Sh’ma: Listen! Speakers Series and Congregation B’nai Amoona Present

The Gallant Motivational and Inspirational Weekend Series

August 31 – September 1

Rabbi Daniel Nevins

All programs will be held at Congregation B’nai Amoona

324 South Mason Road
St. Louis, MO 63141

Friday, August 31

6:00 pm Kabbalat Shabbat with Harif, followed by dinner (reservations required)
8:00 pm Discussion – From Conservative to Creative: Naming our Values and Attaining our Dreams

Shabbat, September 1

10:15 am Torah for Today – Coming into the Land:  From Idealism to Realism and Back
6:00 pm Minchah, Seudah Shlisheet, Ma’ariv – Can Robots become B’nai Mitzvah?

Selichot, September 1

8:30 pm Pre-Selichot Discussion – Moral Injury, Spiritual Healing

About the Speaker

Rabbi Daniel Nevins is the Pearl Resnick Dean of the JTS Rabbinical School. He also serves as Dean of the Division of Religious Leadership, which includes the Rabbinical School, the H.L. Miller Cantorial School, the Center for Pastoral Education and the Bloch-Kolker Center for the Spiritual Arts. Rabbi Nevins is a scholar of Jewish Law, serving on the Committee of Jewish Law and Standards and writing many responsa (opinions) for the Conservative Movement. He was ordained and received his MA from JTS, and earned his BA in Middle Eastern History from Harvard. Prior to returning to JTS in 2007, he served as Rabbi of Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills, MI. He lives with his family in New York City.

Rabbi Nevins’s visit to B’nai Amoona is made possible through the generous support of the Paul & Diane Gallant Adult Education Fund, Rabbi Lipnick Foundation for Conservative Judaism and by the Hereld Institute for Jewish Studies of JTS. Selichot at B’nai Amoona is sponsored by The Schuval Family. 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.

For additional information and to register, contact 314-576-9990 or visit BnaiAmoona.com.

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