Our Learning Company http://www.our-learning.com/blog Superb Learning with Great Jewish Teachers For Everyone Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:42:18 +0000 en hourly 1 Our Learning Company LLC Our Learning Company LLC Superb Learning with Great Jewish Teachers for Everyone Clean No Superb Learning with Great Jewish Teachers For Everyone Our Learning Company no Our Learning Company SSS@Our-Learning.com SSS@Our-Learning.com (Our Learning Company) Copyright © Our Learning Company 2010 Superb Learning with Great Jewish Teachers For Everyone Our Learning Company http://www.our-learning.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://www.our-learning.com/blog Purim Survey http://www.our-learning.com/blog/2010/02/11/purim-survey/ http://www.our-learning.com/blog/2010/02/11/purim-survey/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:31:04 +0000 SergiuSimmel http://www.our-learning.com/blog/?p=206 Purim is celebrated on February 28 this year, and I have one question for you:

What does Purim mean to YOU?

Please scroll to the bottom of this page (and while you're doing so, you can sample what others have already shared—I included just a small selection) and share your answer with us in the Comments box.

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]]> http://www.our-learning.com/blog/2010/02/11/purim-survey/feed/ 82 The Soul of Purim http://www.our-learning.com/blog/2010/02/10/the-soul-of-purim/ http://www.our-learning.com/blog/2010/02/10/the-soul-of-purim/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:25:51 +0000 SergiuSimmel http://www.our-learning.com/blog/?p=196 Rabbi Simon Jacobson

Rabbi Simon Jacobson

On Tuesday February 23, 2010 at 9:00 PM Eastern | 6:00 PM Pacific I will have the privilege of hosting a 120-minute teleseminar with best-selling author and master teacher Simon Jacobson, Dean of The Meaningful Life Center, on The Soul of Purim: How Purim Can Transform Your Life. Full information and registration can be found at:

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]]> http://www.our-learning.com/blog/2010/02/10/the-soul-of-purim/feed/ 0 master teacher,meaningful life center,poor quality,purim,simon jacobson On Tuesday February 23, 2010 at 9:00 PM Eastern | 6:00 PM Pacific I will have the privilege of hosting a 120-minute teleseminar with best-selling author and master teacher Simon Jacobson, Dean of The Meaningful Life Center, On Tuesday February 23, 2010 at 9:00 PM Eastern | 6:00 PM Pacific I will have the privilege of hosting a 120-minute teleseminar with best-selling author and master teacher Simon Jacobson, Dean of The Meaningful Life Center, on The Soul of Purim: How Purim Can Transform Your Life. Full information and registration can be found at: »» AskSimonJacobson.com/SoulOfPurim (http://www.AskSimonJacobson.com/SoulOfPurim/P) «« Here is a brief (15') sample of Simon Jacobson's teaching on Purim, recorded in front of a live audience a few years ago: If you liked what you heard (in spite of the fairly poor quality of the sound, for which we apologize), please join us either for the live teleseminar or by listening to its recording. Here is the information and registration page again: »» AskSimonJacobson.com/SoulOfPurim (http://www.AskSimonJacobson.com/SoulOfPurim/P) «« You'll love it! Our Learning Company no 15:01 27 Elaborations on Heschel http://www.our-learning.com/blog/2010/02/03/27-elaborations-on-heschel/ http://www.our-learning.com/blog/2010/02/03/27-elaborations-on-heschel/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:15:35 +0000 SergiuSimmel http://www.our-learning.com/blog/?p=186 Rabbi Ed Feinstein

Rabbi Ed Feinstein

I recently had the privilege of hosting a teleseminar with master teacher and award-winning author Rabbi Ed Feinstein on Abraham Joshua Heschel's Spiritual Lens to the world. This event was a learning benefit for the New Coalition for Alternatives in Jewish Education (NewCAJE). You can still gain access to the learning package (88-minute audio recording of the entire program, 33-page Study Guide and 4 additional learning bonuses) at:

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]]> http://www.our-learning.com/blog/2010/02/03/27-elaborations-on-heschel/feed/ 0 abraham joshua heschel,ed feinstein,jewish education,minute conversation,rabbi feinstein I recently had the privilege of hosting a teleseminar with master teacher and award-winning author Rabbi Ed Feinstein on Abraham Joshua Heschel's Spiritual Lens to the world. This event was a learning benefit for the New Coalition for Alternatives in... I recently had the privilege of hosting a teleseminar with master teacher and award-winning author Rabbi Ed Feinstein on Abraham Joshua Heschel's Spiritual Lens to the world. This event was a learning benefit for the New Coalition for Alternatives in Jewish Education (NewCAJE). You can still gain access to the learning package (88-minute audio recording of the entire program, 33-page Study Guide and 4 additional learning bonuses) at: OurLehrhaus.com/AskEdFeinstein (http://www.OurLehrhaus.com/AskEdFeinstein/P) A few days later, I invited Rabbi Feinstein to address some of the many questions about this very generous subject that were left unanswered during the live event. The recording of this conversation became a learning program I titled 27 Elaborations on A.J. Heschel with Rabbi Ed Feinstein. Here are the first 13 minutes of this 96-minute conversation: To gain access to the entire streamed-audio program at: Our-Learning.com/EdFeinstein-27ElaborationsOnHeschel (http://www.Our-Learning.com/EdFeinstein-27ElaborationsOnHeschel) You'll love it! Our Learning Company no 13:08 Renewed Partnership with Meaningful Life Center http://www.our-learning.com/blog/2010/02/01/meaningful-life-center-and-olc-renew-their-partnership/ http://www.our-learning.com/blog/2010/02/01/meaningful-life-center-and-olc-renew-their-partnership/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:43:13 +0000 SergiuSimmel http://www.our-learning.com/blog/?p=182 Media Release

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]]> http://www.our-learning.com/blog/2010/02/01/meaningful-life-center-and-olc-renew-their-partnership/feed/ 0 Jewish Ideas Daily http://www.our-learning.com/blog/2010/01/11/jewish-ideas-daily/ http://www.our-learning.com/blog/2010/01/11/jewish-ideas-daily/#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:36:58 +0000 SergiuSimmel http://www.our-learning.com/blog/?p=127 Few would argue with the assertion that Jewish history has a lot to do with the history of ideas, yet until now there were few places on the Web that aggregated the flow of Jewish ideas as they actually happen in the press (and especially its Web incarnation), in the presses (these are the physical presses that print books on paper) and otherwise. Now we have the rather notable Jewish Ideas Daily, a new venture sourced by The Tikvah Fund of New York.

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]]> http://www.our-learning.com/blog/2010/01/11/jewish-ideas-daily/feed/ 1 Interview with Cherie Koller-Fox http://www.our-learning.com/blog/2010/01/01/interview-with-cherie-koller-fox/ http://www.our-learning.com/blog/2010/01/01/interview-with-cherie-koller-fox/#comments Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:10:29 +0000 SergiuSimmel http://www.our-learning.com/blog/?p=74 Cherie Koller-Fox

Cherie Koller-Fox

On December 30, 2009 I recorded a 26-minute conversation with Rabbi Cherie Koller-Fox, Facilitator of The New Coalition for Alternatives in Jewish Education (NewCAJE). The conversation was prompted by the concurrent announcement of the partnership between OLC and NewCAJE to produce a series of tele-webinars as benefits for NewCAJE. The series is named LEHRHAUS ONLINE.

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]]> http://www.our-learning.com/blog/2010/01/01/interview-with-cherie-koller-fox/feed/ 1 cherie,jewish education,koller,minute conversation,olc On December 30, 2009 I recorded a 26-minute conversation with Rabbi Cherie Koller-Fox, Facilitator of The New Coalition for Alternatives in Jewish Education (NewCAJE). The conversation was prompted by the concurrent announcement of the partnership be... On December 30, 2009 I recorded a 26-minute conversation with Rabbi Cherie Koller-Fox, Facilitator of The New Coalition for Alternatives in Jewish Education (NewCAJE). The conversation was prompted by the concurrent announcement of the partnership between OLC and NewCAJE to produce a series of tele-webinars as benefits for NewCAJE. The series is named LEHRHAUS ONLINE. During the 26' interview, we covered topics ranging from what NewCAJE is today, what motivated the creation of LEHRHAUS ONLINE as a series of Learning Fundraisers, the impact of the series on learners and educators worldwide, and her vision of both NewCAJE and The LEHRHAUS ONLINE in the future. Listen to the interview here... ... please consider registering yourself and 4 of your friends for the upcoming first event in the LEHRHAUS ONLINE series at OurLehrhaus.com/AskEdFeinstein (http://www.OurLehrhaus.com/AskEdFeinstein/P) Our Learning Company no 26:50 NewCAJE's LEHRHAUS ONLINE http://www.our-learning.com/blog/2009/12/31/selected-to-produce-newcajes-lehrhaus-online/ http://www.our-learning.com/blog/2009/12/31/selected-to-produce-newcajes-lehrhaus-online/#comments Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:45:16 +0000 SergiuSimmel http://www.our-learning.com/blog/?p=65 Media Release

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Facilitator
NewCAJE.org
Phone: +1-617-558-0045
Email: Shual@Comcast.net

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Our Learning Company to Produce LEHRHAUS ONLINE, an experiment in Adult Education and a Benefit for NewCAJE

Boston, Massachusetts December 31, 2009 – Our Learning Company LLC—publisher, producer and promoter of innovative Adult Learning content—and NewCAJE, The New Coalition for Alternatives in Jewish education—a pluralistic network of Jewish educators— announce a new partnership that will produce a series of live, interactive tele-webinars aimed at both raising funds for NewCAJE and offering Jewish educators and their congregants and students high quality Jewish learning opportunities.

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Innovative Adult Learning Courseware Publisher Announces

Follow-on Audio Coursebook Featuring World Renowned Brandeis Professor

Brighton, Massachusetts, 27 November 2006 – Our Learning Company LLC (OLC) – a start-up publisher of innovative Adult Learning courseware with Jewish content – announces its follow-on audio coursebook featuring Dr. Reuven Kimelman, world-renowned professor at Brandeis University. “The Moral Meaning of the Bible – The What, How and Why of Biblical Ethics — Volume I” is an 8-part series featuring studio-recorded audio sessions, study text and uniquely colorful mindmapped graphic summaries.

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]]> http://www.our-learning.com/blog/2006/11/27/49/feed/ 0 STAR Endorses Our Learning Products http://www.our-learning.com/blog/2005/11/28/star-endorses-our-learning-products/ http://www.our-learning.com/blog/2005/11/28/star-endorses-our-learning-products/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2005 15:00:20 +0000 SergiuSimmel http://www.our-learning.com/blog/?p=59 Media Release

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Email: SSS@Our-Learning.com		 Rabbi Hayim Herring, Ph.D.
Executive Director, STAR
Synagogues: Transformation and Renewal
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Executive Director
Synagogue Council of Massachusetts
Phone: 617-244-6506 x18
Email: Alan@SynagogueCouncil.org

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]]> http://www.our-learning.com/blog/2005/10/14/partnership-with-the-synagogue-council-announced/feed/ 0 First Audio Coursebook Launched http://www.our-learning.com/blog/2005/10/14/first-audio-coursebook-launched/ http://www.our-learning.com/blog/2005/10/14/first-audio-coursebook-launched/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2005 15:12:19 +0000 SergiuSimmel http://www.our-learning.com/blog/?p=44 Media Release

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Our Learning Company LLC
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Email: SSS@Our-Learning.com

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Innovative Jewish Adult Learning Courseware Publisher Announces First Audio Coursebook Featuring World Renowned Brandeis Professor

Brookline, Massachusetts, 14 October 2005 – Our Learning Company LLC (OLC) – a start-up publisher of innovative Jewish Adult Learning courseware – announces its first audio coursebook featuring Dr. Reuven Kimelman, world-renowned professor at Brandeis University. “The Hidden Poetry of the Jewish Prayerbook – The What, How and Why of Jewish Liturgy” is an 18-part series featuring studio-recorded lectures, study text and uniquely colorful graphic summaries.

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