The Adult Education committee will sponsor a 6-week DVD course, "Between Cross and Crescent: Jewish Civilization from Mohammed to Spinoza" Tuesday evenings, Oct. 13 - Nov. 17, 2009. Taught by Dr. David B. Ruderman, Professor of Modern Jewish History at the University of Pennsylvania, the course is an overview of Jewish culture and society from its rabbinic foundations in late antiquity until the dawn of modernity in the 17th century. These lectures span an enormous disciplinary range, moving back and forth among history, philosophy, religion, and art.
The course will be divided into two 6-week semesters (Part 2 will be shown Spring 2010). Each Tuesday evening class session will be one hour long. Light refreshments will be served.
For more information and to pre-register, please contact Sally Harrison, 281-326-1608.