The Making of Jewish Character: This course will explore many of the elements that helped to create the way we are as Jews. We'll examine the thoughts of some of the greatest minds in modern Jewish scholarship about these elements and see how well they meet our needs today. Fall- Free Will/Winston, Emancipation/Hyam, Covenant/Eisen, Messianism/Werblowsky, Peace/Ravitzky, Hebrew/Gilnert, Prayer/Fishbane, Study/Lichtenstein, Torah/Kugel, Zionism/Halpern Winter- Rest & Renewal/Waskow, Humanism/Simon, God /Jacobs, Halachah/ Hartman, Holocaust/Fackenheim, Zedakah/David Hartman, Chosen People/Henri Atlan, Commandments/Leibowitz, Conversion/ Wijnhoven, Death/Abramovich Spring- Ecumenism/Wigoder, Ethics/ Rosenberg, Exile/ Eisen, Femininism/Heschel, Freedom/Borowitz, Hassidism/Green, Immortality/Arkush, Justice/Cohen, Love/Harvey, Prophecy/ Zaas. COST: $180 per session or $480 for all 30 sessions.