A six-part series on the first Saturday of each month, begining in January, from 1pm-2:30pm
Jan 27 / Feb 17 / March 2, 30 / April 20 / May 11 / June 1, 22
Led by member Fran Synder @ The Chatham Synagogue
The prophet Jeremiah is the most theatrical guide for contemporary Jews to walk with the god-in-history. In 587 BCE, Jeremiah witnessed the destruction of Jerusalem and King Solomon’s Temple by the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar, and the beginning of the Babylonian exile. His incisive descriptions of the political situations and social conditions of his time make the ancient world feel familiar to us.
Not so his theology. Jeremiah understood the Babylonian assault as God’s punishment of Israel’s sins. He rages at God, he originates the idea of suing God, and he affronts all human authority. In the end, though, hope springs eternal. Jeremiah predicts the return to Judea and the restoration of Jerusalem. His letter to the deported community in Babylon with advice for living in exile is a model for how Jews have lived in all of our diasporas.
This Continuing Education course will meet in the Synagogue library on the first Shabbat of every month, after services and kiddush lunch.
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