Welcome to this year’s LSJS Community Ellul Programme. You will find an exciting range of learning opportunities to inspire and prepare you for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. If you cannot commit to a course, don’t let that put you off – you can still turn up on the day and just attend a single class.
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Why not try our LSJS Ellul Pass? This will allow you to attend as many classes as you want at LSJS for a reduced fee of Ł40.
This year’s LSJS Community Ellul Programme is coming to you. We are partnering with shuls and schools to bring you learning events in ten venues across London. You can find out about our forthcoming yearlong courses starting after in October in the Have you booked? sections throughout this website.
Shanah Tovah! |
Please click on the links for course information
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Timetable at the LSJS campus |
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Opening Events: |
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Opening Ellul
Sunday Seminar:
Sunday 7 September
10:00am to 12:45pm |
(i) Interpreting Jewish Texts:
Psychological, Midrashic and Hassidic Approaches
R. Harvey Belovski, Dr Sue Gessler, Dr Leya Landau, Chair: Dr Tamra Wright
(ii) Letter from an unknown woman: Joseph’s dream
Dr Avivah Zornberg |
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Keynote Lecture:
Monday 8 September
8:00 to 9:30pm |
Coming Through: from darkness to great light
Dr Avivah Zornberg |
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Choose from five courses: Book for the series or pay as you learn |
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In-Depth Gemara
Rabbi Avi Scharf
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Four Mondays: 8,15, 22 Sept. and 6 Oct.
8:00 to 10:00pm |
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Advanced Hebrew Ulpan
Daphna Witztum
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Four Tuesdays 2,9,16 & 23 September
1:00 to 3:00pm |
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Praying with feeling
Dr Raphael Zarum
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Four Tuesdays: 9,16, 23 Sept. and 7 Oct.
1:00pm to 3:00pm |
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Can we really change?
Rabbi Avi Scharf
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Three Wednesdays: 10,17 and 24 September
8:00 to 10:00pm |
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Intermediate Hebrew Ulpan
Daphna Witztum |
Four Wednesdays: 3,10,17 and 24 September
10:00am to 12:00pm, repeated 8:00 to 10:00pm |
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Rosh Hashanah: Tuesday 30 Sept and Wed 1 Oct |
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Closing Keynote Annual Ellul Lecture |
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Teshuvah for Everyone
Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks |
Sunday 5 October
8:00pm to 9:30pm |
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Yom Kippur: Thursday 9 October |
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Dr Avivah Zornberg has a doctorate in English Literature from Cambridge and lectured at Hebrew University. She teaches Torah for thousands of students at several different institutions in Israel. She also lectures widely in the United States, Canada, and the U.K., and holds a visiting lectureship at LSJS. She is the acclaimed author of Genesis: The Beginning of Desire and The Particulars of Rapture: Reflections on Exodus.
R. Harvey Belovski is rabbi of Golders Green Synagogue and an LSJS Teaching Fellow
Dr Sue Gessler is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist at University College London Hospital
Dr Leya Landau specialises in 18th- and early 19th-century English Literature
Dr Tamra Wright is the Director of Academic Studies at LSJS
Sunday Seminar:
(i) Interpreting Jewish texts: Psychological, Midrashic and Hassidic
Approaches
R. Harvey Belovski, Dr Sue Gessler, Dr Leya Landau,
Chair: Dr Tamra Wright
(ii) Coming Through: from darkness to great light
Dr Avivah Zornberg Sun 7 Sept 2008 10:00am - 12:45pm
Fee: Ł10
Keynote Lecture:
Letter from an unknown woman: Joseph’s dream
Monday 8 September 2008 8:00 - 9:30pm
Fee: Ł8
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Have you booked? Academic courses
Judaism and Western Culture:
Study Jewish angles on psychology, music & literature. Wed 8-10pm
Modern Jewish Philosophy:
Delve into the great questions of existence. Mondays 8-10pm
Jewish Law:
Learn responses to contemporary moral dilemmas and technological advance. Mon. 8-10pm
Courses start 3/5 November 2008
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Annual Ellul Lecture: Teshuvah for Everyone
This lecture is dedicated to the memory of Freda Schaller o"h
Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks President of LSJS
Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks is an outstanding moral authority of our time. A gifted communicator, he is a regular contributor to radio, television and the national press and a prolifi c, award-winning author. The Chief Rabbi is frequently asked to represent Jews and Judaism to governmental bodies, political think tanks, academic seminars and global conferences. This is his public role as Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth. He is also a profound teacher of Torah. Covenant and Conversation, his weekly essay on the sedra, is read by thousands throughout the Jewish world.
Closing Keynote: 8:00 - 9:30pm
Fee: Ł8
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Have you booked? Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks:
The Art of Listening to Torah
In his writings and lectures, the Chief Rabbi has argued consistently that Torah has a message for the great spiritual, ethical and social issues of the 21st century. But to hear this message we need to engage in an act of focused listening. This new series of six text-based lectures will give you the opportunity to learn with the Chief Rabbi: analysing texts, noticing subtle details, discussing commentaries and finding renewed relevance.
8:00 - 9:30pm
Starts Sunday 7 December 2008 at LSJS.
Then on five Wednesdays in 2009: 28 Jan, 25 Feb, 25 March, 6 May, 24 June |
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Choose from two courses to transform your experience of Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur
Rabbi Avi Scharf LSJS Rabbinic Scholar in Residence
Can we really change? Be the first to learn with our new Rabbinic Scholar in Residence. Rabbi Avi Scharf will analyse talmudic, medieval and modern texts to get at the essence of the ‘Days of Awe’. Are they days of joy? Are we free to change? And what can we learn from Resh Lakish?
In-Depth Gemara Study three sugyot from Masechet Rosh HaShanah and one from Masechet Yoma in preparation for the Yamim Noraim. This course is for men with experience of Yeshiva study.
Rabbi Avi Scharf and Devorah Scharf have come from Israel to live in London with their four children. As well as LSJS Rabbinic Scholar in Residence, Rabbi Scharf will also be Rabbi of the Alei Tzion Community at LSJS and Rosh Kollel of the Torah MiTzion Kollel London, in Immanuel College. He has semichahs from R. Shlomo Riskin, R. Zalman Nechemia Goldberg and Yeshivat Hamivtar in Efrat where he studied and later taught. From 2002 to 2004 he was the Rabbi of Young Israel-OU Synagogue and Rosh Kollel Torah MiTzion at the Center for Jewish Living at Cornell University.
Getting Ready for Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur
8:00 to 10:00pm Three Wednesdays: 10,17 and 24 September 08
Fee: Ł20 for the course or Ł8 per week
In-Depth Gemara
8:00 to 10:00pm Four Mondays 8,15,22 September and 6 Oct 08
Fee: Ł25 for the course or Ł8 per week
Note: Major concessions given to members of the Alei Tzion Community - check with the LSJS office.
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Have you booked? LSJS Tanach Course
Rabbi Avi Scharf will be teaching on a range of programmes including the popular LSJS Tanach Course in which you can learn the major themes, stories and ideas of the entire Bible, one book per week. This unique course has already enthralled hundreds of students. Classes are repeated four times per week on Mondays 1-3pm and 8-10pm; and Wednesdays 10am-12pm and 8-10pm. Course begins 27/29 October 2008. |
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Praying with Feeling
A four-part series to bring your machzor to life
Dr Raphael Zarum
LSJS Chief Executive and Head of Faculty
Discover the deeper meaning of key prayers from the services of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Your Tefi llah can come to life when you see the patterns of the prayers and the key phrases through which they are constructed. Questions that will be addressed include: What are we really saying to God - and ourselves - in these prayers? What does it mean to pray with feeling? Do I have to say every word of every prayer?
Dr Raphael Zarum is a graduate of the Jerusalem Fellows Programme at the Mandel Leadership Institute in Israel and has an MA in Adult Education from the Institute of Education in London. Raphael is the creator of the Torah L’Am crash course and is the author of Torat Hadracha and The Jampacked Bible. He led the faculty of the Florence Melton Adult Mini School UK while directing the Text and Values project at UJIA. Raphael also has a PhD in theoretical physics from King’s College London. He is a sought-after Jewish educator in the UK and teaches regularly at international Jewish conferences in Israel, the USA and Europe.
1:00-3:00pm Four Tuesdays: 9,16,23 September and 7 Oct 08
Fee: Ł25 for the course or Ł8 per week
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Have you booked? LSJS Tefillah Course
Deepen your feeling for prayer and uncover the story of the siddur. Does your mind wander in shul? Be inspired with a clear knowledge of the development, content and meaning of Jewish prayer. This course includes guest teachers talking about personal prayer experiences and how they tackle the challenge of tefi llah. Learn on Wednesdays, 1-3pm or 8-10pm. This course begins on 5 November 2008.
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Seeing the Bible: New National Gallery Tour
A word is worth a thousand pictures
Maureen Kendler LSJS Head of Educational
Programming
Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz LSJS Teaching Fellow
The National Gallery in Trafalgar Square houses one of the greatest collections of Western European painting in the world. Many of them have biblical themes but do they have meaning for Jews? In this new tour we will look at these paintings from a Jewish point of view and address questions such as: What is the role of art in portraying the Tanach? How has Christianity infl uenced these paintings? Why does traditional Judaism struggle with the visual arts? As we approach Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur this tour will give a new perspective on our connection to God and how we see our relationship with the Divine.
Maureen Kendler is the Head of Educational Programming at LSJS. She leads a range of Jewish tours in London and teaches regularly in many synagogues.
Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz is a Teaching Fellow at LSJS. She is the creator and guide of the hugely popular LSJS British Museum Tanach Tours.
10:00am to 1:00pm
Options of three Mondays: 8 September (sold out!)
15 September (sold out!)
22 September (Sold out!)
Fee: Ł20 per tour. Strictly limited places.
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Have you booked? Jewish Guide to World Religions
Learn the origin, history, beliefs and values of major world religions from a Jewish perspective. Topics that will be addressed in this new course include: notions of monotheism and messianism, forms of religious leadership, the role of sacred texts, proselytising and the rise of fundamentalism. Learn on Mondays, 1-3pm or 8-10pm. This course begins on 3 November 2008.
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Hebrew Ulpan Courses Two four-part courses to improve your
Daphna Witztum LSJS Teacher
The Advanced Hebrew Ulpan is for able students who can speak Hebrew but need greater fl uency. The Intermediate Hebrew Ulpan is for students with a basic ability in spoken Hebrew. In both courses themes relating to the New Year will be addressed as well as some current events. These short courses are excellent tasters for the year long Ulpan courses (see below).
Daphna Witztum is an expert in teaching Hebrew. She lectures at SOAS and has lectured at Oxford University and The Hebrew University. Daphna has degrees in both Hebrew Language and Social Work from the Hebrew University. She was born in Nahalal, Israel’s fi rst Moshav, established in 1921. Enabling students to appreciate and master the Hebrew language is her passion.
Advanced Hebrew Ulpan 1:00 to 3:00pm Four Tuesdays: 2,9,16 & 23 September 2008
Fee: Ł25 for the course or Ł8 per week
Intermediate Hebrew Ulpan
10:00am to 12:00pm, repeated 8:00 to 10:00pm
Four Wednesdays: 3,10,17 & 24 September 2008
Fee: Ł25 for the course or Ł8 per week
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Have you booked? Hebrew Studies
Study Biblical Hebrew or choose from four levels of our modern Hebrew Ulpan touching on Jewish themes:
Biblical Hebrew – Tuesdays 8-10pm
Beginners Ulpan: Level 1 – Mondays 10am-12pm
Intermediate Ulpan: Levels 2 & 3 – Wednesdays 10am to 12pm
& repeated 8-10pm
Advanced Ulpan: Level 4 – Tuesdays 1-3pm & repeated 8-10pm
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LSJS in the community
In this section you will find information about LSJS programmes in a wide spread of venues across the community. Please contact the particular venue for full details of booking and programme.
Borehamwood & Elstree United Synagogue
Two evenings of learning in preparation for the High Holy Days:
Thursday 11 September, from 8pm
Two classes to prepare you for Rosh HaShanah:
- The Kabalah of the Shofar Rabbi Dr Naftali Brawer – Rabbi of synagogue
- Don’t try this at home: Binding of Isaac in midrash Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz – LSJS Teaching Fellow
Thursday 18 September, from 8pm
Two classes to prepare for Yom Kippur:
- Who and why were the Ten Martyrs? Dina Brawer – Rebbetzin of synagogue
- Freedom of Choice: Maimonides on Teshuva Rabbi Avi Scharf – LSJS Rabbinic Scholar in Residence
Venue: Borehamwood & Elstree Synagogue, Croxdale Road, Borehamwood WD6 Contact details: 020 8386 5227, info@borehamwoodshul.org
The Learning Centre at Stanmore
A range of two-part courses in preparation for the Rosh HaShanah & Yom Kippur:
Tuesday 16 September and Tuesday 23 September, from 8pm
Choose two out of six courses each evening:
- Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik’s Philosophy of Repentance - Simon Cooper, LSJS Teaching Fellow
- Greatest Yom Kippur Stories Never Told - Maureen Kendler, LSJS Head of Programming
- The Music & Meaning of our Prayers - Rabbi Mendel Lew, Senior Rabbi of synagogue
- Can we really change? - Rabbi Andrew Shaw, Community Rabbi of synagogue 5 Lessons from a study of Abraham and Jonah - Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz, LSJS Teaching Fellow
- Understanding key prayers of the service - Dr Raphael Zarum, LSJS Chief Executive
Venue: Stanmore & Canons Park United Synagogue, London Road, Stanmore, Middx HA7 Contact details: www.stanmore-slc.org.uk or call Sara on 07857 855 358
Edgware United Synagogue
Three evenings of learning in preparation for the High Holy Days:
Tuesday 9 September
Teshuvah – Repentance, Dr Raphael Zarum, LSJS Chief Executive
Tuesday 16 September
Tefillah – Prayer, Rabbi Avi Scharf, LSJS Rabbinic Scholar in Residence
Tuesday 23 September
Tzedakah – Charity, Dayan Menachem Gelley, Senior Dayan,London Beth Din
Each evening begins at 8pm and includes a Q & A session with the guest teacher and Rabbi David Lister, the rabbi of the synagogue.
Venue: Edgware Synagogue, Parnell Close, Edgware, Middx, HA8 Contact details: 020 8958 7508 offi ce@EdgwareU.com
Hampstead Garden Suburb United Synagogue
Seudah Shlishit – Shabbat 6 September
The smallprint of Rosh HaShanah Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz, LSJS Teaching Fellow
Venue: Hampstead Garden Suburb United Synagogue, Norrice Lea, London N2 Contact details: 020 8455 8126 offi ce@hgss.org.uk
Golders Green United Synagogue
Shabbat Scholar in Residence – Shabbat 13 September
Gardening in Eden: The deep origins of Rosh Hashanah Dr Raphael Zarum, LSJS Chief Executive
Venue: Golders Green Synagogue, 41 Dustan Road, London NW11 Contact details: 020 8455 2460 offi ce@ggshul.org.uk
South Hampstead United Synagogue
A night of learning to prepare us for Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur:
Sunday 14 September, from 8pm
- What happened on the very fi rst Rosh HaShanah? Dr Raphael Zarum, LSJS Chief Executive
- The Yom Kippur Ball, Maureen Kendler, LSJS Head of Programming
Venue: South Hampstead Synagogue, 21-22 Eton Villas, Eton Road, London NW3 Contact details: 020 7722 1807 offi ce@southhampstead.org
Radlett United Synagogue
Monday 15 September, from 8pm
The Power of Silence in Jewish thought and literature Maureen Kendler, LSJS Head of Programming
Venue: Radlett Synagogue, 22 Watling Street, Radlett, Herts. WD7 Contact details: 01923 856 878 offi ce@radlettus.org
Essex Pre-High Holy days Programme
Wednesday 17 September, from 8pm
Jonah: the funniest book in the Bible Maureen Kendler, LSJS Head of Programming
Venue: Ilford Federation Synagogue, 14/16 Coventry Road, llford, Essex, IG1 Contact details: 020 8554 5289 Ilfordfeds@Lineone.net
North West London Jewish Day School
A night of learning to prepare for the High Holy Days
Monday 22 September,
Choose two out of four lectures given by:
1 Rabbi Danny Kerbal, Head teacher, NWLJDS
2 Maureen Kendler, LSJS Head of Programming
3 Adam Taub, LSJS Teaching Fellow, NWLJDS parent
4 Dr Raphael Zarum, LSJS Chief Executive
7.45pm Supper; 8.15pm Lectures begin. Pre-booking essential.
Venue: NWLJDS, 180 Willesden Lane, London NW6 Contact details: Call Shosh on 07980 556 485 or Avivah on 07811 144 858
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