“Creation of the Jewish Homeland in Israel and America”

Temple Habonim lecture series

For the past 25 years, Dr. Stephen Kaplan has researched Jewish history and thought as an avocation and has explored the experience of the Jewish people as a pathway to understanding the Jewish faith. As part of the “Time for Me” Adult Education program at Temple Habonim, he will lead a three-session series on the “Creation of the Jewish Homeland in Israel and America: 1880 to 2013.” The program will be held on Thursday evenings January 9, 16 and 23 at 7 p.m.

As Jews in Europe were forced to face up to the fact that the dream of “emancipation” was not evident, they had three choices available to them – immigration, the establishment of a Jewish homeland, or a change to the fundamentals of the European world.  The series will focus on the first two options.  Questions to be explored: What does it mean to have a homeland, particularly in a global world? How do the two homelands relate to each other? What changes in that relationship are likely to occur?

The program, held at Temple Habonim, 165 New Meadow Road in Barrington, is free and open to the community. For a complete syllabus and suggested reading, go to
templehabonim.org.

For more information call the synagogue at 245-6536 or email office@
templehabonim.org.

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