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Adult Learning

The goal of our adult learning is to help our members (and anyone who participates) be well-rounded people, rooted in Jewish identity while open to the world around us.
 
 

Our adult learning programs explore Jewish and general history, philosophy, comparative religion, current events, literature and science. All adult learning sessions are offered either exclusively online or both in-person and online.

Adult Education Sessions

2100 Half Day Road, Deerfield and Zoom
All times Central U.S. 
 
 
Upcoming Adult Education oportunities:
All Events
  • Tuesday ,
    AprApril  1 , 2025
     
     
    Adult Education: Modern Anti-Semitism
    Tuesday, Apr 1st 7:30p to 8:30p
    The 19th century saw great Jewish success: new industries and new social and cultural openness provided many doors through which Jews could enter without conversion. But the dislocations and upheavals of industrial and political revolution also created the grounds for blame and suspicion, and – ultimately – hatred.

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  • Tuesday ,
    AprApril  8 , 2025
     
     
    Adult Education: Jewish Nationalism
    Tuesday, Apr 8th 7:30p to 8:30p
    In response to continued exclusion by 19th century European Nationalism, Jews evolved their own national movements. One celebrated Yiddish culture with a political program to improve society where Jews lived, while the other imagined creating a new state in the land of Israel around a revived Hebrew language.

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  • Tuesday ,
    AprApril  22 , 2025
     
     
    Adult Education: Holocaust
    Tuesday, Apr 22nd 7:30p to 8:30p
    No event in Jewish history was more transformative demographically,,, culturally or theologically than the Holocaust. The loss of one-third of the world’s Jews, and the decimation of the Yiddish heartland in Eastern Europe, still echoes through our own experience. What can we understand, and what must be witnessed in silence?

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See these past programs

Introduction to Secular Humanistic Judaism

In past years, Kol Hadash has run a three-year cycle exploring Jewish History, Jewish Culture and the Philosophy of Secular Humanistic Judaism. These classes have all been recorded and are now available on YouTube playlists. Feel free to watch particular topics or the entire series! If you would like a copy of the course packet of introductory essays and recommended readings for one or more of these courses, please contact our administrator, Jeremy Owens.

Introduction to Jewish History

Introduction to Jewish Culture

Philosophy of Secular Humanistic Judaism

Sun, March 30 2025 1 Nisan 5785