Crash Course in Jewish History

Bring them in out of the cold!

Give  your neighbors and members a sense of Jewish identity by offering NJOP’s Crash Course in Jewish History (CCJH). Show them how they are an integral part of Jewish history. Empower them with a working knowledge of who we are, where we came from and where we are going.

Whether you offer the class in a spacious living room, over lattes at a coffee bar or with dessert in your synagogue/Jewish center’s social hall, NJOP’s CCJH is the perfect opportunity to make Jewish history matter!

Four thousand years of Jewish history condensed into a five week lecture series, NJOP’s Crash Course in Jewish History is a survey that covers the history of the Jews from Abraham to Ariel(Sharon).

All the materials are provided free of charge, so go ahead and send out the invitations for a vibrant exploration of Jewish history that will inspire participants to mold a Jewish future.

Five Sessions:

  1. Biblical Times

    2. Jews go down to Egypt | The Exodus | Jews in the Wilderness | Jews enter  Canaan |  Jewish Commonwealth

  2. United Kingdom to Exile and Diaspora

    3. Period of the Two Kingdoms |  The Babylonian Exile |  The Second Temple Period  | Rome | The Gaonic Period

  3. The Jewish Eipcenter Moves West

    4. The Rishonim | The Golden Age of Spain | Anti-Semitism | The Spanish Inquisition | Post Expulsion | Protestant Revolution | Rise of the Chassidic Movement | Jews in the New World

  4. Enlightenment to WWI

    5. Enlightenment and its Impact | Emancipation | The end of the 19th Century | Turn of the 20th Century | WWI

  5. Holocaust and Renewal: 1933 – Present

    6. Jewish Life in America | WWII-The Holocaust | Rebirth | The Founding of the State of Israel | The Era of Israel