Special Shabbat Weekend with Rabbi Leah Berkowitz

The Miriam & Moses Center for Pluralistic Adult Jewish Learning
presents
Scholar-in-Residence Rabbi Leah Berkowitz

Rabbi Leah Berkowitz joins us for a special Shabbat weekend. 

FRIDAY, MARCH 21
5:30 p.m. Congregational Dinner
Join us for a delicious Shabbat dinner from our own in-house caterer, W Kosher Events. 
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7 p.m. Erev Shabbat Service with Rabbi Leah Berkowitz
Drawing on the wisdom of Jewish tradition and her own work in the field of creative midrash, Rabbi Berkowitz will discuss how storytelling plays an important role in building a vibrant, sacred community. 

SATURDAY, MARCH 22
9:15 a.m. Torah Study with Rabbi Berkowitz
In a study of the weekly Torah Portion, Rabbi Berkowitz will engage attendees in conversation about how we create sacred spaces and what we want-and don’t want-to include in them. Inspired by midrashi about the building of the Tabernacle in the wilderness, she will invite paricipants to think about what we take from us from the past as we move forward.

10:30 a.m. Shabbat Morning Service and honoring of congregant (TBA)

12:30 p.m Lunch & Learn with Rabbi Berkowitz
Creating Sacred Spaces- In a study of the weekly Torah portion, Rabbi Berkowitz will engage us in conversation about how we create sacred spaces and what we want—and don’t want—to include in them. Inspired by midrashim about the building of the Tabernacle in the wilderness, she will invite us to think about what we take with us from the past as we move forward. Please register for brunch.
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4 p.m. Havdalah & Learn with Rabbi Berkowitz: “The Rabbi in the Attic”
The character of the rabbi has long been a source of wisdom and humor in Jewish storytelling. Rabbis appear in books and on-screen as detectives, social justice warriors, overworked commumity leaders, and romantic leads. They can be men with or without beards, as well as women, people of color, and members of the LGBTQ+ community. This exploration of modern rabbinical characters in fiction and film will examine what changing portrayals of the rabbi can tell us about our comunities and ourselves.

SUNDAY, MARCH 23
9:30 a.m. The Kehillah Project with Rabbi Berkowitz
Rabbi Leah Rachel Berkowitz will lead the discussion, sharing her expertise in the stories of heroic women in the Bible, writing creative midrash, exploring modern Jewish literature, storytelling live, teaching prayer, and creating meaningful worship and life-cycle experiences.