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New York Summer 2006 Minimester Please note that courses are subject to change. For more information on these courses, please contact Dina Linsk at (212) 674-5300 ext. 2220 or email dlinsk@huc.edu. For an archive of previous year's course listings click here Graduate Minimester Courses for Graduate Students and Alumni New York School of Education Gateways for Learning/Intensive Summer Institute/Certificate and Professional Development Courses GRADUATE MINIMESTER Courses are open to graduate students and alumni of HUC-JIR, the Jewish Theological Seminary, the University of Judaism, the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, and full-time students at Drisha Institute who have taken appropriate introductory Rabbinics courses. Other graduate students with appropriate academic backgrounds are also welcome. All texts are studied in Hebrew. Students receive 3 graduate credits (thirty hours) for successful completion of each course. NEW YORK SCHOOL OF EDUCATION GATEWAYS FOR LEARNING INTENSIVE SUMMER INSTITUTE This continuing education program is open to anyone who chooses to study at HUC-JIR in New York. Students who qualify and who complete all the required assignments may apply to receive HUC-JIR credit for the courses. Each course can be taken for 3 credits or no credit. Courses taken for credit may be applied to degree programs, and to the Certificate in Adult Education or a Certificate in Family Education. Certificates will be awarded to qualifying students who complete 18 credits, a year-long placement in the area of specialization, and an education project at their placement. Minimester I Leadership and Change Rabbi Lawrence Hoffman/Linda Klonsky This course will explore the Synagogue 3000 method of change, a conceptual framework drawn from Jewish tradition integrated with leadership and organization development theories and practices. Students will examine what it means to exercise effective leadership in synagogues and not-for-profit institutions. Learning in this course is experiential, interactive, and application-oriented. Students who will gain the most are those who have had or who are having pulpit experience or a non-pulpit equivalent, upon which we will draw for real-life examples of change in progress. Class requirements include readings, developing short divrei torah on issues of leadership, and a final paper focused on a self-assessment of leadership abilities. Given its intensive, hands-on nature, admission to the course may be limited. May 22-26 and May 30-June 1 M-Th (May 22-25) 9am - 1pm Fri (May 26) 9am - 12pm T-W (May 30-31) 9am - 1pm Th (June 1) 9am - 12pm 3-credits; 30-hours Dr. Lawrence Hoffman is Barbara and Stephen Friedman Professor of Liturgy, Worship, and Ritual and Director of the Synagogue 2000 Initiative for synagogue spirituality at HUC-JIR/New York. Linda Klonsky is a Johns Hopkins Fellow in Change Management, has completed the Leadership Educators Program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and also received a M.Ed. from Towson State University. Linda is an organization development consultant to national and community organizations. Minimester II The Jewish Mystical Imagination Rabbi Lawrence Kushner Through the reading of biblical, classical, and contemporary mystical and kabbalistic texts in their original and in translation, this course will examine the great themes of the Jewish mystical imagination. Rather than as a historical study, the topic will be approached as a comprehensive, coherent and evolving theological worldview. Participants will be encouraged to engage with the material personally, expressed through the submission of one-half page daily papers demonstrating an integration of topics discussed in class. Course limit: 15 students, with priority given to upper class rabbinical students June 5-9 and 12-13 Mornings: (9am - 12pm) M-F, June 5-9; M-Tu, June 12-13, Afternoons: (1pm - 4pm) Tuesday, Jun 6; Thursday Jun 8, & Monday, Jun 12. 3-credits; 30-hours Rabbi Lawrence Kushner is the Emanu-El Scholar-in-residence at Congregation Emanu-El of San Francisco. Following a 28-year career as a pulpit rabbi, Kushner is today widely regarded as one of the most creative religious writers in America and is highly sought after as a lecturer and teacher. Through his lectures, articles and 13 books, he has helped shape the present agenda for personal and institutional spiritual renewal. New York School of Education
Graduate Minimester Tuition: 3 credits = $1800 Non-credit = $900 NYSOE Gateways for Learning Tuition 3 credits = $1800 Non-credit = $900 For information on Graduate Minimester: Contact Dina Linsk at (212) 824-2220 dlinsk@huc.edu, or visit www.huc.edu For information on NYSOE Gateways for Learning: Contact Jo Kay at (212) 824-2213 jkay@huc.edu, or visit www.huc.edu/ny/gateways |
