THE FACES OF ORTHODOXY

Why are they wearing scarves or streimels or sheitels and can they have jobs or is this influencer really speaking for all of them and who is even ”they”? We will take a behind the scenes look at a wide and diverse variety of orthodox communities, lives, and ideals. Beyond exploring the dress shops and kosher-pizza-sushi-eateries and complex, sometimes bewildering array of Halachic (Jewish law) detail (but not in detail!), and the experiences of people in different streams of orthodoxy, we will examine the ideologies, beliefs, and how different streams of orthodoxy construct meaning.

You will get to know key figures in Orthodoxy and have a closer and direct look at some of their writings, how communities have developed over time and what their essential differences are.

In this course we will join a dialogue about life and love, family and community and the individual and tradition and modernity with the goal of learning not just about others, but about ourselves. 

The course is given in collaboration with the Jewish Community in Stockholm.

Prior knowledge

The course is given in English.

The course is appropriate for those with little familiarity and for those who want to learn more about the texts, worldviews and values under the different hats.

Course material

Course material is included in the cost for this course.

About the teacher

Esther Amster is a rabbanit at the Jewish Community of Stockholm and together with Rabbi Mattias Amster lives in Stockholm with their four kids; two Jerusalmites and two native Stockholmers. She speaks “Swinglish”, comes from the US, and has a background as an Art Therapist, student of Jewish texts, Israeli Oleh, Child-Parent Psychotherapist, and is now studying Jewish Education.

Photo: Atara Whitman (Jerusalem).