Chicago: Secrets of Jewish History Series; Discussion 1

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Are you a secular-minded Jewish person? You too have a place in organized Judaism. Come join us for dinner and discussion with Secular Humanist Rabbi Adam Chalom for a talk on the secrets of Jewish history, from an academic perspective.

Graduates of Sunday, Hebrew and Jewish Day Schools are often shocked to take a university Jewish Studies course and learn that much of what they thought they knew about the Jews and Judaism was not the whole story. Join us to discover the real history of who we are and how we came to be what we are today.

Full dinner will be served!

Discussion 1: February 10, 2011

“Jewish History They Didn’t Teach in Sunday School (If You Even Went)”

Archaeology, anthropology and modern Judaic Studies have a lot to teach us about the real origins of the Jewish people and the evolution of Judaism (hint: neither started with Abraham). What were the original Four Questions for Passover, and why did they change? Is intermarriage only a modern phenomenon? 100 years ago, why was Jewish Socialism much more popular than Zionism? Find out the answers to these and many more questions you never even thought to ask.