Torah Study is part of the second year commemoration honoring the lives lost and the people affected by the attack on three Pittsburgh synagogues – Congregation Dor Hadash, New Light Congregation, and Tree of Life * Or L’Simcha Congregation – on October 27, 2018 (18 Cheshvan 5779).
FEATURING TWO GREAT EDUCATORS
CHOOSE TO HEAR:
Rachelle Sprecher Fraenkel
The Hidden Things Belong to HaShem: Accompanying Others Through Loss
Rachelle Sprecher Fraenkel was born and raised in Israel. She is a Yoetzet Halacha, teaches Talmud and Halakha at Nishmat Seminary for women and is the director of Matan’s Advanced Halakha Program. Fraenkel became an international spokesperson for resilience after her son, Naftali Fraenkel, was kidnapped and murdered along with two other Israeli teens in 2014.
OR CHOOSE TO HEAR:
Hazzan Henry Rosenblum
Using Cantillation to Interpret Torah
Hazzan Henry Rosenblum is beginning his eleventh year as the Hazzan of the Forest Hills Jewish Center in New York. A graduate of Brooklyn College with a BA in Philosophy, he completed his Cantorial studies at the Cantors Institute of the Jewish Theological Seminary. A former President of the Cantors Assembly, Hazzan Rosenblum served as Dean of the H.L. Miller Cantorial School at JTS from 1998-2010.
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All sessions will take place on the Zoom platform and will each be 50 minutes in length. There will be up to two simultaneous sessions offered at each time slot.
Pre-registration for specific sessions is required. You will be sent a zoom link for each session you register for, 24 hours prior to the session.
Sessions will take place during six timeslots, on both the English and Hebrew commemorative dates, featuring the following instructors and topics:
Tuesday, October 27 at 12:00 PM
Hazzan Henry Rosenblum – Using Cantillation to Interpret Torah
Rachelle Sprecher Fraenkel – The Hidden Things Belong to HaShem: Accompanying Others Through Loss
Tuesday, October 27 at 1:00 PM
Rabbi Leon Morris – Becoming a Human Torah – In Life and in Death
Rabbi Jack Riemer – A Little Bit of Comfort for Those Who Mourn Today
Wednesday, November 4 at 7:30 PM
Rabbi Gordon Tucker – Randomness and Moral Agency: Lessons from the Book of Job and Beyond
Rabbi Shawn Israel Zevit – Repairing the Soul and the World: Together in Healing and Justice
Wednesday, November 4 at 8:30 PM
Rabbi Deborah Waxman – Drawing on Jewish Wisdom and Practice to Cultivate Resilience
Rabbi Jonathan Berkun – There is No Place Like Home: Finding Holiness Wherever We Are
Thursday, November 5 at 12:00 PM
Rabbi Rick Jacobs – Pursuing Justice: Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Authentic Jewish Practice
Rabbi Isaiah Rothstein – Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story
Thursday, November 5 at 1:00 PM
Dr. Shuly Rubin Schwartz – As Memories Fade: Yizkor and Historical Amnesia
Rabbi Cheryl Klein – More than Zachor (Remember)
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Torah Study – Second Year Commemoration
Tuesday, October 27 @ 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
The full inclusion of people of all abilities is a core value of the Pittsburgh Jewish Community. Please discuss accessibility accommodations with the contact person for this event.
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