Online Learning Archive

Past Online Courses

Professor Menachem Rosensaft

Explore how Nazi law reflected wider international attitudes towards race and discrimination.

Dr. Laura Shaw Frank

Using fascinating historical documents, take a journey into a part of American history that has echoes for contemporary Jewish life.

Dr. Sharon Nazarian

Explore the complexity of Iranian society and the Iranian Jewish community, and get insight into this moment in history.

Rabbi Sergio Bergman

How our Jewish texts and traditions can serve as the foundation for local activism and leadership.

Dr. Sara Hirschhorn

Contemporary antisemitism in relation to Jews on American campuses and its implications for Jewish leadership in the diaspora and Israel.

Prof. Steven Windmueller

Explore some of the principles, challenges, and limitations of Jewish power in relation to the events surrounding the Israel-Iran War

Rabbi David Saperstein

What does Judaism have to say about some of the urgent and vexing moral challenges of our day.

Dr. Steven Bayme

How did Jewish leaders respond to the challenges of Diaspora, National Tragedy, and Military Victory?

Dr. Steven Bayme

How did Jewish leaders respond to the challenges of Diaspora, National Tragedy, and Military Victory?

Dr. Steven Bayme

How did Jewish leaders respond to the challenges of Diaspora, National Tragedy, and Military Victory?

How were Jews and Judaism being viewed in light of the Coronavirus pandemic. 

Rabbi Dr. Sam Lebens

What is the nature of national identities and how are these relate to the traditional concept of Jewish identity, and Zionism.  

Dr. Gilad Weiner

Explore the hidden tensions that are inherent in Israel’s definition as a Jewish and democratic state. 

Dr. Sara Hirschhorn

Explore the history, politics and impact of the Israeli settler movement beyond the green line since the 1967 war.

The views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture or the Nahum Goldmann Fellowship.