July 10, 2008

Speakers At Bnai David-Judea

Join us this Shabbat July 12th, 20 minutes after Services end, in the main Sanctuary as Babara Ribakove Gordon Director of North American Conference on Ethiopian Jewry (NACOEJ).

NACOEJ is the only national organization whose sole agenda is Ethiopian Jewry. In Israel, NACOEJ creates and administers essential educational programs for Ethiopian Jews from elementary school through high school, college and graduate school. In Ethiopia, since 1990, NACOEJ has provided urgently needed food, education, employment and religious facilities to Jewish men, women and children awaiting the opportunity to join their families in Israel. Barbara Ribakove Gordon travels frequently to Israel, Ethiopia and throughout the United States and Canada on behalf of Ethiopian Jews.

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in the Beit Midrash for women only

Shabbat afternoon, July 12th, @ 5:00 PM

Shirat Chana Shabbat Afternoon

For an innovative and intimate Shabbat Mincha and Torah reading . We will be having a special guest speaker:
Dinah Berland
and a joyous celebration of
Flora Beck's 80th Birthday
Dinah will speak about the origins of women's prayer,
and about her work on the book:
HOURS OF DEVOTION:
Fanny Neuda's Book of Prayers for Jewish Women

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Shabbat afternoon, July 12th, Mincha @ 7:25 PM followed by Seuda Shelisheet & guest Lecturer.

Director of Kolot Seuda Shelisheet

Moti Bar-Or is an exceptional thinker and scholar who has taught Steven Spielberg and Bini Netanyahu, among other celebrated Jewish leaders and public figures. Raised in Yerushalayim, he attended Hesder at Gush, fought in the 1st Lebanon war, and received smicha from Chief Rav Goren in 1984. He taught and led several schools before founding Kolot, a Beit Midrash aimed at developing pluralistic Israeli lay leaders inculcated with values of Tikun Olam. Bar-Or currently serves as Director of Kolot. His topic at Seuda Shelisheet will be

How "Jewish" is Israeli Leadership?