February 28, 2019, 9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Temple Emunah
9 Piper Rd
Lexington, MA 02421
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What Rabbi Gordon’s students have said about his Me’ah classes:
“One of the finest teachers I have ever studied with!”
“The readings, the lectures and the discussions opened up new worlds to me, which I will continue
to explore.”
“Please have Rabbi Gordon teach another class that I can join!”
About the class: From Abraham, Sarah and Hagar to Joseph, Moses, Miriam, King David and the Queen of Sheba,
biblical figures loom large in the classic stories of Christians and Muslims. Do these shared stories connect us, divide us,
or both?
Our class will offer an introduction to Early Christian and Islam as we read these fascinating stories. We will address
several critical issues in the history of Judaism, Christianity and Islam:
Rabbi Leonard Gordon is Interim Rabbi at Temple Beth Sholom in Framingham, and the co-Director of Interfaith Partners
for Peace. With rabbinic ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary, he has a BA and M Phil from Columbia
University, and an MA in Religious Studies from Brown University. Gordon has taught comparative religion and
Humanities at Columbia University, Kenyon College, and the Ohio State University; and rabbinic literature, history,
philosophy, and liturgy at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, the Jewish Theological Seminary, the Hebrew College
Rabbinical School, and the Hebrew Union College in Jerusalem.