Congregation B’nai Amoona Presents Scholar-in-Residence: Dr. Alan Morinis

Friday, September 15 – Saturday, September 16

Congregation B’nai Amoona
324 South Mason Rd, 63141

Friday, September 15

6:00 pm  Kabbalat Shabbat with Harif
7:00 pm  Festive Shabbat Dinner; reservations required by September 11 to Barbara Shechter at 314-576-9990 x126 or grammy@bnaiamoona.com
8:00 pm  The Jewish Spiritual Path of Mussar, discussion following dinner with Dr. Alan Morinis

No reservations required.

Saturday, September 16              

8:15 pm  Pre-Selichot Dessert Reception and The Morris Alex Jewish Ethics Lecture with Dr. Alan Morinis: Jewish Spiritual Ethics – Why I Can’t Get to Heaven Without You

About the Speaker

Dr. Alan Morinis is the founder and Dean of The Mussar Institute and an active interpreter of the teachings and practices of the Mussar tradition, about which he regularly gives lectures and workshops. Born and raised in a culturally Jewish but non-observant home, he studied social anthropology at Oxford University on a Rhodes Scholarship, earning his doctorate at that university. Alan has written books and produced feature films, television dramas and documentaries and has taught at several universities. For the past 19 years, the nearly-lost Jewish spiritual discipline of Mussar has been his passion, a journey recorded in the book Climbing Jacob’s Ladder (Broadway 2002). His guide to Mussar, entitled Everyday Holiness: The Jewish Spiritual Path of Mussar, was published in 2007 and has become a best-selling handbook to Mussar for this generation. His guide to Mussar practice, Every Day, Holy Day, came out in 2010. His newest book, With Heart in Mind, was published in August 2014 (all from Trumpeter Books).

Dr. Morinis’ visit is sponsored by Congregation B’nai Amoona and The Morris and Fannie Jick Kallah Shabbat Scholar-in Residence. Sh’ma: Listen! Speaker Series is generously funded by the Lubin-Green Foundation, a supporting foundation of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis and Hank Webber and Chris Jacobs.

Leadership

Sh’ma: Listen! Advisory Committee Chair
Rabbi Jeffrey Stiffman

Staff
Rabbi Tracy Nathan, Senior Educator, Center for Jewish Learning
Cyndee Levy, Director, Center for Jewish Learning

Jewish Federation of St. Louis
Harvey N. Wallace, Board Chair
Andrew Rehfeld, President & CEO