Thursday, May 2
7PM
Where Do We Worship? An Historical Analysis
With Bex Rosenblatt, American Faculty-in-Residence, The Conservative Yeshiva.
Please join us to hear from the leader of the Masorti Movement.
Yizhar Hess is Vice Chairman of the World Zionist Organization. He was elected to that role in 2020 as a representative of MERCAZ, the Zionist slate of the global Masorti/Conservative Movement. Dr. Hess, Vice Chairman, Mercaz Olami, was Executive Director of the Masorti Movement in Israel from 2007 – 2020 and represented the Masorti Movement in negotiations with the government regarding egalitarian prayer at the Kotel. He is co-editor of Questions About God, published by Ma’ariv. Dr. Hess, is a member of the Israeli Bar and earned a Ph.D. in Sociology and Education from Sussex University in England. He will be speaking on the effects of the war, the state of the Masorti Movement today and offer an opportunity for us to have a voice in the World Zionist Congress.
We are grateful to Barry Seeskin for serving as our Congregational Captain for this important effort.
With Rabbi Shai Held, President & Dean, Hadar Institute
Our Scholar-in-Residence, Shai Held, will join us throughout Shabbat for services and a post-Kiddush discussion in honor of both the AES 150th Anniversary & the 30th Anniversary of the Rose Crown Minyan.
With Dr. Jonathan Sarna, Joseph & Belle Braun Professor of American Jewish History, Brandeis University; Director, Schusterman Center for Israel Studies.
Dr. Sarna will join us for our Annual Meeting to speak about his research on the history of Anshe Emet.
From a grateful congregation, Jonathan Sarna’s appearance has been generously underwritten by Carlen and Robert Katz.
