Center for Jewish Learning, Jewish Community Relations Council, Traditional Congregation, Bais Abraham Congregation, and the Mirowitz Family present

Rabbi Avi Weiss

Reflections on 50 Years in the Rabbinate

Rabbi Avi Weiss founded Yeshivat Chovevei Torah in 1999. He is founding Rabbi of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, a congregation of 850 families in The Bronx, New York. Rabbi Weiss is the National President of the AMCHA – the Coalition for Jewish Concerns, a grassroots organization that speaks out for Jewish causes throughout the world. He has authored two books: Women at Prayer: A Halakhic Analysis of Women’s Prayer Groups and Principles of Spiritual Activism.

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If you plan to attend the dinner on March 29, you must RSVP for that separately using the link below.

Thursday, March 28, at 7 pm      

The Saul Mirowitz Memorial Lecture
Leadership and Change
Kaplan Feldman Complex, 12 Millstone Campus Dr., 63146

Friday, March 29, at 6:30 pm

Kabbalat Shabbat with dinner to follow; Rabbi Weiss Presentation: Parsha D’var Torah after dinner.
Dinner reservations required, click here. Cost is $18 per person.
For more information, call 314-576-5230.
Traditional Congregation, 12437 Ladue Rd., 63141

Shabbat, March 30

9 am Services begin
11 am Rabbi Weiss Presentation: The Meaning of Thank You: How Traditional Helped Shape My Rabbinate
12:15 pm Kiddush Lunch
1 pm Rabbi Weiss Presentation: What is the Mission of Judaism?
Traditional Congregation, 12437 Ladue Rd., 63141

Saturday night, March 30

9 pm Melave Malka; Rabbi Weiss Presentation: Open Orthodoxy: A Modern Orthodox Rabbi’s Creed
Contact Office@BaisAbe.com or call 314-721-3030 for the event location.

For additional information, contact Kathy Schmeltz at KSchmeltz@JFedSTL.org or 314-442-3761.

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Sh’ma: Listen! Speaker Series is generously funded by the Lubin-Green Foundation, a Supporting Foundation of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis.

The Sh’ma: Listen! Speakers Series promotes engagement with a wide spectrum of ideas as a means to deepen our community’s education and commitment to Jewish life. The views expressed by speakers are their own and not necessarily those of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis or the Center for Jewish Learning.

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
Gerald P. Greiman, Board Chair
Andrew Rehfeld, President & CEO

 

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