Weekly Brief

THE END IS HERE
With the end of our fiscal year this past week, if you haven’t done so already, please make sure to pay all outstanding amounts. Payments can be made by credit card at www.rinat.org , or by check. Please contact the office (via email at billing@rinat.org or by phone at 201 837-2795 ext 102) if you have any questions. For questions or if you need to make a financial arrangement, please contact one of us.  Thank you.  Michael Goldsmith, Riki Landa and Josh Zelig.

Shabbat, June 2: Scholar in Residence - Dr. Elana Stein Hain, Director of Faculty at Shalom Hartman Institute of N. America Schedule:  Drasha after 9am Shacharit: Would That all of God's People were Prophets! On Discourse and Polarization in the Jewish Community; Pre-mincha Shabbat afternoon at 6:45pm: Considering Religious Materialism: Challenges and Opportunities. In this shiur, we will offer lenses from both Chazal and contemporary sociologists of the complicated role that wealth can, and perhaps, should play in the contemporary religious community.  After mincha (scheduled for 7:45pm): What Makes Legal Loopholes Religious? In this session, we will trace the conscious development of rabbinic ideology around the use of legal circumvention within the Mishnah, Tosefta and the Talmud.

Sunday evening, June 3, 8:00pm - Dara Horn, Acclaimed Novelist, discussing her new book "Eternal Life" with Sandee Brawarsky, Culture Editor of The Jewish Week. 

GRADUATION KIDDUSH—JUNE 9
Shabbat Parshat Shlach, after the 9am minyan
Please follow the link below and include your graduate's name and school. 
Kiddush sponsorship is $54.  You must be logged into the website in order to sign up for the kiddush. https://www.rinat.org/event/graduates-kiddush.html

Annual Women of the Year Dessert| Shabbat, Parshat Sh'lach, June 9th at 4:00pm
Join Nerot as we honor Sara Prager for her tremendous contributions to the Rinat community and show hakarat hatov to Sarah Leah Erlichman, for her wonderful work on behalf of the Rinat Community. Featuring guest speaker, Yocheved Schacter, CSW, Psychotherapist and Psychoanalyst, who will speak on: Me, Myself and Why? Understanding the Importance of Self Care.  Dessert and a light seudah shelishit will be served. Sponsorships available! To RSVP, be included in the scroll, bring a dessert or salad for reception please click here .  

Rabbi Dr. Michael Shmidman’s shiur in the series of Rambam and Moreh Nevuchim shiurim Lezecher Rav Ozer Glickman, z’l,  originally scheduled for next Shabbat, June 9, 6:50pm will be rescheduled to a later date.