Led by Rabbi Steinberg. Sundays when religious school is in session

Jewish history is often taught as anunremitting history of suffering. That is not accurate. It is rather a complex interweaving of good times and bad times. Topics we will cover include: Why Roman Jewscheered the destruction of the Temple, how Islam saved Judaism, why half of theJews rejected the Talmud, why medieval towns sought Jewish settlement, whowas the Jewish Trump in the 17th century, why the first historian to write a Jewishhistory was a French Catholic, why Herzl was not interested in the Dreyfus trial,why steamship lines opened offices to entice Jews to leave Lithuania and come toAmerica. If this interests you, please join us.