LimmudFest Boston

Sunday afternoon
January 22, 2023 – 12:30-3:00
Via Zoom

NEW YEAR, NEW RABBIS, NEW IDEAS

Rabbis who are new to the greater Boston Jewish community or have new roles here, have been invited to teach about their passions! Their sessions are outstanding – innovative, provocative, fresh, and fascinating! The full list of sessions is below.

Here is a taste:

Navigating Divisive Jewish Communities

We live in times during which the boundaries of communities are constantly being navigated and contested. We see these tensions everywhere from college campuses to social movements to synagogue communities. What orientations toward Jewish life, Israel and American politics are considered within or outside the bounds? When we think about our Jewish community, what is the value of having communal boundaries? What constitutes “membership” in any given Jewish community and what makes staying “in” compelling despite differences of opinion, perspective, or identity? What happens when disagreement threatens to destroy a community? How does a community maintain diversity even as it aspires to some shared values and norms and are there limits to this diversity?

Emily Goldberg Winer is the Manager of Boston for Shalom Hartman Institute of North America and Director of Spiritual Engagement at Beth Sholom of Providence, Rhode Island. She received her ordination from Yeshivat Maharat in Riverdale, NY. Emily lives in Boston with her husband Jonah, campus rabbi at Tufts, and their extroverted Golden Retriever, Barley.

Rabbi Emily Goldberg Winer is the Manager of Boston for Shalom Hartman Institute of North America and Director of Spiritual Engagement at Beth Sholom of Providence, Rhode Island. She received her ordination from Yeshivat Maharat in Riverdale, NY. Emily lives in Boston with her husband Jonah, campus rabbi at Tufts, and their extroverted Golden Retriever, Barley.

ROSTER OF PRESENTERS AND TOPICS
Rabbi Dr. Raysh Weiss: Cannabis and Jewish Law
Rabbi Dr. Michael Shire and friends: Progressive Judaism is a Changing: a panel discussion
Rabbi Jeremy Fineberg: A Stranger and a Resident
Rabbi Jonah Rank: Signs and Wonders: Sign Language Viewed through the Rabbis
Rabbi Emily Goldberg Winer: Navigating Divisive Jewish Communities
Rabbi Elie Lehmann: The Righteous Women of Exodus
Rabbi Jessica Dell’era: Nice Jewish Atheists: Doubt and Rejection of God in Jewish Thought
Rabbi Leah Nussbaum: Beit Ishah Zonah – Jewish Dwelling in the House of the Harlot: Judaism and Sex Work
and featuring a keynote by Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld

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We look forward to learning with you on Sunday afternoon, Jan. 22nd.
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