Weekly Brief

Parsha shiur: Thursday, December 13th, Rabbi Mark Gottlieb

Three Great Events This Shabbat, December 15th:

Please email youth@rinat.org to sign up to help make the minyan, daven, lain, or share a dvar Torah, or for more information.

2) K-1 Family Kiddush - After youth groups

Meet the parents of your children’s friends and enjoy a hot child-friendly kiddush! Thank you to the Bayewitz, Cohn, Graber, Hooper, Krohn, Lefkowitz, and Gielchinsky/Loskove families for sponsoring the kiddush. To add your name to the list of sponsors, email youth@rinat.org .



3)  Cong. Rinat Yisrael will be hosting Judge Rachel Freier who will speak on "My Journey to the Bench". Please join us after Mincha (approximately 4:00pm).
 
Judge Freier, whose career was highlighted in the recent acclaimed film "93 Queen" campaigned and was elected as a Civil Court judge for the Kings County 5th judicial district in New York State, thereby becoming the first Hasidic Jewish woman to be elected as a civil court judge in New York State and the first Hasidic woman to hold public office in United States history. After her election she was assigned to serve on the Criminal Court in the Kings County 5th judicial district.


 
The entire community is invited to hear a courageous heroine of our times.
Thank you to our generous sponsors, list in formation:

Leora and Jonathan Kukin in honor of the 80th birthday of their mother, Miriam Nussbaum.
Susan and Danny Levin in memory of David and Ellen Kaplan and William Levin
Please click here for sponsorship opportunities.

Next Shabbat, December 21st-22nd, Cong. Rinat Yisrael Adult Education Program Presents as Scholar in Residence:
Prof. Adam Ferziger, Dept. of Jewish History, Bar Ilan University
Schedule:
Friday night Oneg at 7:30pm:
"Female Clergy and Male Space: The Ritualization of the Orthodox Rabbi".
Shabbat Morning Drasha (8:30 and 9:00 services):
"Jerusalem and Babylon in the 21st Century - The Relationship between Israeli and American Judaisms".
Shabbat After Mincha:
"Love and Death: Reform Marriage and Reform Burial in Contemporary Halakhah".

Sponsored by: Leora and Martin Fineberg in honor and in memory of Leora's mother Miriam Adler, מרים רודא בת יצחק ו חנה זיסל