{"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":"2026-04-29T12:53:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T16:53:40","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 all six Jewish Ideas Lab sessions during the semester, submitting a brief reflection after each (see below for details; due the Friday after the session).<\/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<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Note: Students who miss one session due to unavoidable circumstances or who neglect to submit a reflection will have the opportunity to complete this <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1VQgePk7MH0PxH4UzZHgCLo0aS0R8FxRdk6SMNFAWOys\/edit?usp=sharing\">make-up assignment<\/a> in order to earn course credit. Those who miss multiple sessions or reflections, however, 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spring 2026 sessions meet from 7-9 pm on the following dates with the following facilitators:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Tuesday, Feb. 10 (Aarav Hathiramani &#8217;26 and Jacob Wichman &#8217;26)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tuesday, Feb. 24 (Catherine Mongan &#8217;26 and Isabella Vidal &#8217;26)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tuesday, March 10 (Gemma Chatham &#8217;26 and Maddie Puzon &#8217;26)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tuesday, March 31 (Jacob Madley &#8217;26 and Allie Tarkoff &#8217;26)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tuesday, April 14 (Mel Weiss)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tuesday, April 28 (Isabella Vidal &#8217;26 and Liz Snider)<\/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: Note: Students who miss one session due to unavoidable circumstances or who neglect to submit a reflection will have the opportunity to complete this make-up assignment in order to earn course credit. Those [&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":12,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ideaslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/87\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":278,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ideaslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/87\/revisions\/278"}],"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}]}}