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Social Justice in our Texts: Jewish Wisdom for Building a Better World

October 20 @ 8:00 am - 3:00 pm
Virtual Event

This event is part of a Monthly Study Series

Prophetic Voices, Then and Now
With Rabbi Barbara Symons
Monday, October 20 at 3pm ET / Noon PT
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What does it mean to be a prophet? What does prophecy demand of us today? In this session, we’ll sketch a “job description” of a prophet, and explore who the Hebrew prophets were. Then we’ll turn to the week’s Haftarah (prophetic reading)—analyzing the text through the prophet’s lens and then offering alternative voices as we listen carefully for the call to action. This class invites us to hear the prophets anew, and to ask how their message challenges and empowers us.

Anyone who registers for this class will receive a discount code for Rabbi Symons’s book, Prophetic Voices, from the CCAR Press.

This program is organized by Laasok: The Liberal Beit MIdrash, and co-sponsored by: A Wider Bridge, AMMUD: Jews of Color Torah Academy, CCAR Press, the Central Conference of American Rabbis, Central Synagogue, Congregation B’nai Israel in Little Rock, Arkansas, Congregation Shaarey Zedek in East Lansing, Michigan, Congregation Shir Chadash of the Hudson Valley, Keshet, Kirva Institute, Temple B’nai Or in Morristown, New Jersey, Temple Judea in Coral Gables, Temple Sholom in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, Tzedek Box, the Union for Reform Judaism, and the Religious Action Center.

P art of the “Social Justice in our Texts” Study Series.
Free and open to all. Register at laasok.org/current-offerings/#justice

 

This program is organized by Laasok: The Liberal Beit MIdrash, and co-sponsored by: A Wider Bridge, AMMUD: Jews of Color Torah Academy, Central Synagogue, Congregation B’nai Israel in Little Rock, Arkansas, Congregation Shaarey Zedek in East Lansing, Michigan, Congregation Shir Chadash of the Hudson Valley, Keshet, Kirva Institute, Temple Sholom in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, and Tzedek Box.

This program is part of the “Social Justice in our Texts” Study Series.
Free and open to all. Register at laasok.org/current-offerings/#justice

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Date:
October 20
Time:
8:00 am - 3:00 pm
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