Join us for a communal Shabbat lunch with our Scholar in Residence, Rabbi Menachem Penner.  Lunch will include an appetizer of sushi from Oro Nami.

If you have any dietary restrictions, please email them to aliciar@kesher.org 

Registration is required by Sunday, September 14.

Price:

• Members: $32
• Nonmembers: $40

Speaking Topic: Inspiration Wanted: Looking Inwards  (we always look outwards for inspiration – we should look inwards. A focus on tefillah from Rav Kook and others)

Rabbi Menachem Penner  is executive Vice President of the Rabbinical Council of America (RCA).  He formerly served as the Max and Marion Grill Dean of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University and Dean of Men's Undergraduate Torah Studies Program at Yeshiva University.  Penner is the Rabbi Emeritus of the Young Israel of Holliswood.  Rabbi Penner served as the spiritual leader of the Young Israel of Holliswood in Queens for 20 years and is now the Rabbi Emeritus.  He continues to teach, focusing on Tanach, Tefillah and Machshavah, in Queens and in communities worldwide.  As the parent of a superstar with special needs, he also speaks across the country on issues of families facing disabilities. Rabbi Penner received his semikhah from RIETS and his BA from Yeshiva College and is proud to serve the institution from which he received his formative education.