{"id":87,"date":"2025-08-01T15:36:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T19:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ideaslab\/?page_id=87"},"modified":"2026-08-30T11:43:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T15:43:45","slug":"js123","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ideaslab\/js123\/","title":{"rendered":"About JS123"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Interested in earning credit for participating in the <em>beit midrash<\/em>? Here&#8217;s all you need to do as a student enrolled in JS123:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Participate actively in at least five of the six Jewish Ideas Lab sessions during the semester, submitting a brief reflection after each.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Meet with the faculty convener (Prof. David Freidenreich) at least twice during the semester to discuss your experiences.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Complete an <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1EdFBguOWi8Dhf1y5XJHiRMg4K6iIpGVyAnlhLEFrE-Y\/edit?usp=sharing\">end-of-term assignment<\/a> in which you build your own miniature <em>beit midrash<\/em> session. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Regular attendance and active participation is expected. Students who miss multiple sessions or reflections will only earn course credit under exceptional circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reflections can take any form you&#8217;d like! Past reflections include informal writing, original music lyrics, cartoons, and selfie video monologues. The point is to demonstrate that you&#8217;re continuing to think about the ideas we discussed together. Please complete this assignment no sooner than Wednesday (that is, not immediately after the session) and no later than Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fall 2026 sessions meet from 7-9 pm on the following dates with the following facilitators:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Tuesday, Sept. 15: facilitated by Prof. Lauren Cohen Fisher<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tuesday, Sept. 29: facilitated by Prof. Chris Walker<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tuesday, Oct. 20: facilitated by Prof. David Freidenreich<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tuesday, Nov. 3: facilitated by Rabbi Erica Asch<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tuesday, Nov. 17: facilitated by Isadora Wells \u201926<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tuesday, Dec. 8: facilitated by Owen Druel \u201927, Elias Kemp \u201927, Erica O\u2019Donnell \u201927, and Ben Wintersteen \u201927<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interested in earning credit for participating in the beit midrash? Here&#8217;s all you need to do as a student enrolled in JS123: Regular attendance and active participation is expected. Students who miss multiple sessions or reflections will only earn course credit under exceptional circumstances. Reflections can take any form you&#8217;d like! Past reflections include informal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1764,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ideaslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/87"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ideaslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ideaslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ideaslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1764"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ideaslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ideaslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/87\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":289,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ideaslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/87\/revisions\/289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ideaslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}