Session Dates Rhythms Topics Purposes Topics 
   
1 9/15 Rosh Hashanah Not in Heaven: What are Jewish texts?
2 9/22 Yom Kippur God
3 9/29 Succot Creation
4 10/6 Sh'mini Atzerot/Simchat Torah Mankind
5 10/13 Calendar Sin
6 10/20 What Is "Jewish Time"? The Chosen People - Why Us?
7 10/27 Jewish Reminders and Symbols What Does It Mean to Be "The Chosen People?"
8 11/3 Laws and Customs of Kosher Observance Eretz Yisrael (The Land of Israel)
9 11/10 Shabbat & Its Messages Yetziat Mitzraim (The Exodus From Egypt)
10 11/17 Shabbat and Its Observances Miracles
11 12/1 Beit haKnesset Revelation at Sinai
12 12/8 Hanukkah Mitzvot I
13 12/15 Brachot Mitzvot II
14 1/5 Birth and Berit Women - Ancient Paradigms
15 1/12 Bar and Bat Mitzvah Women - Contemporary Perspectives
16 1/19 Marriage Is the Torah the Revealed Word of God?
17 1/26 Tu'B'Shvat Revelation, Torah and Halakhah
18 2/2 Divorce Theology in Practice: Driving on Shabbat
19 2/9 Mikveh Mishkan/Mikdash (The Sanctuary)
20 2/16 Conversion & Adoption Hasgachah (Providence)
21 2/23 Purim A Theology of Prayer
22 3/2 Death and Burial Leadership
23 3/9 Mourning Churban  (Destruction) and Galut (Exile)
24 3/16 Pesach Yemot Hamashiach (The Messianic Era)
25 3/23 The Pesach Seder What happens after we die?
26 4/13 Yom haShoah Why do people suffer?
27 4/27 Yom haZikaron and Yom haAtzmaut Responses to Suffering in the Holocaust
28 5/4 Tisha b'Av The Religious Significance of the State of Israel
29 5/11 Shavuot Talmud Torah (Torah Study)
30 5/25 Reflecting on the Rhythms of Jewish Life Summary
  6/1 Make-up Day