — Israel Dreaming of Deliverance Part 2: Arab-Israeli Conflict
March 26, 2026 — Chapter 7 — Passover
April 2, 2026 — No Class: Passover
April 9, 2026 — No Class: Passover
April 16, 2026 — Chapter 18 — The Jewish Mission to Heal the World
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