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jewish education course curricula and syllabi
 

Having spent just over a decade as a professional Jewish educator, I have written a number of courses
for universities, supplementary Jewish high schools, summer camps, and other institutions.  I have begun
placing the curricula from some of these courses online in response to requests from teachers and former
students alike.

As these materials represent a considerable amount of personal effort, I ask that if you use them for
your own teaching, that you indicate my copyright on the syllabus or in some other suitable way credit
me for the courses.  Teaching is part of my parnassa; it is how I make my living.  So, with great reluctance
to mix Torah and parnassa, I ask that you honor this request.  In addition, I am available on a consulting
basis to help implement these courses for supplementary schools, Hebrew high schools, camps, and
other institutions.  The syllabi collected here have only brief "Teacher's Notes," not complete Teacher's
Guides.  Please email me for more information about the courses and my rates for consulting.

If the links are not active, it means that the syllabi have not yet been uploaded; you may contact me
to obtain copies.  B'hatzlacha!

                                                                                                   Jay Michaelson



 
 
 
 

The following were courses taught at the Ivry Prozdor, the supplementary high school of the Jewish Theological Seminary:
 

radical amazement
an introduction to the thought of Abraham Joshua Heschel
 

alternative judaisms of the 20th century
 

how not to believe in god
 

the meaning of life
 

the philosophy of halacha
 

visions and ecstasies
an introduction to jewish mysticism
 

an introduction to jewish history
 

tradition and change
modern jewish civilization