Celia Gurevitch Jewish Community Library

The Feast of Jewish Learning 2008 is happening this Sunday from 1:30 till 5 PM at the Finley Community Center. The official description and details are on the Jewish Community Center and on the Bureau of Jewish Education sites. Congregation Beth Ami is one of the co-sponsors of the event. Our Rabbi George Schlesinger‘s talk is titled “From Idolatry to Monotheism: Golden Calf to Shema.” As far s I know there is not a single book exactly on this topic. The Rabbi will use multiple sources to support his understanding. The closest volume I found was Stanley Rosenbaum’s “Understanding Biblical Israel: A Reexamination of the Origins of Monotheism.”