| Sunday Monday, July 12 2010, 8pm |
TEACHING RELIGION IN AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLS: THOUGHTS FOR THE NATIONAL CURRICULUM
A forum with Dr Peter Hill, Head of the National Curriculum Project, ACARA; Rabbi Dr Shimon Cowen, Director, Institute for Judaism and Civilization; Professor Richard Freadman, Latrobe University; and Dr Max Champion, National Chair of the Assembly of Confessing Congregations in the Uniting Church of Australia.
Venue: "Caulfield Cup Room", Glen Eira City Hall, cnr Hawthorn and Glen
Eira Roads, Caulfield.
Time: Monday, July 12 2010 at 8 pm
Cost: $10 ($5 concession)
Enquiries: 9527 5902, admin@ijc.com.au. |
| Sunday 27 June 2010 at 2pm |
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Celebration of an Australian Jewish Composer: Felix Werder
Discussion, performance and selection of his work in the presence of Felix Werder
with Rabbi Dr Shimon Cowen, David Kram director of "More Than Opera", Darryl Barclay tenor, & Daniel Levit violinist.
Caufield Cup Room, Glen Eira Town Hall, Corner Glen Eira & Hawthorn Rds, Caulfield.
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UNIVERSAL ETHICS AT THE ROOT OF THE WORLD RELIGIONS:
THE NOAHIDE LAWS
The Noahide laws represent a fundamental set of universal ethics at the root of the world religions. They were endorsed by the US Congress in 1991 as the "bedrock of society since the dawn of civilization" and by the Australian Governor General Major General Michael Jeffery as applying "to all contemporary issues and therefore play an important role in our day-to-day lives"
The Institute for Judaism and Civilization invites you to
two breakfast seminars
on the meaning and content of the Noahide laws
prohibiting idolatry and blasphemy
on Friday mornings 7 May and Friday 14 May from 8 to 9 am
Presenter: Rabbi Dr Shimon Cowen
"Labassa Room", Glen Eira City Hall, corner Glen Eira and Hawthorn Roads, Caulfield
Preregistration for catering and place requirements essential.
Cost $25 ($15 concession) per session.
Preregister by Friday 30 April 2010 here.
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| Thursday 1 April 2010 at 8 pm |
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Professor Yaakov Friedman, Jerusalem College of Technology, Jerusalem College of Technology
"Classical mechanics, quantum mechanics, the theory of relativity and the unity of G-d and creation"
To hear audio, click here |
| 11 November 2009 5:15-6:30pm |
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Forum: Environment, science and values
"Climate change" and an "Emissions Trading Scheme"
Senator Cory Bernardi, Rabbi Dr S. Cowen, Mr Tom Quirk
Theatrette, Glen Eira Town Hall, Corner Glen Eira & Hawthorn Roads, Caulfield.
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| 23 September 2009 8pm |
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Forum on Judaism & Geocentrism,
with Professor Avraham Hasofer,
Emertus Professor of Mathematics
Caufield Cup Room, Glen Eira Town Hall, Corner Glen Eira & Hawthorn Roads, Caulfield.
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