The Charlotte Jewish News - November 2005 - Page 28
New JLI Course Is Endorsed by over 100 Holocaust Centers through
out the World
Course to Tackle Difficult Issues of Faith and Suffering
The new Jewish Learning
Institute course which begins in
Charlotte on November 8 has gar
nered the support of major
Holocaust centers and the leading
figures of the Holocaust move
ment. Most notable is the endorse
ment of Simon Wiesenthal, of
blessed memory, who endorsed
this course just weeks before he
passed away.
The course, which will be
taught in Charlotte and around the
world, was written by North
Carolina Chabad Rabbi Aaron
Herman of the Chabad Center in
Cary. “I strongly support this JLI
course, as information in our
defense against the repetition of
history,” wrote Mr. Wiesenthal.
He was perhaps the most famous
Nazi-hunter in the world.
Beyond Never again - The
Holocaust: A View from the Soul is
not a course about the Holocaust;
rather, it is a study into the Jewish '
response of the soul to tragedy and
suffering. It is not a history, nor an
explanation of the events of that
horrible period in history. It is an
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introspection into the deepest
beliefs about how we face this as a
people.
Jews have survived the most
excmciating events in life and yet
remain optimistic about the future.
How does this translate to one’s
personal suffering or grief? The
course will examine the teachings
of the masters and seek to under
stand the wise words of comfort
that have kept us in the faith with
pride and joy.
The JLI is geared to adults from
all backgrounds who are willing to
pursue intellectual and spiritual
growth. The Institute follows a
powerful path of discovery and
depth, touching the Jewish soul
and positively affecting the life of
its learners. JLI is the largest net
work of adult Jewish learning,
taught in 160 cities around the
world. Its courses are taught
through interactive dialogue
accompanied by dynamic text
books and vivid multi-media pre
sentations.
Beyond Never Again is. a six
week course offered twice in
Charlotte as an evening or morn
ing course. The course wilt" be
held on six Tuesdays, starting
November 8, 2005, from 7:30 PM
9:00 PM; and six
Wednesdays, starting
November 9,2005, from 11:15
AM - 12:45 PM. All courses
will be held at the Lubavitch
Educational Center, 6619
Sardis Road in Charlotte. The
evening course will be led by
Rabbi Yossi Groner, and the morn
ing course will' be led by Rabbi
Shlomo Cohen. Fee for the course
is $80 per person; $145 per cou
ple. For more information on the
course, please visit our website at
www.ohrhatorahnc.org or call our
office at 704-366-3984.
The course will also be held
Wednesday evenings at the
Asheville Jewish Community
Center and in Greensboro. ^
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The Mystical Hebrew Alphabet
Have you heard of the
Kabbalistic teachings of the Alef-
Bet? Have you wondered what is
in the core of this most ancient of
world languages? Rabbi Yaakov
Marcus will be speaking at the
Torah Center on Thursday
November 10 at 7:30 PM as our
fall guest speaker on The Mystical
Hebrew Alphabet.
Understanding the deeper
meaning behind the shapes,
sounds, and number equivalents
of the letters. The Hebrew lan
guage that the Torah was given in
is unlike any other language in the
world. Each letter of the alphabet
is really a philosophical concept,
and therefore, when God joins
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these letters together
to create words. He
is teaching you that
the deeper meaning
of the word is the
sum total of all the
concepts of the let
ters joined together
in that order.
Therefore, an analy
sis of each letter is
really an analysis of
deep philosophical
concepts in Judaism.
Rabbi Yaakov
Marcus was bom in Baltimore,
MD. He has been involved in
Jewish education professionally
for over 15 years. Between 1989
and 1995, he and his wife organ
ized and ran an outreach shul in a
secular Jewish suburb of Toronto.
In 1995, he and his family moved
to Israel where he became a mem
ber of the rabbinical faculty of the
Neve Yerushalayim College for
women in Jerasalem. He lectures
there as well as ranning two of
their levels. He is a guest lecturer
for the Heritage House and often
speaks on their behalf at the
Rabbi Yaacov Marcus
Hebrew University,
as well as being their
lecturer in residence
for their Rosh
HaShanah/Yom
Kippur outreach pro
grams in the Old
City. He is also a reg
ular lecturer for the
Darchey Bina and
Afikey Torah
Seminaries in Bayit
Vegan. He speaks
internationally in the
United States,
England and South Africa.
Join us at 7:30 PM on
Thursday, November 10 for coffee
and cake at 5900 Providence
Road. Please RSVP at 704-367-
1225. Suggested donation of $10.
Lecture will take place at the
Charlotte Torah Center, 5900
Providence Rd. 4^
Iterah
Rabbi Steve Greenberg
(Continued from page 25)
Once settled in Jerusalem,
Rabbi Greenberg founded a gay
men’s study group, Moah Gavra.
Through it, he met
filmmaker/director Sandi Simcha
DuBowski in the beginning of his
efforts to create a documentary
film about Orthodox gay Jews,
and so began their collaboration
on “Trembling Before God.”
Rabbi Greenberg led the first UJA
G.L.B.T. mission to Israel this past
summer.
On Tuesday evening. Temple
Beth El’s Cha-vurat Keshet will
sponsor a showing of “Trembling
Before God” in the Temple Beth
El Silverman Social Hall at 7 PM.
A $10 donation is requsted.
Rabbi Greenberg will be giving
a fascinating talk on Friday,
'December 2, 2005, at Temple
Beth El’s 8 PM Shabbat Service
on Biblical and Talmudic infor
mation relating to gay and lesbian
issues, women’s issues and
Judaism as a whole. The message
is universal and has connections
to many current issues. The talk
will address many interesting
points of view in his book that
have people everywhere talking.
On the following Saturday
morning,' Rabbi Greenberg will
lead Torah study. That evening.
Rabbi Greenberg will show
“Trembling on the Road” and join
us for dinner in the Social Hall.
What an incredible opportunity to
dialogue with such an amazing,
intellectual and spiritual man. It is
an event not to be missed.
For more information, contact
Temple Beth El at 704-366-
1948.