Hakafa's Adult Study class meets on Sunday mornings during Religious School from 10:35 a.m. to noon at the Glencoe Park District’s Takiff Center (999 Green Bay Road, Glencoe). All Hakafa adults are invited to participate in our Adult Study classes led by both congregational and community scholars who will delve into a variety of topics of special interest and expertise.  Feel free to come for one session or for all of them!

Please contact Judith Joseph with questions about Adult Study. 

2017-18 Adult Study Schedule - MORE COMING SOON
 

September 10, 2017 - Prof. Sam Fleischacker - Between Self-Defense and Colonialist Oppression: Appraising Israel's Occupation of the West Bank
   
September 17, 2017 - Rev. Mitchell Brown - Does Our Faith Lead to Ultimately Transcend Religious Particularism?  
   
September 24, 2017 - Rabbi Michael Balinsky - Does it Really Matter When I Recite The Shema? Rereading Mishnah Brachot
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October 1, 2017 - Rabbi Michael Balinsky and Rev. Mitchell Brown - The Challenges of Faith Meeting the Contemporary World
   
October 22, 2017 - Dr. Audrey Gordon - Meandering through Genesis 1-3 (Part I)
   
November 5, 2017 - Dr. Audrey Gordon - Meandering through Genesis (Part II): Abraham and the Flood story
   
November 12, 2017 - Barbara Jo Scott - The Hoax of Terezin: An Examination of the Historical Terezin
   
November 19, 2017 - Rabbi Ali Abrams - The Timely Trait of Gratitude
   
December 3, 2017 - Dr. David Shyovitz - Hidden Wisdom: The Esoteric and the Occult in Pre – Modern Jewish Thought (Part I)
   
December 10, 2017 - Dr. David Shyovitz - Hidden Wisdom: The Esoteric and the Occult in Pre – Modern Jewish Thought (Part II)
   
December 17, 2017 - Dr. David Shyovitz - Hidden Wisdom: The Esoteric and the Occult in Pre – Modern Jewish Thought (Part III)
   
January 21, 2018 - Dr. Claire Sufrin - Models for Interfaith Dialogue (Part I)
   
February 4, 2018 - Dr. Claire Sufrin - Models for Interfaith Dialogue (Part II)
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February 11, 2018 - A Conversation with Rep. Brad Schneider (IL-10)
   
February 25, 2018 - Dr. Claire Sufrin - Models for Interfaith Dialogue (Part III)
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March 4, 2018 - David Rieser - Sabbatai Sevi: The Viral Messiah (Part I)
   
March 11, 2018 - David Rieser - Sabbatai Sevi: The Viral Messiah (Part II)
   
April 15, 2018 - Dr. Susan Weininger - Repairing the World: Jewish Artists in Chicago, 1915-45
   
April 22, 2018 - Dr. Justin Gordon - Holocaust Postal History: Harrowing Journeys Revealed through Letters and Cards of the Victims
   
April 29, 2018 - Dorit Jordan Dotan - "...and all her Paths are Peace"