Courses
Spring 2025
Four Session Short Courses
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C. Joan’s Class: Jewish Literature and Jewish Life
Mondays at 10:00am
Jan. 8, 22, 29 Feb. 5, 12, 26 Mar. 5, 19 Apr. 9, 16, 23 (Make-up April 30 if needed)
Taught by Rabbi Elana Kanter
Joan Beren, zichrona livracha, was a beloved and regular participant in this class for many years. Each fall, as we inaugurate a new year of study, we begin with a short tribute to Joan, a person who embodied both a love of Jewish texts and a love of Jewish life. She was an inspiration to those of us who knew her, and her memory continues to be a blessing for us.
Join women from a diverse cross-section of the Arizona Jewish Community. We’ll be finishing Edith Pearlman’s short story collection, “How to Fall,” and beginning Dalia Rosenfeld’s “The Worlds We Think We Know.”
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C. Joan’s Class: America and I, ed. Joyce Antler
Mondays at 10:00am
Oct. 4, 11, 18, 25 Nov. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 Dec. 6 Make Up Dec. 13 if needed
Taught by Rabbi Elana Kanter
Joan’s Class: America and I, edited by Joyce Antler
We will complete Joyce Antler’s anthology, America and I: Short Stories by American Jewish Women Writers.
Oct. 4: The Shawl
Oct. 11: Remnants
Oct. 18: The Opiate of the People
Oct. 25: A Good Deal
Nov. 1 The Gittel
Nov. 8 Legacy of Raizel Kadish
Nov. 15 Midrash on Happiness
Nov. 22 Homage to I.B. Singer
Nov. 29 Electricity
Dec. 6 A Letter to Harvey Milk
Dec. 13 Make up if needed
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C. Joan’s Class: Vaquita by Edith Pearlman and America and I, ed. Joyce Antler.
Mondays at 10:00am
Sept. 14 Oct. 5, 12, 19, 26 Nov. 2, 9, 16, 30 Dec. 7 Make Up Dec. 14 if needed
Taught by Rabbi Elana Kanter
Joan’s Class: The Short Stories of Edith Pearlman and other American Jewish Women Writers.
We will complete Pearlman’s Vaquita, and continue on to Joyce Antler’s anthology, America and I: Short Stories by American Jewish Women Writers.
Vaquita by Edith Pearlman
Sept. 14: To Reach This Season
Oct. 5: The Non-Combatant
Oct. 12: Settlers.
Oct. 19: Stranger in the House.
Oct. 26: Felix’s Business.
Nov. 2: Inbound.
Nov. 9: Afternoons.
America and I, edited by Joyce Antler
Nov. 16: Introduction, Malinke’s Atonement, by Mary Antin.
Nov. 30: The Girl Who Went Right, by Edna Ferber.
Dec. 7: American and I, by Anzia Yeszierska.
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Cc. Online – Joan’s Class: America and I, ed. Joyce Antler
Mondays at 11:30am
Oct. 4, 11, 18, 25 Nov. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 Dec. 6 Make Up Dec. 13 if needed
Taught by Rabbi Elana Kanter
Joan’s Class: America and I, edited by Joyce Antler
We will complete Joyce Antler’s anthology, America and I: Short Stories by American Jewish Women Writers.
Oct. 4: The Shawl
Oct. 11: Remnants
Oct. 18: The Opiate of the People
Oct. 25: A Good Deal
Nov. 1 The Gittel
Nov. 8 Legacy of Raizel Kadish
Nov. 15 Midrash on Happiness
Nov. 22 Homage to I.B. Singer
Nov. 29 Electricity
Dec. 6 A Letter to Harvey Milk
Dec. 13 Make up if needed
Enroll - $250