The Florence Melton
Adult Mini-School of Miami

is part of an international network of schools that seeks to inspire, enlighten and challenge adult learners from all segments of the Jewish community to study Judaism seriously and comprehensively.
    Own Your Own Judaism!

• Go beyond “how-to” & learn 
“WHY-TO” from master teachers

• Get a PROFESSIONAL CURRICULUM that goes wide & deep on the most important topics for maximum CULTURAL literacy

• Explore DIVERSE perspectives in a  NON-JUDGMENTAL atmosphere with other interesting students

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  Living Your Life
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For more information on the courses listed and registration information please contact

#305-576-4030 x128
  or visit us on the web
  www.caje-miami.org/melton
  melton@caje-miami.org

GRADUATE COURSES

SEVENTY FACES OF WISDOM:
BIBLICAL COMMENTARY
Genesis I – From Adam to Abraham
  Starts Tuesday Oct. 25 - 9:00AM – 10:30am
With Rabbi Baruch Plotkin
University of Miami Hille

Genesis I: From Adam to Abraham--the First 20 Generations takes us from the universal tales of the Creation of the world, the Flood, and the Tower of Babel to the foundational stories of Abraham and Sarah, and the beginnings of the Jewish people. The themes of family and faith, honor and dishonor, passion and power provide a rich exploration of our people and ourselves.  Class Dates:  Oct. 25; Nov.1, 8, 15, 29; Dec. 6, 13; Jan. 3, 10, 17, 24, 31; Feb. 7

MAIMONIDES: HIS PHILOSOPHY & IMPACT
  Starts Wednesday, Oct. 26 - 6:30pm – 8:00pm
With Dr. Zion Zohar
Kabbalah and Philosophy Institute

The writings and achievements of Maimonides seem to cover an incomprehensibly large number of activities. He was the first to write a systematic codex of the entire corpus of Jewish law—The Mishneh Torah. He produced the greatest systematic philosophical explication of the Jewish faith--The Guide to the Perplexed. If that weren’t enough, he also wrote a commentary on the entire Mishnah, served as physician to the sultan of Egypt, wrote many books on medicine, and was the leader of the Egyptian Jewish community. In this course we will focus mainly on his philosophy, in particular The Guide to the Perplexed, and explore his contribution to Judaism and world religion. Class Dates: Oct. 26; Nov. 2, 9, 16, 30; Dec. 7, 14; Jan. 4, 11, 18, 25; Feb. 1, 8

THE WORLD OF CHAZAL
  Starts Friday, November 4th  - 9:00am – 10:30am
With Rabbi Baruch Plotkin
University of Miami Hillel
  
This course will be an exploration of the life, times and wisdom of a few exceptional rabbinic sages.  Our rabbis, known as Chazal (חז"ל) - - an acronym for Hakhameinu Zikhronam Liv'rakha or in English "our Sages, may their memory be blessed") are the architects of much of what we know as Judaism today. Together we will survey an array of rabbinic sages from the Mishna, Talmud, and other rabbinic literature, stretching from Second Temple days until the 6th century CE. In getting to know some of the key rabbis from our past, we will, through an analysis of their lives and thinking, discover the timeless wisdom of the Torah and how it impacts upon our own lives. No prior courses or knowledge necessary to take this course.

Class Dates:  Oct. 28; Nov. 4, 11, 18; Dec. 2, 9, 16; Jan. 6, 13, 20, 27; Feb. 3, 10  

UNDERGRADUATE COURSE:
Rhythms & Purposes
  Starts Wed, September 21, 2011
  7:00 PM - 9:15 PM
    Instructors:
  Prof. Zion Zohar &
   Dr. Leon Weissberg

Rhythms of Jewish Living _What’s meant by the phrase “living a Jewish life”? What’s the point of living Jewishly? What ideas, beliefs, and practices are involved? This course explains how Judaism takes the ordinary “stuff” of daily life and transforms it into the extraordinary.

Purposes of Jewish Living – Why do Jews believe and behave as they do? What are the big questions of life and how do Jewish thinkers answer these questions? This course clarifies what’s distinctively “Jewish” about Judaism. You’ll consider all these questions in Ethics of Jewish Living.

Class Dates: Wednesdays
  Sept. 21, Oct. 5, 26, Nov. 2,9,16,30, Dec.7,14, Jan. 4,11,18,25,  Feb. 1, 8,15,22,29, Mar. 7,14,21,28 Apr. 4,18,25, May 2,9,16

Interested?
  You can try two Undergraduate sessions  and/or attend 1 session
  of a Graduate class
  at no charge.

Call Melton at
305.576.4030 ext. 128