Judaism On The Fringe: Mapping The Boundaries Of A Covenantal Community with Dr. Michael Weiss

Judaism On The Fringe: Mapping The Boundaries Of A Covenantal Community - 09/27/2023 - 11/08/2023

One way to ask the question, “What is Judaism?”, is to look closely at what Judaism isn’t. Throughout our history, there have been groups of Jews (or pseudo-Jews) that have skirted and, in some cases, crossed the boundaries of Judaism and became something else. 

Topics will include:

(1) Samaritans (2) A brief history of conversion (3) Sadducees, Essenes, Pharisees, Christians: Who was a Jew? (4) Karaites vs. Rabbanites (5) Conversos and Shabteanites (6) Chassidim and Mitnagdim: a sectarian success story.

Instructor: Dr. Michael Weiss       

Tuition: $125.00

Day/Time: Wed 7:00 PM  -  8:30 PM

Location: This Class will be on ZOOM

Class Dates: 9/27/2023, 10/4/2023, 10/18/2023, 10/25/2023, 11/1/2023, 11/8/2023