DAY OF LEARNING FOR YOM HAATZMAUT
Come for the day, or for a
single session, as we spend Israel Independence Day learning with Isaiah
clergy. This year has been complex and heart-wrenching, and together we will
explore different facets of our relationship with Israel.
Date: Tuesday, May 14
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Location: Temple Isaiah Social Hall and Zoom
10:00 a.m. – 11:00
a.m.: WHAT COMES NEXT? with
Rabbi Zoe Klein Miles
What
comes next after the war between Israel and Hamas ends? We’ll delve into what
different thinkers have proposed, as well as our own opinions.
11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.:
ZIONISM & ANTI-ZIONISM with
Rabbi Dara Frimmer
We
will explore the history of these opposing ideas and how they are being used in
headlines and discourse today.
12:30
p.m. – 1:15 p.m.: ISRAELI
LUNCH & TABLE TALK
1:30
p.m. – 2:30 p.m.:
SONGS
OF ISRAEL with Cantor Randall Schloss
The familiar song Yerushalayim Shel Zahav
(Jerusalem of Gold) was written just before the Six Day War, with the fourth
verse written just after. We will take a deeper look at this and other songs
that are bound to Israel, its history and our Jewish lives today.