About This Course
We are excited to be partnering with Judaism Unbound to offer elective credit towards smicha when you take 2 mini-courses through their UnYeshiva platform.
Spring semester Mini-courses
Their Spring semester Mini-courses consist of two sessions, each session having three courses to select from. The courses run for three weeks with 90min long classes once a week.
The first session begins the week of April 25, 2022 and ends the week of May 15, 2022. The second session starts May 18, 2022 and lasts until June 5, 2022.
You must take two courses to receive credit, regardless of whether they’re in the same mini-session or one in each mini-session.
Please make sure the UnYeshiva course does not conflict with your Tuesday PRS academic class.
Click any course below to read more details on the UnYeshiva website.
Session One: April 25 – May 15
Session Two: May 16 – June 5
How to register and how to get credit
Visit the Judaism Unbound website to register for the courses before April 25, 2022 and/or May 18, 2022 respectively. The courses will be held live in a virtual classroom, weekly for three weeks.
Students will receive a half (.5) credit for completing TWO courses (each mini-course is 3 lessons, and PRS half-credits are awarded for 6 lessons).
When the courses end, UnYeshiva will provide you with a certificate of completion for each course, which you’ll upload via the quiz section here on the PRS website. Please note, you have to upload TWO certificates (one for each course you take) in order to get half a credit.
FAQs
If you have any questions regarding the course, you can find their FAQs here.
About your instructor
Lex Rofeberg is a Jewish Educator and Organizer who serves as Strategic Initiatives Coordinator of the Institute for the Next Jewish Future, and as co-host of the Judaism Unbound podcast. He grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and currently lives in Providence, Rhode Island, with his wife (Valerie) and cat (Peeve). He graduated with a BA in Judaic Studies from Brown University. While a student there, he served as Student President of Brown RISD Hillel and as a Student Representative on the board of Hillel International. He came to Judaism Unbound in 2015 after a two-year Education Fellowship at the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life, based in Jackson, Mississippi. He has had articles published by JTA, MyJewishLearning.Com, Sh'ma Journal, JewSchool: Progressive Jews & Views, New Voices, and others. He is currently studying towards rabbinic ordination through ALEPH: The Alliance for Jewish Renewal, and received his certificate in Interfaith Families Jewish Engagement from Hebrew College. He a member of the activist group IfNotNow, and serves in advisory capacities for the American Jewish Peace Archive and Tikkun Olam Productions. Lex is a die-hard Packers fan and a former college a cappella nerd.
Daniel Libenson is the founder and president of the Institute for the Next Jewish Future and co-host of the Judaism Unbound podcast. His extensive background in Jewish communal innovation includes six years as Executive Director of the University of Chicago Hillel and three years as Director of New Initiatives at Harvard Hillel. Dan is a 2009 AVI CHAI Fellow and has also received the Richard M. Joel Exemplar of Excellence award, Hillel International's highest professional honor. In 2010, Dan was named a Jewish Chicagoan of the Year by Chicago Jewish News. Dan attended Harvard College and Harvard Law School, where he graduated magna cum laude, was an articles editor of the Harvard Law Review, and assisted Professor Alan Dershowitz in criminal defense work and on book projects, including The Vanishing American Jew. Dan has published articles in Ha'aretz, The New York Jewish Week, Zeek, eJewishPhilanthropy, and elsewhere. Before devoting his life to working in the Jewish community, Dan spent five years as a law professor after clerking for Judge Michael Boudin on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. He lives in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago with his wife and two children.
Disclaimer
This course is provided by a third party and is unaffiliated with Pluralistic Rabbinical Seminary. There may be a cost associated with this course. Pluralistic Rabbinical Seminary does not receive any kind of fees by recommending this course to students.
