ENGAGE! 2023

Sessions are open to all. All texts will be presented in English.

SESSION ONE | 10:25 – 11:25 AM

• • The Birth of Community with Rabbi David Thomas, Hineni Faculty
  • Haggadah: Do we really need to say all those words? with Sara Lynn Newberger, founder of Hineni and current Faculty
  • The Fifth Passover Question: What do these symbols mean to YOU? with Julie Dean, founder of Twin Cities Mussar
  • What’s Happened to Hebrew? with Earl Schwartz, Hineni Faculty
  • Birkat Ha-Gomel: Rituals of Jewish Healing and the Divine Feminine with Rabbi Joey Glick, Shir Tikvah

SESSION TWO | 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM

• • Shir HaShirim: Symbol or Sensual? with Rabbi Esther Adler, Mount Zion Temple
  • Haroset: A Delicious History with Dr. Noam Sienna, St. Olaf College
  • P’tach Libi: Open My Heart with Hazzan Joanna Dulkin, Adath Jeshurun
  • The Poetry of Aaron Zeitlin with Rabbi Adam Rubin, Beth Jacob Congregation
  • Take one Middah and Call Me in a Month! Mussar: A Prescription for Well-Being with Barbara Fermon, Twin Cities Mussar

SESSIONS ONE & TWO | 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM

• • Challah Torah with Rabbi Jill Avrin, Bet Shalom Congregation

SESSION THREE | 7  -8 PM | ON ZOOM

• • What Do We Have a Right to Expect from God? The Nature (and Limits) of Covenant with Dr. Louis Newman, Stanford University

COST: $30 in advance | $36 at the door
Free for ages 30 and under

CLICK HERE to register.

ADVANCE REGISTRATION PREFERRED, walk-ins welcome.

Questions? Contact Ben Cohen at benc@minnesotajcc.org or 651-255-4759 or Tamar Magill-Grimm at tamar.magillgrimm@ttsp.org or 651-698-8807

COMMUNITY PARTNERS
Adath Jeshurun | Beth Jacob Congregation | Heritage Judaica | Bet Shalom | Mount Zion Temple | Shir Tikvah | Temple Israel

Presented by the Minnesota JCC and Hineni: Talmud Torah of St. Paul