Monday Night Guest Lecturer Series Continues at Baron Hirsch

Mr. Yossi Cohen, Judaic Studies Teacher at Memphis Jewish High School, will be the next speaker of the congregation’s popular Monday Night Guest Lecture Series, announced Rabbi Shai Finkelstein, Senior Rabbi of Baron Hirsch and head of its Educational Institute.  Mr. Cohen will begin his series on Monday, February 1st at 7:00PM. 

The topic of the upcoming series is “Choice in the Book of Bereshit”.  The first lecture on February 1st will be entitled “The Choice between Isaac and Ishmael as Seen through the Torah, Art and Ancient Law.” On February 8th he will speak about “The Choice between Jacob and Esau as Seen through the Story.  Finally, on February 15th Mr. Cohen will conclude his series with “The Choice in Judah and Josef; from Judah to Judah HaMacca
Yossi Cohen is a graduate of the Har Etzion Hesder Yeshiva in Alon Shvut, Israel.  He received a B.Ed. in Bible and Talmud from Herzog College in Israel and a M.A. in Land of Israel studies and Archeology from Bar Ilan University in Israel.  Prior to arriving at Memphis Jewish High School, he taught at Bnei Akiva Yeshiva High School in Hashmonaim, Israel. 

Each month, the congregation invites a different guest lecturer to deliver a three week mini-series on a topic of their expertise.  Mr. Cohen will be leading the fourth series this year.  Over the past several months Baron Hirsch has welcomed other guest lecturers including, Rabbi Dr. Gil Perl, Dean of Margolin Hebrew Academy/Feinstone Yeshiva of the South, Rabbi Avi Goldberg, Rosh Kollel of Torah MiTzion Kollel of Memphis, AND Rabbi Uriel Lubetski, upper school principal of MHA/FYOS.  The class continues to bring in people of all ages and backgrounds to learn about a variety of topics.

All classes begin at 7:00PM and the series is open to all members of the community.  Classes take place in the Margolin Bet Midrash of the synagogue. For more information, please contact the Baron Hirsch office at 683-7485 or visit the synagogue website at http://www.baronhirsch.org