{"id":6134,"date":"2018-01-05T14:27:34","date_gmt":"2018-01-05T19:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/?p=6134"},"modified":"2018-06-05T14:27:44","modified_gmt":"2018-06-05T18:27:44","slug":"providing-adults-with-powerful-jewish-learning-experiences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/2018\/01\/05\/providing-adults-with-powerful-jewish-learning-experiences\/","title":{"rendered":"PROVIDING ADULTS WITH POWERFUL JEWISH LEARNING EXPERIENCES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6135\" src=\"http:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/post_cje_1220x838_adult.jpg\" alt=\"Commission for Jewish Education\" width=\"1220\" height=\"838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/post_cje_1220x838_adult.jpg 1220w, https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/post_cje_1220x838_adult-768x528.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/post_cje_1220x838_adult-600x412.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1220px) 100vw, 1220px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: ITCAvantGardeStd-Bk;\">CJE\u2019s <strong>Florence Melton School of Adult Jewish Learning<\/strong> brings adults in our community a sophisticated and interactive course developed by an international team of experts at Hebrew University\u2019s Melton Centre for Jewish Education. The series offers an accessible, pluralistic course of Jewish study without exams or homework, where a student\u2019s only requirement is his or her passion for learning. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: ITCAvantGardeStd-Bk;\">To explore women\u2019s issues, Friedman CJE\u2019s <strong><em>Conversations with Jewish Women Writers<\/em><\/strong> series brings a whole new component to adult learning in the Palm Beaches. Through a partnership with Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, <em><strong>Conversations<\/strong><\/em> creates opportunities for women to meet female Jewish authors and discuss Jewish and gender issues in an intimate setting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: ITCAvantGardeStd-Bk;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">How We Provide Adult Jewish Learning Experiences:<\/span> <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: ITCAvantGardeStd-Bk;\">105 adults attended weekly classes with the Florence Melton School of Adult Jewish Learning<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: ITCAvantGardeStd-Bk;\">Explored topics including Jewish history, ethics and interfaith studies<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: ITCAvantGardeStd-Bk;\">Expanded Melton program to meet increased demand<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: ITCAvantGardeStd-Bk;\">32 dynamic authors of new books featured in <em>Conversations with Jewish Women Writers<\/em> series<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-family: ITCAvantGardeStd-Bk; font-size: 21px;\"><b>250 adults participated <\/b>in CJE\u2019s adult educational experiences this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"one_half\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6150\" src=\"http:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/post_cje_990x680_adult_quote.jpg\" alt=\"CJE Adult Education\" width=\"990\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/post_cje_990x680_adult_quote.jpg 990w, https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/post_cje_990x680_adult_quote-768x528.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/post_cje_990x680_adult_quote-600x412.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 990px) 100vw, 990px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"one_half_last_clear\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: ITCAvantGardeStd-Bk;\">&#8220;<strong>This program gives me a sense of community.<\/strong> The process we use for reviewing the books really creates an environment for active and interesting dialogue.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: ITCAvantGardeStd-Bk;\"> \u2013 Carla Schwartz<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><em>Conversations<\/em> participant and member of book selection committee<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p><\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: ITCAvantGardeStd-Bk;\">Click here to learn more<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CJE\u2019s Florence Melton School of Adult Jewish Learning brings adults in our community a sophisticated and interactive course developed by an international team of experts at Hebrew University\u2019s Melton Centre<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/2018\/01\/05\/providing-adults-with-powerful-jewish-learning-experiences\/\">+ Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[79,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cje","category-impact"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6134"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6152,"href":"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6134\/revisions\/6152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}