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[cellio]

I just learned about this one-week learning program (in July) at Yeshivat Hadar, an egalitarian yeshiva in Manhattan. The classes sound really engaging and meaty (click through for descriptions). Here's what they say is a typical day:

Morning:
7:30 am - Davening with Yeshiva community (optional for Seminar participants)
8:00 am - Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 am [sic] -- Text Classes offered for participants with varied levels of Jewish text experience, with special Talmud class for beginners, and an opportunity to integrate with Yeshivat Hadar's Talmud class for participants with Jewish text backgrounds.

Afternoon (all classes are with the Yeshivat Hadar fellows):
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm -- Lunch with the Yeshivat Hadar community
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm -- Halakhah Seminar with Rabbi Ethan Tucker
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm -- Break and Minhah (optional for Seminar participants)
4:00 pm - 6:30 pm -- Jewish Thought Seminar with Rabbi Shai Held (and Yeshivat Hadar students)

Evenings:
Dinner
Special Speakers
Nights out in NYC

I only know Hadar by reputation (of, mainly, the associated independent minyan, and what I read in Empowered Judaism by R. Tucker). Do any of my readers know more? They say they welcome students of diverse backgrounds; I assume the guiding principles (for learning and davening) are traditional.

Do I know anybody else who might attend? And is it actually practical to (1) lodge and (2) park a car in the upper west side? (Please take as given that I basically know nothing about NYC neighborhoods and precious little about getting around beyond "I hear good things about the subway system".)

Comments

[mbarr.livejournal.com]

It's really not too bad, especially if you know anyone in NJ, and can take the train in... if you leave the car out there, you don't have to deal w/ parking it.

However, it's not that bad to drive up to the west side, and then find a spot to park... if you have some flexibility.

But it's an amazing program, and i have multiple friends that can talk to the quality.. (some of whom are from the other end of the spectrum - ortho)

And it's in my neighborhood :)

[cellio]

Yeah, I didn't mean parking on a daily basis but parking somewhere where I could leave it and go in via subway. But I think the plan of driving at all will only happen if I have a driving buddy, and at that point the buddy gets to weigh in on how we commute.

And it's in my neighborhood :)

Take it as given that I would attempt dinner or something with all the folks I know in NYC. :-)