January 2021
The Sabbath by Abraham Joshua Heschel
Class by Rabbi Batsheva Appel From the back cover of the book: "The Sabbath is a profound, scholarly, and beautiful meditation on the nature and celebration of the Seventh Day." A discussion of the book and an exploration of the meaning of Shabbat for each of us.
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Presenting Rabbi Rachel Mikva
This is a joint event with Beth Shalom Synagogue and Congregation B'nai Israel in partnership with Institute of Southern Jewish Life. Rabbi Rachel Mikva is the Herman E. Schaalman Chair in Jewish Studies and Senior Faculty Fellow of the Interreligious Institute at the Chicago Theological Seminary. Her work is on the cutting edge of theological education and training for religious leaders who build bridges across cultural and religious differences for social transformation. As a congregational rabbi in Chicago and New…
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Tiffany Shlain – The Making of a Mensch!
This is a joint event with Congregation B'nai Israel and Beth Shalom Synagogue in partnership with Institute of Southern Jewish Life. Tiffany Shlain is on NPR's list of Best Commencement Speeches and was listed by Newsweek as "one of the women shaping the 21st Century". She is also co-founder of 50/50 Day, Character Day and the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences. Tiffany is a world-renowned speaker and has given keynotes at Google, Harvard, and NASA. She was the…
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