Interested in earning credit for participating in the beit midrash? Here’s all you need to do as a student enrolled in JS123:
- Participate actively in at least five of the six Jewish Ideas Lab sessions during the semester, submitting a brief reflection after each.
- Meet with the faculty convener (Prof. David Freidenreich) at least twice during the semester to discuss your experiences.
- Complete an end-of-term assignment in which you build your own miniature beit midrash session.
Reflections can take any form you’d like! Past reflections include informal writing, original music lyrics, cartoons, and selfie video monologues. The point is to demonstrate that you’re continuing to think about the ideas we discussed together.
JS123 (“Beit Midrash: Jewish Ideas Lab”) is a one-credit, nongraded course that may be taken repeatedly.