College Offers Class on Jewish History
Moorpark College is offering an off-campus class on the history of the Jewish people beginning Aug. 18.
Taught by Igor Abraham Kotler, a UCLA history professor and a former fellow at the Wilstein Institute of Jewish Policy Studies, the class will focus on the contemporary Jewish experience as a product of major historical events and significant philosophical movements, said Sidney Adler, dean of humanities at Moorpark College.
For example, Kotler will discuss why and how a form of Jewish mysticism was born in the 18th century and how it changed religious thinking. He also will discuss the Holocaust, and the birth of the state of Israel.
“It will be an ideas class,” Adler said, “not a regurgitation of dates.”
Adler said he has noticed a substantial growth of Jewish interest in Westlake Village and Agoura Hills and wanted to respond to that demand.
The class, which is open to all, will be held at Temple Etz Chaim, 1080 Janss Road in Thousand Oaks, every Monday from 7 to 10 p.m. through Dec. 15.
The course is worth three credits at Moorpark College and costs $39.
For more information, call Sidney Adler at 378-1443 or professor Dan Brown at 378-1400, Ext. 1672.
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