CHAI CENTER IN DIX HILLS TO OFFER ADULT EDUCATION ACCREDITED JEWISH LEARNING INSTITUTE COURSES

First Class:  How Success Thinks: A Brand New Engaging Course, Starting Tuesday, November 15, 2016, 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

The Chai Center will once again offer three six-week courses based on the curriculum of the internationally-recognized Jewish Learning Institute (JLI), the world’s preeminent provider of Jewish learning. Rabbi Eli Laufer, the Chai Center’s Scholar-in-Residence, will be the instructor for all three courses that will take place throughout the academic year on Tuesdays, from 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm. The Chai Center is located at 501 Vanderbilt Parkway, Dix Hills, NY.

JLI courses have become synonymous with Jewish wisdom that is relevant to people’s lives, regardless of background or affiliation. Beginning November 15, 2016, How Success Thinks will explore Jewish approaches to behavioral psychology. Starting January 31, 2017, The Chai Center will offer Intellectual Conundrums: Modern Dilemmas. Talmudic Debates. Your Solutions — a brand-new, interactive approach to Talmud study, in which participants will engage original ancient texts to find solutions for impossible modern-day situations. For the final offering, beginning May 9, 2017, The Chai Center will mark the Six Day War’s 50-year anniversary with a controversial historical and contemporary discussion of the hot-button issues facing Israel today with the course, Survival of a Nation: Exploring Israel through the Lens of the Six-Day War.

All JLI courses are open to the entire community, and people do not need to be a member of any synagogue or temple in order to attend. The cost for each course is $89 per person; $150 for couples, and includes all student materials. Interested students may call 631-351-8672 or visit www.thechaicenter.com for registration and other course-related information or click https://thechaicentercom.clhosting.org/…/aid/3390181/lang/en to register.

“At the heart of Jewish culture there has always been Jewish learning—an engaged and vibrant meeting of minds,” explains Rabbi Laufer. “We’re excited to be able to bring this open and interactive learning environment to our community.

JLI offers programs in more than 1,000 locations in the U.S. and abroad, including numerous foreign chapters in Australia, Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Israel, the Netherlands, Russia, South Africa, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and Venezuela. More than 320,000 students have attended JLI classes since the organization was founded in 1998.

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The Chai Center JLI courses:

 

Fall

6 weeks beginning Tuesday, November 15^th

7:30 – 9:00pm

How Success Thinks -Jewish Secrets for Leading a Productive Life

[CME/APA Accredited]

COST OF COURSE; $89 includes student materials. $150 Couples

 

Winter

6 weeks beginning Tuesday, January 31^st

7:30 – 9:00pm

Talmud Interactive Ethical Conundrums.

Ancient Debates. Your Solutions.

[CLE Accredited]

COST OF COURSE; $89 includes student materials. $150 Couples

 

Spring

6 weeks beginning Tuesday, May 9^th

7:30 – 9:00pm

Survival of a Nation; Exploring Israel through the Lens of the Six-Day War

COST OF COURSE; $89 includes student materials. $150 Couples

 

631-351-8672

www.thechaicenter.com

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