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Jubilees: A Gateway into Jewish Apocrypha

from $239.00

with Lex Rofeberg

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When

Thursdays - 8 Weeks
3:00 - 4:30 pm ET/12:00 - 1:30 pm PT
Starts October 23, 2025

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Have you heard talk of "the apocrypha?" Have you been curious about this mysterious realm of texts, once held as sacred by Jews but then relegated to the sidelines of our tradition? You're not the only one. In this course, you can dive into the book of Jubilees, as a springboard into the broader realm known as Jewish apocrypha!

So what is Jubilees? Well, Over 2100 years ago, somebody looked at the book of Genesis. Their main takeaway? “This is an okay book. Maybe a 7 out of 10. But it could really use some edits if I'm being honest.” So they channeled all their chutzpah, and made their own version. They rewrote the book of Genesis -- keeping much of it the same but shifting many details, adding new characters, and orienting the whole thing around cycles of 49 years (called “Jubilees”). Here are some questions they asked and answered:

"Why did Genesis leave out all the women between Eve and Sarah (20 generations after Eve), and how can we bring them back into the story?" "Would God really test Abraham by asking him to sacrifice his son Isaac -- what if a demon did it instead?" And most importantly..."What becomes possible when we permit ourselves to receive sacred texts from the past, as our full inheritance?" In this interactive class, we'll explore all the above and more. We'll journey our way through the book of Jubilees, and consider more broadly how books left out of our traditional canon can help us in re-envisioning our Jewish past, present, and future.

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This class will be recorded and available to enrolled students to watch later.

Cost

This course is available at a sliding scale cost of $359 (the true cost), $299 or $239. If you can afford the full price, we hope you will choose that option, which allows us to continue to offer lower rates and scholarships to those who otherwise would not be able to access this learning because of financial barriers.

If you need financial aid beyond the sliding scale, please fill out this simple form, and we will get right back to you.

Click here to donate to JUs financial aid fund to support financial equity and access to education for all students.

Sliding Scale Prices:

with Lex Rofeberg

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When

Thursdays - 8 Weeks
3:00 - 4:30 pm ET/12:00 - 1:30 pm PT
Starts October 23, 2025

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Have you heard talk of "the apocrypha?" Have you been curious about this mysterious realm of texts, once held as sacred by Jews but then relegated to the sidelines of our tradition? You're not the only one. In this course, you can dive into the book of Jubilees, as a springboard into the broader realm known as Jewish apocrypha!

So what is Jubilees? Well, Over 2100 years ago, somebody looked at the book of Genesis. Their main takeaway? “This is an okay book. Maybe a 7 out of 10. But it could really use some edits if I'm being honest.” So they channeled all their chutzpah, and made their own version. They rewrote the book of Genesis -- keeping much of it the same but shifting many details, adding new characters, and orienting the whole thing around cycles of 49 years (called “Jubilees”). Here are some questions they asked and answered:

"Why did Genesis leave out all the women between Eve and Sarah (20 generations after Eve), and how can we bring them back into the story?" "Would God really test Abraham by asking him to sacrifice his son Isaac -- what if a demon did it instead?" And most importantly..."What becomes possible when we permit ourselves to receive sacred texts from the past, as our full inheritance?" In this interactive class, we'll explore all the above and more. We'll journey our way through the book of Jubilees, and consider more broadly how books left out of our traditional canon can help us in re-envisioning our Jewish past, present, and future.

—

This class will be recorded and available to enrolled students to watch later.

Cost

This course is available at a sliding scale cost of $359 (the true cost), $299 or $239. If you can afford the full price, we hope you will choose that option, which allows us to continue to offer lower rates and scholarships to those who otherwise would not be able to access this learning because of financial barriers.

If you need financial aid beyond the sliding scale, please fill out this simple form, and we will get right back to you.

Click here to donate to JUs financial aid fund to support financial equity and access to education for all students.

 

Meet Lex

Lex (he/him), in his role as Senior Jewish Educator of Judaism Unbound, co-hosts and produces its weekly podcast, facilitates many of its live digital events, and oversees the UnYeshiva: a digital center for Jewish learning and unlearning. He graduated from Brown University with a degree in Judaic Studies, and was ordained as a rabbi in 2021 by ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal. You didn't ask, but he would like you to know that his rabbinic ordination speech looked at OutKast's song "Hey Ya" through the lens of Jewish numerology. A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Lex lived for two years in Jackson, Mississippi - working for the Institute of Southern Jewish Life - and he currently lives in Providence, Rhode Island, with his wife Valerie. He serves on advisory boards, or boards of directors for The Shalom Center, Tikkun Olam Productions, Evolve: Groundbreaking Jewish Conversations, and Mitzvah Matzos.

 

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