Tikkun Leil Shavuot • A Night of Jewish Learning
Saturday May 26
San Diego Jewish Academy • 11860 Carmel Creek Road
The Synagogue-SDJA Compact proudly presents renowned scholar
and Reconstructionist Rabbi Sid Schwarz
as well as local Rabbis and teachers for an evening of learning.
Beth Am • Beth El • Dor Hadash • Temple Solel • San Diego Jewish Academy
Saturday May 26
San Diego Jewish Academy • 11860 Carmel Creek Road
The Synagogue-SDJA Compact proudly presents renowned scholar
and Reconstructionist Rabbi Sid Schwarz
as well as local Rabbis and teachers for an evening of learning.
Beth Am • Beth El • Dor Hadash • Temple Solel • San Diego Jewish Academy
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Schedule:
5:45 to 6:15 p.m. 6:30 to 7:00 p.m. 7:15 p.m. |
Candle lighting and Tefillah Kosher Dinner* (not required) Featured speaker: Sid Schwarz Topic: A More Perfect Union: Judaism and Social Justice Discovering the Common Good |
After the featured speaker, there will be multiple group learning sessions, special children’s programming (7:15 p.m. to 8:45 p.m.); teens welcome; oneg following
The learning sessions are FREE and dinner is not required. Purchase dinner tickets online at www.sandiegojewishcommunity.com or contact Shani at (858) 704-3721 or sabed@sdja.com
The learning sessions are FREE and dinner is not required. Purchase dinner tickets online at www.sandiegojewishcommunity.com or contact Shani at (858) 704-3721 or sabed@sdja.com
Rabbi Sid Schwarz
Rabbi Sid Schwarz has been a congregational rabbi, a social entrepreneur, an author and a political activist. He founded and led PANIM: The Institute for Jewish Leadership and Values for 21 years, an organization dedicated to inspiring, training and empowering Jewish youth to a life of leadership, activism and service. Dr. Schwarz previously served as the executive director of the Jewish Community Council of Greater Washington D.C. where he oversaw the public affairs and community relations work for the Jewish community. He is the founding rabbi of Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation in Bethesda, MD where he continues to teach and lead services. Dr. Schwarz holds a Ph.D. in Jewish history and is the author of over 100 articles and two ground-breaking books: Finding a Spiritual Home: How a New Generation of Jews Can Transform the American Synagogue (Jossey-Bass, 2000) and Judaism and Justice: The Jewish Passion to Repair the World (Jewish Lights, 2006).
Rabbi Yitz Greenberg, founder of CLAL and one of American Jewry’s most notable leaders, has written about Sid: “Rabbi Sid Schwarz’ life and career embody a unique mix of religious vision and an ability to implement that vision in the real world.”
In 2002 Sid was awarded the prestigious Covenant Award for his pioneering work in the field of Jewish education. In 2007 Sid was named by Newsweek one of the 50 most influential rabbis in North America. Currently, Sid serves as a senior fellow at Clal: The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership where he is involved in a program that trains rabbis to be visionary spiritual leaders equipped to guide the community and the world into an unchartered future. He is also deeply involved in interfaith work with a particular emphasis on co-existence efforts in the Middle East. In 2010 Sid helped to found and now co-chairs the Greater Washington Forum on Israeli-Arab Issues. His new book, Jewish Megatrends: Charting the Course of the American Jewish Future will be published by Jewish Lights in early 2013.
Rabbi Yitz Greenberg, founder of CLAL and one of American Jewry’s most notable leaders, has written about Sid: “Rabbi Sid Schwarz’ life and career embody a unique mix of religious vision and an ability to implement that vision in the real world.”
In 2002 Sid was awarded the prestigious Covenant Award for his pioneering work in the field of Jewish education. In 2007 Sid was named by Newsweek one of the 50 most influential rabbis in North America. Currently, Sid serves as a senior fellow at Clal: The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership where he is involved in a program that trains rabbis to be visionary spiritual leaders equipped to guide the community and the world into an unchartered future. He is also deeply involved in interfaith work with a particular emphasis on co-existence efforts in the Middle East. In 2010 Sid helped to found and now co-chairs the Greater Washington Forum on Israeli-Arab Issues. His new book, Jewish Megatrends: Charting the Course of the American Jewish Future will be published by Jewish Lights in early 2013.
*Kosher Dinner - $12 adults; $8 children; 2 and under eat free
