Online Study with MJE East

Audio Classes

Personal Growth

Can We Change 1
Can We Change 2
Controlling Anger and Finding Peace of Mind
Cultivating Patience
How to Have Self-Esteem Without Being Selfish
Learning About Our Strengths & How to Use Them
Letting Go of Anxiety & How to Find Peace of Mind
Overcoming Inertia: How to Achieve our Potential
So You Think You’re So Great? Being Humble in a World of Self-Promotion
The Pursuit of Happiness –Why Does it Feel So Elusive & How to Find It

Jewish Identity

Jewish Identity 1
Judaism: Race or Religion? The Pew Study, Conversion & the Origin of European Jewry
Jews in Timbuktu & Other Exotic Communities

Emuna: Belief in G-d

Reason & Faith: Can a Rational Person Believe in G-d
Emuna 2: Seeing G-d in the Creation
Emuna 3: Trust in G-d

Deed vs. Creed

Deed vs. Creed: What do Jews Believe? Part 1
Deed vs. Creed: What do Jews Believe? Part 2
Deed vs. Creed: What do Jews Believe? Part 3
Deed vs. Creed: What do Jews Believe? Part 5

Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People

Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People 1
Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People 2
Response to the Holocaust

Jewish Ethics

Dating Dilemas: The Ethics of Dating
Business Ethics: Can I Be Honest and Still Get Ahead
Medical Ethics: Playing G-d & Creating Life: Artificial Insemination, Surrogate Motherhood and Cloning
Medical Ethics: End of Life Issues –Pulling the Plug, Euthanasia & the Value of Human Life

Crash Course on Jewish History

Fact-Checking the Bible.
King David’s Empire, the Lost Tribes and Channukah.
Jewish Jesus and the Rise of Christianity
Strange Lands, the Crusades and Surviving the Diaspora
Unlocking the Ghetto: Jewish Integration into the Modern World
Zionism, the Holocaust and the Birth of the State of Israel
After Gaza: The Arab-Israeli Conflict

Lifecycles

Birth, Circumcision and Hebrew Names
Bar/Bat Mitzvah Disco –Growing Up in the Tribe
Marriage and the Jewish Wedding
Death, Mourning and Kaddish
I Love You But No: Insights on Dealing with Jewish Parents

Kosher

Why does What We Eat Count?
When Oreos Converted to Kosher: Kosher Products & Certification
Cheeseberger Redux: Milk & Meat, Or Not.
The How To’s of a Kosher Kitchen
Keeping Kosher in Non-Kosher Places

Shabbat

What do our Schedules Reveal about our Values?
Lighting up on Friday Night
Shabbat Morning: The Synagogue Experience
The Customs and Laws of Shabbat
Shabbat, Rest & Modern Technology
The Spirit of Shabbat:

Prayer

Why do we pray?
The Structure of Jewish Prayer
Spontaneous vs. Fixed Prayer
Prayer in Hebrew or in English?

Kabbalah

Kabbalah and the Afterlife –in One Talk
Kabbalah and the Afterlife 1
Kabbalah and the Afterlife 2
Kabbalah and the Afterlife 3
Kabbalah and the Afterlife 4 –Reincarnation

Judaism & Astrology

Judaism & Astrology 1
Judaism & Astrology 2
Judaism & Astrology 3
Angels 1
Angels 2
Angels 3
The Jewish Ideas of the Devil

Kabbalah – Sefirot

Intro to Kabbalah
Keter –Crown
The 10 Sefirot, Hochma & Bina
Balancing Love & Discipline

Anti-Semitism

The Real Reason Behind Anti-Semitism 1
The Real Reason Behind Anti-Semitism 2

Who Wrote the Bible ?

Who Wrote the Bible 1
Who Wrote the Bible 2 -Prophecies
Who Wrote the Bible 3 –Codes

Miscellaneous

Judaism & Sexuality
Who is the Messiah?
Altruism: Becoming a Giving Person
What is the Torah?
Jewish Law & Order
Kabbalah & Frankenstein
Red Strings & the Evil Eye
Jews & Guns: Jewish Attitudes Toward the Right to Bear Arms

Passover

Understanding the Haggadah & Making Your Seder Meaningful
Get Your Home & Your Self Ready for Passover
Passover Workshop
The Path To Personal Freedom Through Passover
Understand the Seder & The Haggada

Purim

Purim, More Than Haloween & St. Patty’s Day
Customs of Purim
Megillat Esther

Torah Class (Parsha)

Resources

Suggested Books/Bibliography/Websites

Long List
Short List
Kabbalah
Jewish Websites

Jewish Holidays

High Holidays

Rosh Hashanah
- Rosh Hashanah Worksheet
- RH On One Foot (intro)
- RH in a Nutshell (more detailed)
- Tashlich Intro
- Tashlich Companion
Yom Kippur
- Yom Kippur Worksheet

Sukkot

The Four Species
How To Use the Four Species

Chanukah

Chanukah On One Foot
Chanukah Deeper

Purim

Purim in 60 Seconds
Purim a Deeper Look

Passover

MJE Seder Companion
MJE Complete Passover Packet
Selling Chametz Form

Shavuot

Shavuot in a Nutshell

Tisha B’Av

Tisha B’Av in a Nutshell

Kosher

How to Kosher Your Kitchen

Marriage

Relationships Worksheet
Wedding Outline
Wedding Checklist

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