10/27 Commemoration Torah Study with Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner

Course Title: Safety in Solidarity, from Squirrel Hill to the Nation’s Capital 

Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner is the Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism and the Senior Vice President of the Union for Reform Judaism. Called one of the most influential rabbis in America, Rabbi Pesner has devoted his career to building interfaith and multiracial coalitions in successful campaigns for civil rights and social justice. Rabbi Pesner sits on the boards of the NAACP, the Leadership Conference for Civil and Human Rights, among others, and co-edited Moral Resistance and Spiritual Authority: Our Jewish Obligation to Social Justice.

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Torah Study is part of the third year commemoration honoring the lives lost and the people affected by the attack on three Pittsburgh synagogues – Congregation Dor Hadash, New Light Congregation, and Tree of Life * Or L’Simcha Congregation – on October 27, 2018 (18 Cheshvan 5779). 

All sessions will take place on the Zoom platform and will each be 50 minutes in length. 

Pre-registration for specific sessions is required.  You will be sent a zoom link for each session you register for, 24 hours prior to the session. 

Sessions will take place during six timeslots, on both the English and Hebrew commemorative dates, featuring the following instructors and topics: 

Sunday, October 24 at 3:00 PM

Rabbi Sandra Lawson – Crying Out for Help and Comfort

Rabbi Marianne Novak – Looking Down from Heaven: Views of the Afterlife in our Tradition

Sunday, October 24 at 4:00 PM

Rabbi Yonason Meadows – Resilience as Identity: Our Journey a People from Brokenness to Building

Sunday, October 24 at 5:00 PM

Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal – Judaism Means Optimism

Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld – TBD

Wednesday, October 27 at 11:00 AM

Rabbi Sharon Brous – Public Grief: An Act of Love and Path to Justice

Hazzan Matthew Austerklei – Songs of Ascent: Musical Paths to Healing after Tragedy

Wednesday, October 27 at 12:00 PM

Rabbi Cheryl Peretz – Choosing Hope, Letting Go of Despair

Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner – Safety in Solidarity, from Squirrel Hill to the Nation’s Capital

Wednesday, October 27 at 1:00 PM

Rabbi Shai Held – Compassion and the Heart of Jewish Spirituality

Dr. Yael Ziegler – The Book of Lamentations: Faith in a Turbulent World