SPRING 2025 - Colorful Profiles

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4 part series starting May 5 & 6

Short Stories of Extraordinary and Unexpected Characters from Jewish History.

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4 part series starting May 5 & 6

Short Stories of Extraordinary and Unexpected Characters from Jewish History.

4 part series starting May 5 & 6

Short Stories of Extraordinary and Unexpected Characters from Jewish History.

Colorful Profiles:

Short Stories of Extraordinary and Unexpected Characters from Jewish History. Encounter twelve stories of Jewish history's most fascinating men and women: converts, captives, royal advisors, philosophers, philanthropists, and more. Witness their fascinating sacrifices, adventures, and achievements and uncover our people's rich history.

Four Monday Mornings, starting May 5, 2025, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM 

Four Tuesday Evenings, starting May 6, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM


Lesson One
Courageous Converts

A Roman prince outwits his uncle to study Torah, an Italian priest studies his way to a new life, and a Polish noble meets an old Jew studying Talmud on a Paris park bench—see their journey to Judaism and what came next.



Lesson Two
Influential Jews

Spain’s top Torah scholar leads a Muslim Army, an Amsterdam rabbi with a printshop talks England into readmitting Jews, and a rabbi teaches a Catholic scholar and saves Central Europe’s Jewish books— how did they integrate Judaism into their influence?



Lesson Three
Unsung Heroines

A businesswoman saves thousands from the Inquisition and rebuilds Jewish life across the Mediterranean, and a female Torah scholar shapes Halachic discourse while raising a family, feeding students, and caring for the sick—see the secret ways women shaped Jewish history.



Lesson Four
Heroes and Hostages

Four rabbis are captured by 10th-century pirates, Germany’s foremost Jewish leader is held for ransom, and thousands of East European Jews languish in Ottoman slave markets—how did Jewish communities respond?



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