Adult Education - Summer 2010
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Ethics of Our Fathers
Shabbat (Saturdays) 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Pirkei Avot (Ethics of Our Fathers) contains some of the best known and oft-quoted maxims of Jewish philosophy. The most widely studied tractate of the Mishnah, Pirkei Avot focuses on practical, ethical, and moral teachings of the Sages
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Club Mentsch: Men's Tefillin Club, Breakfast, and Jewish Business Ethics
The Last Sunday of Every Month: 9:00 am - 11:00 am
Sunday, July 25: Manipulating the Marketplace -The Torah's View of Free Trade
Profit provides the best incentive that human society has found for developing an economy and maintaining overall prosperity. Yet what is profitable for one person or company often spells hardship or even ruin for others. In today's world, for example, high fuel prices have brought record profits to some, while posing a terrible burden on many others. Throughout the ages, societies have grappled with the issue of whether it is effective or ethical to tamper with free-market prices. Is it just to regulate one man's profits while not regulating another's? Can we find a way to allow a reasonable but limited profit to some, in order to keep prices affordable and goods available? What practical and ethical problems arise from doing so? In today's class we'll examine what Jewish law and our ethical teachings tell us about resolving these crucial issues in economic policy.
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Heaven on Earth: A Virtual Tour of the Holy Temple
Three Tuesdays, beginning August 3 at 7:30 pm
Two thousand years later, Jews still converge upon the Western Wall, the surviving remnant of the Holy Temple. Why does the Temple Mount still retain its hold upon our hearts? This summer, we invite you to look beyond the rubble and see the magnificent structure that once was.
Join us for a three-week virtual tour of the Holy Temple, the home we shared with G-d. Throng with the crowds through the city gates; gaze up in awe as you cross the towering threshold. Discover the marvels of architecture and design that were integral to this sacred site. Because envisioning the Temple and longing for it are the first steps toward rebuilding it.
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