2022 BERNSTEIN SCHOLAR-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM – WITH RABBI NEAL GOLD
May 20, 2022—May 22, 2022
Location
Congregation Bet Ha’am, 81 Westbrook Street, South Portland
Categories Community Events, DISPLAY ON HOMEPAGE
Friday, May 20th | 7:30 PM
When the Stranger Resides Among Us
Who is the biblical ger, the so-called “stranger in our midst”? What are our responsibilities to him or her? And hos is this ancient commandment so crucially relevant in our community and world today?
Saturday, May 21st
9:00 AM – Torah Study: Radical Sabbatical: The Shmitta Year and Its Vision of Peace with the Earth
12:00 PM – Lunch & Learn: The Mitzvah of Avoiding Senseless Destruction: Bal Taschit
Sunday, May 22nd | 9:15 am
Tikkun Olam: The Twisting Path of Judaism’s Central Tenet