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The birth of Jesus, celebrated by most Christians on Christmas, is told and retold in the New Testament. Yet much about this story - including Jesus himself! - is very Jewish. We will examine the allusions to Biblical and Rabbinic literature in these stories, and consider the implications of these intentional, polemical choices made by the authors of the gospels.

Taught by Ora Weinbach.

Ora Weinbach teaches Tanakh at Maimonides High School and directs the Maimonides Fellowship Program. She previously served as Community Educator at the Young Israel of Brookline, The Jewish Center, and the Young Israel of Scarsdale. She also taught Limmudei Qodesh for seven years at the Abraham Joshua Heschel High School, where she was the 9th Grade Dean. Ora was a Wexner Graduate Fellow, holds a Masters of Divinity from Yale Divinity school, a BA in Jewish Education from Yeshiva University, and is a certified Sexuality Educator. Ora lives in Brookline with her husband Dr. Aaron Troy.