Dates: 6 weeks (excluding Thanksgiving Weekend)
October 30, November 06, 13, 20 December 04, 11
Time: 10:00 - 11:30 AM Refreshments will be served
Location: Harford Chabad 15 N. Bond St. Bel Air, MD 21014
Summary: This series will address anti-Semitism, assimilation, lessons from the Holocaust, the chosen people, and Jewish pride. This is an opportunity to see if you can embrace your Jewish identity in a modern world.
Description: From the ghettos and pogroms of the Middle Ages, to the concentration camps in Europe, to Islamic terror all across the world today, Jews have been beaten, attacked, and singled out for destruction. The hateful rhetoric on college campuses, in the media, and all over the Internet seems to get worse by the day. Even modern Israel lives under constant threat and has to fight for the right to exist. Why is it that ever since the dawn of the Jewish nation, there have been people who tried to destroy us? For what reason or purpose are the Jews still here? Would the world be any different if the Jews didn’t exist?
October 30, 2016
CHOSEN FOR WHAT?
Let’s say Jews disappeared. . . . Would anything be missing? What does “chosenness” mean? Why is there anti-Semitism?
November 06, 2016
FIGHT OR FLIGHT?
What is the Jewish attitude toward physical resistance to anti-Semitic threats? Why did Jews go to the gas chambers like sheep to the slaughter? Should Israel bomb Iran to stop them from producing a nuclear weapon?
November 13, 2016
THE UNBREAKABLE SPIRIT
Are there other forms of resistance besides “physical resistance”? What lessons about antisemitism can we learn from the Holocaust experience?
November 20, 2016
TAKING A STAND
Why is Israel hated by the nations of the world? How can we become advocates for Israel?
December 04, 2016
SPIRITUAL KUNG FU
Why did Christians hate Jews throughout the ages? Are they our friends today? How should Jews respond to Christian missionizing on college campuses?
December 11, 2016
THE INCREDIBLES: THE SECRET TO OUR SURVIVAL
What is the secret to Jewish immortality? How can I become a link on the Jewish chain stretching back to Avraham Avinu? What is my attitude toward my own Jewishness?