About This Course
This course is designed to provide a survey of Jewish history between Antiquity and the early Medieval period through studying how Rabbinic Judaism emerged to become the normative form of Judaism.
Jewish History I is presented to Darshan Training and conversion students as a free gift from Pluralistic Rabbinical Seminary.
The assignments are based on the requirements for rabbinical students and are for personal enrichment only. Your work will not be submitted or reviewed.
Meet Your Instructor
Ariel Simon
Educator
Ariel Simon teaches high school students at the Solomon Schechter School of Westchester. His courses focus on Jewish History, Tefilah, and Torah. He has also taught Jewish History classes for students of all ages and backgrounds in synagogues throughout the New York area.
Ariel earned undergraduate degrees in Ancient Studies from Columbia University and in Talmud and Rabbinics from the Jewish Theological Seminary. He then spent two years studying Talmud at the Conservative Yeshiva, in Jerusalem. Afterwards, he enrolled at New York University's Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies where he earned a master's degree studying the Dead Sea Scrolls and Second Temple Judaism.
MA, New York University
BA, Columbia University
BA, Jewish Theological Seminary of America
