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On this page you will find the following classes from Kollel members, guest lecturers and Scholars-in-Residence, including:

·  JEMS - Jewish Educational and Motivational Seminars

·  Grief, Mourning and Bereavement Seminar co-sponsored by the Kollel, JCC and JFS

Rav Hanan Schlesinger speaking at:

·  The Dallas Jewish LearningFest

·  Standing Before God: A High Holiday series co-sponsored by the Kollel and the JCC

·  Jewish Education Division of the Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas

·  Brookhaven College

·  Yeshivat HaMivtar in Efrat, Israel

JEMS - Jewish Educational and Motivational Seminars

Dr. Alan Morinis

 

Rabbi Michael Broyde

 

Rabbi Dr. Mordechai Glick

1.  Dr. Alan Morinis - Discovering Happiness in Everyday Life, October 30, 2007

2.  Dr. Alan Morinis - Mussar Workshop, October 30, 2007

 

Rabbi Michael Broyde - Cloning and Stem Cell Research in Jewish Law, November 14, 2007

 

1.  Rabbi Dr. Mordechai Glick - Men Are From Minsk, Women Are From Pinsk: Enhancing Communication Between Partners. JEMS lecture, January 17, 2008

2.  Rabbi Dr. Mordechai Glick - Six Secrets Your Family Won’t Talk About, But Need To. Co-sponsored by the Kollel and JFS, January 17, 2008

Rabbi Binny Freedman

 

Rabbanit Chana Henkin

 

 

Rabbi Binny Freedman - Israel: why are we here? Perspectives on the Middle East, Then and Now, February 7, 2008

 

Rabbanit Chana Henkin - Fortifying Tradition Through Innovation, March 6, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grief, Mourning, and Bereavement: How Jews Respond to the Death of a Loved One

Sponsored by the Community Kollel of Dallas, JFS and the JCC

Is There a Right Way to Mourn?

Dr. Paul Chafetz

Clinical Psychologist

 

The Role of the Rabbi and Community Institutions

 

 

The Brilliance of Jewish Mourning Rituals

Rabbi Howard Wolk

Community Chaplain, JFS

1.  Losing a Parent - Panel discussion moderated by Dr. Chafetz

2.  Healthy and Harmful Patterns of Grieving, Part 1, March 10, 2008

3.  Healthy and Harmful Patterns of Grieving, Part 2, March 17, 2008

 

1.  The Role of the Burial Society, Leni Hirschberg, February 25, 2008

2.  The Role of the Rabbi, Rabbi Adam Raskin, Congregation Beth Torah, March 3, 2008

3.  The Role of Community Institutions, Family, and Friends: Funeral, Cemetery, and Burial Arrangements, Comforting the Mourner, Rabbi Howard Wolk, Lara Van Giesen, Executive Director of Legacy Willow Bend and Debi Weiner, ACSW, LCSW, March 10, 2008

 

1.  Psychological and Emotional Aspects of the Rituals of Mourning, Part 1, February 25, 2008

2.  Psychological and Emotional Aspects of the Rituals of Mourning, Part 2, March 3, 2008

3.  Psychological and Emotional Aspects of the Rituals of Mourning, Part 3, March 10, 2008

Paying Final Respects

Rabbi Jay Weinstein

Community Kollel of Dallas

 

Here Today...Here Tomorrow

Rav Hanan Schlesinger

Community Kollel of Dallas

 

When Death Bestows Life

Rabbi Howard Wolk

Community Chaplain, JFS

1.  Kaddish and Rituals of Mourning, Part 2, February 27, 2008

2.  Kaddish and Rituals of Mourning, Part 2, March 5, 2008

3.  Kaddish and Rituals of Mourning, Part 3, March 12, 2008

 

1.  Death, the Afterlife, the World to Come, Resurrection, and Reincarnation, Part 1, February 27, 2008

2.  Death, the Afterlife, the World to Come, Resurrection, and Reincarnation, Part 2, March 5, 2008

3.  Death, the Afterlife, the World to Come, Resurrection, and Reincarnation, Part 3, March 12, 2008

 

1.  Organ Donations and Other End-of-Life Ethical Issues, Part 2, February 27, 2008

2.  Organ Donations and Other End-of-Life Ethical Issues, Part 2, March 5, 2008

3.  Organ Donations and Other End-of-Life Ethical Issues, Part 3, March 12, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

Standing Before God, Rav Hanan Schlesinger

Community Kollel of Dallas and the Aaron Family JCC High Holiday classes

1.  Will the Real Rosh haShana Please Stand Up? -  August 27, 2007

 

2.  Forgiveness: Asking of Ourselves What We Ask of God, - September 10, 2007

 

3.  Yom Kippur: To Die and to Live Again -  September 17, 2007

4.  Sukkot: Vanity, Vanity, All is Vanity - Or Is It? - September 24, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rav Hanan Schlesinger at the Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas, Jewish Education Division

1.  Moshe: From Wannabe Midyanite to the Greatest Jew of All Time - October 11, 2007

 

2.  Samson: Samson: From Disillusionment and Lust to God's Avenger - October 18, 2007

 

3.  Esther: An Assimilated Persian Jewish Princess Comes Back to Her People - October 25, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

Rav Hanan Schlesinger at Brookhaven College

1. Biblical Roots of Mysticism, September 19, 2007

2.  Yom Kippur: To Die and to Live Again, September 19, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rav Hanan Schlesinger at Yeshivat Hamivtar

1.  Essence of Torah 1, Yeshivat Hamivtar, July 9, 2007

2.  Essence of Torah 2, Yeshivat Hamivtar, July 16, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rav Hanan Schlesinger at the Dallas Jewish LearningFest 

Is God a Kabbalist? January 27, 2008

 

Has the Messiah Arrived? January 27, 2008

 

Magic, Science, Religion and God, January 31, 2008