We are located at:
1525 S Robertson Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90035
The Secular Yeshiva -- Course in Advanced Jewish Studies -- Begins February 2012
Classes will be 2 1/2 hours every other Sunday for two years. An optional additional year of study will lead to certification as a vegvayzer, where you will learn to conduct secular Jewish life-cycle and holiday ceremonies.
Approximately six sessions (15 hrs.) will be devoted to each topic:
• History and Basic Ideas of Secular Jewishness
• Critical examination of Tanakh (Hebrew bible); post-biblical literature
• Jewish calendar and holidays
• World Jewish history
• Eastern European Jewish history
• American Jewish history (incl. Rediscovering Our Radical Roots)