Jerusalem as your classroom
See Jerusalem again, for the first time, as your study of Tanakh and Hazal become more real in classes such as “Toldot Yerushalayim,” “Museum Tanakh,” and “Jewish Books and Ephemera,” which take place regularly in various sites throughout the city, including the Old City, Ir David, Ammunition Hill, the Israel Museum, Bible Lands Museum, National Library of Israel and more.
TORAT HAYIM COURSES
Mini courses that connect Torah directly to lived experience, including “Mental Health and Halakhah,” “Jewish Medical Ethics,” “Hilkhot Shabbat in Action,” “The Introspective Seminar,” and more.
SmARTorah TRACK
Express your own interpretation of Torah texts by creating visual art or acting in dramatic productions. Fine art and theater classes specially designed to correspond to the learning include “Biblical Portraiture,” “Safrut: The Scribal Arts,” “Bibliodrama,” “Theater and Theology” and more.
The Amudim Seminar
Mini-courses taught by leading scholars and artists that introduces students to the incomparable world of Jewish intellectual life in Israel. Past speakers have included journalist Sivan Rahav Meir, Rab. Racheli Frankel, R. Yaakov Nagen, R. Yosef Zvi Rimon, Ethiopian Chief Rabbi R. Reuven Hadane, Karaite Chief Hahkham R. Moshe Piroz, and more.
Theme Weeks
Every other week, Amudim devotes significant time to discussing a theme, based on "big questions" posed by students at the beginning of the year.
