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Join us as we come together across the Jewish community to learn from Memphis Jewish community rabbis, leaders, and educators. Cost covers dinner and 1 drink ticket.Saturday, November 7 • Doors open: 6:30pm • Program: 7:00-9:30pm
Register by Thursday, November 5 • Walk-ins accepted based on availability
Speakers and Session Titles:
• Michal Almalem (Judaic Studies Principal, Bornblum Jewish Community School)
“Digging in the Bible: Secrets of the First Temple Jerusalem”
• Rabbi Dr. Gavriel Brown (Head of School, Margolin Hebrew Academy / Cooper Yeshiva of the South)
"Rabbi Eliezer: From the Field to the Beit Midrash" | The dramatic story of Rabbi Eliezer leaving his father’s field for Torah, and the teacher who recognizes greatness before anyone else can see it.
• Rabbi Joel Finkelstein (Rabbinic Scholar, Baron Hirsch Congregation)
"Revisiting the Essential Message of the Shema"
• Rabbi Cantor David Julian (Rabbi, Or Chadash Conservative Synagogue)
“Bible Botany”
• Dr. Joe Levy (Temple Israel)
"Seeing Gratitude Through Jewish Eyes" | Dr. Joe Levy earned his pararabbinic degree at the Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, OH. He has taught courses including Pirkei Avot, Prophets, and the works of Abraham Joshua Heshel, and currently teaches to a Torah Study group at Temple Israel.
• Rabbi Ross Levy (Associate Rabbi, Temple Israel)
“250 Years of American Judaism”
• Rabbi Akiva Males (Rabbi, Young Israel of Memphis)
"What Makes Us So Sure Our Thanksgiving Turkeys Are Kosher?"
• Rabbi Jason Mark (Chaplain, Methodist University Hospital)
"Encounter as Torah: What We Receive from Those Unlike Us" | Rabbi Jason Mark received his semicha from Yeshivat Chovevei Torah in 2022. For six years, he served as rabbi of Congregation Etz Chayim in Toledo, Ohio, while also working as a critical care chaplain in Morgantown, West Virginia. Jason and his wife, Ariel, recently moved to Memphis, and is pursuing his Master of Social Work.
• Rabbi Tzvi & Ikrat Tannenbaum (Rosh Kollel, Torah MiTzion Memphis)
“Between Effort and Trust: Finding the Light in Relationships”
• Dr. Daniel Weiss (Head of School, Bornblum Jewish Community School)
"All In: The Work of Belonging"
• Bluma Zuckerbrot-Finkelstein (Chief Impact Officer, Jewish Community Partners | Executive Vice President, Memphis Jewish Federation)
"Confronting Evil: Hebrew Midwives or Egyptian Resisters?"
Register by Thursday, November 5 at www.jccmemphis.org/JewishLife
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Event venue
Memphis Jewish Community Center, Memphis Jewish Community Center, 6560 Poplar Ave, Memphis, TN 38120, United States, Germantown
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