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Liberal Jewish Thinkers: A Critique of My Two Homes

admin — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:16:11 +0000

Title: Liberal Jewish Thinkers: A Critique of My Two Homes
Location: Susman Hall
Description: “A Critique of My Two Homes: Why I’m a Rabbi for Human Rights in Israel and America”
Part of the Liberal Jewish Thinkers Rabbi’s Tea Series

Rabbi Rachel Goldenberg has served as the spiritual leader of Congregation Beth Shalom Rodfe Zedek, a Reform congregation, since July of 2007. Rabbi Goldenberg currently serves as Co-Chair of Rabbis for Human Rights-North America.
Start Time: 16:00
Date: 2012-02-02

Spanish Table

admin — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:06:09 +0000

Title: Spanish Table
Location: Heyman Commons
Start Time: 12:00
Date: 2012-02-01
End Time: 13:30

Senses of Wonder: Love Writ Large

admin — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:56:44 +0000

Title: Senses of Wonder: Love Writ Large
Location: Slifka Chapel
Description: An evening of poetry about love and the senses, featuring faculty poets Dolores Hayden and Cynthia Zarin reading from their own work, and Yale Drama students reading poems by Spanish medieval poets Abraham Ibn Ezra and Yehuda HeLevi.

At this event, we will also announce details of the first Annual Slifka Poetry Prize, which will be open to all undergraduates in Yale College.

The event will be moderated by Rabbi Megan Doherty.
Start Time: 18:30
Date: 2012-02-01
End Time: 21:00

“Being An Ally: Spiritual Perspectives”

admin — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:51:01 +0000

Title: “Being An Ally: Spiritual Perspectives”
Location: Slifka Chapel
Start Time: 19:00
Date: 2012-01-30
End Time: 20:30

French Table

admin — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:49:55 +0000

Title: French Table
Location: Heyman Commons
Start Time: 12:00
Date: 2012-01-30
End Time: 13:30

Bagel Brunch

admin — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:41:33 +0000

Title: Bagel Brunch
Location: Heyman Commons
Start Time: 11:00
Date: 2012-01-29
End Time: 13:00

Israeli Folk Dancing with Ruth Goodman

admin — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:49:41 +0000

World renown Israeli folk dancer, dance instructor and director of the Israel folk dance institute.

Slifka Sounds Dinner Music

admin — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:38:17 +0000

Featuring The Kyzivat-Frampton Duo

Join Ethan Kyzivat, piano, and Sam Frampton, guitar, for a musical conversation in the language of jazz. Kyzivat and Frampton will be performing standards by such greats as Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Wes Montgomery, Sonny Rollins, and others.

Slifka Sounds is a one of many arts programs that the Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale supports. Please check back to learn more about how you might get involved.

Dinner with Professor Roginsky

admin — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:31:07 +0000

Yale Friends of Israel weekly dinner with Professor Roginsky, an expert on Hebrew and Israeli society. Email Steven Morales with YFI for more information!

Being an Ally: Spiritual Perspectives

admin — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:58:33 +0000

Searching for ways to support LGBTQ friends, family and classmates? Trying to be a better ally to the LGBTQ people in your religious group, fellowship, or church? Hear advice and new points of view at “Being anAlly: Spiritual Perspectives,” an interactive workshop on being an ally to LGBTQ people in religious and spiritual contexts.

The workshop will include a short panel discussion with religious leaders and small-group discussions led by students. The panelists are Omer Bajwa, Coordinator of Muslim Life; Rabbi Megan Doherty, associate rabbi at Joseph Slifka Center; Rev. John Gage, United Church on the Green (UCC); Maria Trumpler, head of the Office of LGBTQ resources at Yale; and Rev. Marilyn Bowens, Metropolitan Community Church of New Haven.

Sponsored by Bridges, the Chaplain’s Office, the Office of LGBTQ Resources, and Slifka Center. RSVP to the facebook event here.