RABBI URI REGEV, President of ‘HIDDUSH – For Religious Freedom and Equality in Israel’.
Friday, March 8
•5:30pm Tot Shabbat Welcome Shabbat with joy and songs (for under 5s & their families)
•6:00 pm Shabbat dinner – Please RSVP for dinner/lunch online
•7:30 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service. Rabbi Regev will speak on “The Challenge of Pluralism in Israel: Can Israel be Truly Jewish and Democratic?”
Saturday, March 9
•10:00 am Parashat Pekudei – Torah Study with Rabbi Regev.
•11:30 am Dairy lunch. RSVP for dinner/lunch
•12:30 – 2:00 pm “Kotel, Conversion, and Rabbinic Blacklists: What Are the Effects of the Latest Conflicts on Israel-Diaspora Relations?”
Sunday, March 10
•10:15 – 11:45 am “Israel heading to the polls April 9: How will the elections impact Religious Freedom and Israel-US relations“
About our Speaker: Rabbi Regev serves as the President and CEO of the educational and advocacy Israel-Diaspora partnership, “Freedom of Religion for Israel” and of its Israeli counterpart, “Hiddush— For Freedom of Religion and Equality ”. A past President of the World Union for Progressive Judaism, Rabbi Regev served as founding chair, and later as executive director and legal counsel, of the Israel Religious Action Center (IRAC), the advocacy group established by the Reform movement in Israel.
This weekend is generously supported by an Anonymous TE Leave a Legacy Donor.