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Community Shabbaton
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Start Date/Time:
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Sunday, November 15, 2015 4:00 PM
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End Date/Time:
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Sunday, November 15, 2015 4:30 PM
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Description:
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Join us for a
Community Shabbaton
Shabbat for All God's Children:
Inclusion and Accessibility in Judaism
Rich learning Inspiring prayer Delicious Kosher food And more!
Friday, December 4 - Saturday, December 5
The Synagogue Council of Massachusetts & Temple Ohabei Shalom
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Our Schedule
Friday, December 4
2:30 Registration, Candle lighting, & Welcome activities
5:45 Kabbalat Shabbat
(Egalitarian & Mechitza options are available throughout the weekend)
7:15 Dinner and singing, followed by Learning session led by Professor Jeremy Schipper with faculty panel
8:00 Continental Breakfast
with Professor Jay Berkowitz
9:00 Shabbat Morning Services (Shacharit)
10:00 Torah Discussion led by Professor Jay Berkowitz and faculty panel, accompanied by light Kiddush
11:30 Torah and concluding services (Musaf)
2:30 Learning Session led by Professor Julie Watts Belser with faculty panel
3:30 Free time (Shabbat M'nuchah) & light third Shabbat meal (S'udah Shlishit)
4:30 Minchah service or optional activity
5:15 Maariv service & Havdallah
7:30 Koleinu Winter Concert
All food provided will be certified kosher
Saturday Evening Entertainment
Songs of Light and Celebration
Koleinu, Boston's Jewish Community Chorus, presents music for Hanukah, and other festivals, including works by Lewandowski, Max Hellman, Aminadav Aloni, and Noah Aronson. The program will also feature the thrilling voices of Cantor Randall and Leah Schloss.
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Shabbaton fee: $245
Young Adults: $145
(20s & 30s)
Temple Ohabei Shalom is fully accessible. Most disability services will be provided, including ASL interpreting.
If traveling by public transportation, take the "C" (Beacon Street) Line to the Kent Street stop. The nearest handicap accessible stop is St. Mary's, just a few blocks away from the synagogue.
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Be sure to sign up to attend
LimmudBoston on Sunday, December 6! This wonderful day of Jewish learning will take place at Congregation Mishkan Tefila, Chestnut Hill.
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My House shall be called a house of prayer for all people (Isaiah 56:7)
The goal of the Shabbaton is to provide a meaningful pluralistic Shabbat experience. Participants from across the diverse spectrum of denominations and communities can come together under one roof to worship, study, eat, sing, socialize and rejoice.
The topic, "Inclusion and Accessibility," speaks to our conviction that every synagogue and Jewish institution or gathering space must be welcoming and accessible to all who wish to enter their gates.
For those who do not travel on Shabbat, and/or who require special accommodations, we will arrange home hospitality in close proximity to Ohabei Shalom. Rooms are also available at the nearby Holiday Inn Brookline (including rooms with disability and Shabbat key access), at reduced rates for Shabbaton participants. Hotel contact information appears on the linked registration check-out page.
All food provided will be certified Kosher.
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Please join us...
Shabbaton fee: $245
Young Adults (20s & 30s): $145
Click HERE to register
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Keynote Scholars
is Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible at Temple University, and an expert on the portrayal of disability in Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern texts.
His publications includeDisability and Isaiah's Suffering Servant andDisability Studies and Biblical Literature (2006). His current project is theAnchor Bible commentary on the Book of Ruth.
 Rabbi Julie Watts Belser, Ph.D.
is Assistant Professor of Religion at Georgetown University. She specializes in Talmud, Rabbinic literature and Jewish ethics with a focus on gender, disability and the dissident body in late antiquity. Dr. Belser was ordained at the Academy for Jewish Religion.
Faculty
 Rabbi Jay Berkovitz, Ph.D.
is Professor and chair of the Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies at UMass Amherst. He is an authority on the development of Jewish law and court systems and has produced an extensive body of research on the topic, including the 2014 monograph Protocols of Justice: The Pinkas of the Rabbinic Court of Metz, 1771-1789. Professor Berkovitz was ordained by Rabbi Dan Chanan in Jerusalem.
David Bernat, Ph.D.
is the Executive Director of Synagogue Council of MA and a Lecturer in Judaic Studies at UMass Amherst whose academic focus is on ritual in the Hebrew Bible and Jewish Antiquity. Bernat is also a longtime member of the Meah faculty and Scholar in Residence for Hillel Council of New England. He has also served as Jewish Chaplain and Advisor on a number of campuses in the region.
Rabbi Sonia Saltzman, Spiritual Leader of Temple Ohabei Shalom, was ordained in 2008 in the first graduating class of the pluralistic Rabbinical School at Hebrew College. Rabbi Saltzman came to Ohabei Shalom with extensive experience in congregational and educational settings. Rabbi Saltzman also completed chaplaincy training at Brigham and Women's Hospital and served as faculty for the Bronfman Youth Fellowship Program in Israel.
Cantor Randall Schloss, Temple Ohabei Shalom, was ordained and received a Masters Degree in Sacred Music from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York. He also holds a Masters in Vocal Performance from the New England Conservatory of Music. Cantor Schloss is an active leader in numerous Cantorial associations and is on the faculty of the Hebrew College School of Jewish Music.
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Questions? Call Marilin Lipman at 617-244-6506, ext. 10
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Created by
Julie Weisman
on
11/10/2015
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