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Rabbinics

  • Jewish History/Rabbinics 7

    This year we will be exploring Medieval Jewish History. Through inquiry, texts, discussion, projects, and films, we will uncover how Jews responded in the face of persecution and how they were able to adapt Judaism to meet new challenges. Students will also explore how immigrants struggled to balance their modern lives with their commitment to traditional Jewish values—a tension that existed in history and still exists in our own time.
     
    The topics we will explore include:
    1. Medieval Europe
    2. The Sephardic Diaspora
    3. The Polish Kehillah and German Enlightenment
    4. Revolution and Emancipation
    5. Judaism and the Modern World
    6. The Rise of Anti-Semitism

  • Jewish History/Rabbinics 8

    After the destruction of the Second Temple and for thousands of years until the creation of the State of Israel, the freedom and safety of Jews worldwide was dependent wholly on the non-Jewish governments which ruled over them. This Jewish History class will explore the condition of Jewish existence world-wide, during the eighteenth and nineteenth-hundreds, and consider the choices Jews made in an attempt to better their lives. It will uncover the creation of the Zionist movement which paved the foundation of the State of Israel. It will also reveal the mechanics of the Holocaust - its propaganda and brute organization, as well as the bravery and resourcefulness of the Jewish Resistance and those who were Righteous Among the Nations. Lastly, it will bring the conversation of keeping Israel and achieving normalization to the table.
  • Photo of Limor Barkol
    Mrs. Limor Barkol
    Hebrew, Rabbinics, Tanach
    Teacher
    Tel Aviv University - Bachelor of History and Hebrew Literature
    2012
  • Photo of Marcelle Kasheri
    Marcelle Kasheri Ms.
    Hebrew, Rabbinics, Tanach, Staff
    Teacher
    Santa Monica College - Associate's Degree
    University of California Los Angeles - Bachelor of Arts
    Hebrew Union College - Credential
    American Jewish University - Masters in Education and B.L in Hebrew Letters
    2012
  • Rabbi Avi Altman Taff
    Hebrew, Jewish History, Rabbinics, Staff, JSTEAM
    School Rabbi
    CESJDS
    University of Arizona - BA
    Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies - Rabbinic Ordination MA
    2024
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Sinai Akiba Academy is a private Jewish day school in Los Angeles, serving students in Early Childhood through Grade 8. We also offer a variety of parenting classes and programs for children through our Parenting Center. A Sinai Temple school.

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