Sponsored by: In memory of Jacob and Beatrice Weiner
Scholar in Residence: Aliza Sperling
Friday, February 1, 2019 • 26 Shevat 5779
6:30 PM - 6:00 PM Next DayDinner and Drash at Char Bar-My Middot Year: The 13 middot as a guide to life
Drasha-The Prophet’s Speech: Why can’t Moshe talk?
Seudah Shlishit-Halachic Approaches to Asylum Seekers in Israel: What are our obligations according to Jewish law?
Aliza Sperling teaches Jewish texts and thought to adults and children in the Washington DC area, and designs innovative text-based curricula and educational programs for various Jewish schools and organizations. Aliza is a faculty member of the Wexner Foundation and an iCenter fellow. She is currently working on a halachic analysis of whether a blind person may read the Torah for the congregation in Braille. She was a Kesher Israel member from 2000-2004.
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General Community: $38 adult/$19 child
Deadline for registration is Tuesday, January 29 at 12pm.
Sponsored by the Dr. H. Harold Gelfand Memorial Institute of Adult Education.
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