Mar

13 2023

SZ Melton Course Women of the Bible

7:00PM - 8:30PM  

Congregation Shaarey Zedek 561 Wellington Crescent
Winnipeg, MB

Contact Rena Secter Elbaze
204-975-3489
rena@szwinnipeg.ca

Tracing major female figures of the Bible through classic and modern midrashic commentary, we meet a dazzling line up of more than a dozen biblical heroines — some you may know and some you may have never heard of! Let’s go behind the scenes to gain multiple perspectives on their lives, relationships, and choices, as we understand their roles in Jewish history and literature as full, well-rounded characters. No previous experience with Melton and no prerequisites required! Everyone is welcome.

Hosted by Congregation Shaarey Zedek with Winnipeg Course Instructor, Patti Cohen

Lesson 1 – Biblical Women and Midrash: An Introduction
Lesson 2 – Chavah: Choice and Destiny
Lesson 3 – Sarah: Hidden and Revealed
Lesson 4 – Lot’s Wife and Daughters: Mortality and Eternity
Lesson 5 – Rivkah: Continuity and Rupture
Lesson 6 – Rachel and Leah: Sisters and Rivals
Lesson 7 – Serach bat Asher: Memory and Invention
Lesson 8 – Women of the Exodus: Resistance and Revelation
Lesson 9 – Devorah: Prophecy and Power
Lesson 10 – Chanah: Anguish and Grace

Online Course on Mondays beginning January 16, 2023 delivered on ZOOM
7:00 to 8:30 PM CST, running to April 24, 2023

Note: There will be no class on February 20, 27, March 6, April 3, 10

$295 CDN (Includes hardcopy materials) // Register by January 10th through the Melton site by clicking here.

For scholarship information, contact Dr. Rena Secter Elbaze noted at the bottom of this listing.

About our Couse Instructor
Patti Cohen is a retired teacher with the Winnipeg School Division. She has a BS (U of Illinois), M.Ed (U of Manitoba) and a MSJS (Master of Science in Jewish Studies) from Spertus Institute of Jewish Learning and Leadership in Chicago. She is presently continuing her studies as a doctoral student at Spertus.  Patti had been on faculty with the Florence Melton Adult Mini-School for several years in Winnipeg. She has taught Rhythms of Jewish LivingPurposes of Jewish Living, Jewish Denominations: Addressing the Challenges of Modernity and most recently, Exploring a Forgotten World: A Social History of Medieval Jewry as Revealed in the Cairo Genizah. Patti has also presented at Limmud-Winnipeg and Global Day of Jewish Learning. Patti is presently on faculty with Maple Bear Global Schools as a teacher-trainer. She is married to Arthur Blank and has four grandchildren.