{"id":292931,"date":"2026-06-02T10:50:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T10:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/292931\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T10:50:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T10:50:15","slug":"course-explores-jewish-values-that-shaped-americas-founding-ideals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/292931\/","title":{"rendered":"Course explores Jewish values that shaped America\u2019s founding ideals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chabad of Coral Gables has announced a four-session course, \u201cSinai and Civics: How Jewish Values Helped Shape America\u2019s Founding Ideals,\u201d beginning Wednesday, June 10, 7:30 p.m., at Chabad, 1827 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Coral Gables. The program is offered through the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute (JLI).<\/p>\n

On July 4, the United States turns 250. Most Americans will celebrate. Fewer will know that when Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams were appointed to design the first national seal in 1776, they proposed an image of Moses parting the Red Sea, with the motto: \u201cRebellion to Tyrants is Obedience to God.\u201d They wanted the face of the new nation to be a scene from Exodus.<\/p>\n

Sinai and Civics follows that thread. The four-session course traces the influence of the Hebrew Bible on America\u2019s founding (from the Mayflower Compact to the Declaration of Independence to the structure of the Constitution) and asks what that history means for Jewish Americans today.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost people have no idea how directly the founders drew on the Jewish tradition,\u201d said Rabbi Avraham Stolik, who is gearing up to teach the course. \u201cThey were reading it, quoting it, and using it as a model for the kind of country they wanted to build. In this course, we\u2019ll look at the primary sources together, and it\u2019s a lot more specific than people expect.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe great American historian Perry Miller once said that the Bible was \u2018the air people breathed\u2019 in early American culture,\u201d said Professor Jonathan D. Sarna, PhD, of Brandeis University. \u201cSinai and Civics underscores the profound interrelationship between Judaism and America\u2019s founding ideals.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rabbi Stolik said it is an eye-opening realization, especially for American Jews at a time of rising uncertainty. \u201cOnce you understand how the founders thought,you stop asking whether you belong here. The answer becomes obvious,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The course is open to participants of all backgrounds. No prior knowledge of Jewish studies is required.<\/p>\n

Sinai and Civics is CLE accredited for attorneys in the state of Florida and in most U.S. states.<\/p>\n

Register at ChabadGables.com\/JLI<\/a> or send email to JLI@ChabadGables.com<\/a>; call 305-490-7572 for inquiries.<\/p>\n

Cost is $79 and includes student textbook. Some scholarships available upon request.All are welcome. No prior knowledge required.<\/p>\n

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