On Sunday, November 7th, Jewish communities from all around the world will be participating in the Global Day of Jewish Learning. The day celebrates the completion of Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz’s audacious quest to translate the Talmud from the original Aramaic and ancient Hebrew into Modern Hebrew and English for 45 years, since 1965!
To date, 166 communities around the world, including South Palm Beach, have registered to participate in this historic event. All are invited to “Connect. Learn. Belong. Take a Step Ahead” through these opportunities.
Steven Schauder, Director of Jewish Education, Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County
The Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County’s Department of Jewish Education, under the direction of Steven Schauder, has coordinated a variety of local observances for November 7.
A uniquely unifying endeavor, the global effort counts among its supporting partners the governing bodies, leadership, and ordaining institutions of the Reform, Conservative, and Orthodox movements of Judaism – and synagogues within all of these movements are participating South Palm Beach County’s coordinated local effort. Among the local events are new collaborations between the Adolph and Rose Levis JCC and B’nai Torah Congregation; and between Congregation Shaarei Kodesh in Boca Raton and Temple Emeth in Delray Beach.
The JCC/B’nai Torah event will feature Rabbi Steinsaltz in a live broadcast from Jerusalem, as he marks the completion of his monumental Talmud commentary translation. Available for broadcast worldwide, this event will celebrate Rabbi Steinsaltz’s work and unite the widespread audiences.
“As the ‘people of the book,” it’s wonderful that so many of our synagogues and our JCC feel so passionately about celebrating the beauty of Jewish learning through this Global Day Program,” said Schauder. “The diversity of these local programs reflect the exciting diversity that comprises our Jewish community in South Palm Beach County.”
Currently Scheduled South Palm Beach County Global Day programs are:
GLOBAL DAY OF JEWISH LEARNING Program: Study a Page of Talmud in Daf Yomi
Sponsor: Boca Raton Synagogue
Sunday, November 7, 2010 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
Location: Boca Raton Synagogue, 7900 Montoya Circle, Boca Raton
Contact: Rabbi Philip Moskowitz
Phone: 561-394-0394 E-mail: rpm@brsonline.org
GLOBAL DAY OF JEWISH LEARNING Program: The Day God Laughed, with Rabbi Robert Silvers
Sponsor: Congregation B’nai Israel
Sunday, November 7, 2010 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Location: Congregation B’nai Israel 2200 Yamato Road, Boca Raton
Phone: (561) 241-8118 E-mail: http://www.cbiboca.org
GLOBAL DAY OF JEWISH LEARNING Program: The Day God Laughed, with Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County Director of Education, Steven Schauder
Sponsor: Temple Beth El
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Session 1: 9:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. / Session 2: 10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Location: Temple Beth El, 333 SW 4th Ave., Boca Raton
Contact: Rabbi Jessica Brockman
Phone: 561-391-8900 E-mail: jbrockman@tbeboca.org
GLOBAL DAY OF JEWISH LEARNING Program: Celebrate a Global Day of Jewish Learning
Including a live broadcast from Jerusalem of Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz competing his translation of the Talmud.
Sponsor: Adolph & Rose Levis JCC
Sunday, November 7, 2010 12:30-2:00 p.m.
Location: B’nai Torah Congregation 6262 SW 18th St., Boca Raton
Contact: Beth Herman
Phone: 561-392-8566 E-mail: beth.herman@bnai-torah.org
GLOBAL DAY OF JEWISH LEARNING Program: Israel’s Historic Rights to the Land
The program will examine different Jewish attempts to reclaim the land of Israel in past centuries as well as the establishment of a non- Jewish presence in the land, including a comparison between the Jewish and Arab claims to Judea and Samaria according to historical facts and non-Jewish documents.
Sponsor: Congregation Shirat Shalom
Sunday, November 7, 2010 2:00 p.m.
Location: Boca Falls community, west of Boca Raton – contact by email or phone for address
Contact: Rabbi David Degani
Phone: 561-488-8079 E-mail: shiratshal@aol.com
GLOBAL DAY OF JEWISH LEARNING Program: “How to get your prayers answered” with Rabbi Mike Stern
Sponsored by: Adolph & Rose Levis JCC
Sunday, November 7, 2010 12:30 -1:30 pm
Location: B’nai Torah Congregation 6262 SW 18th St., Boca Raton
Contact: Rabbi Mike Stern
Phone: (561) 852-3100 E-mail: rabbiwithoutwalls@gmail.com
GLOBAL DAY OF JEWISH LEARNING Program: Learning Talmud & Being Talmud: A Journey into the Rabbinic Mind
Sponsored by: Congregation Shaarei Kodesh and Temple Emeth
Sunday, November 7, 2010 12:00 -1:30 pm
Location: Temple Emeth, 5780 W. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach
Phone: 561-498-3536 / (561) 852-6555
E-mail: emethdelray@bellsouth.net or office@shaareikodesh.org
In addition, Donna Klein Jewish Academy will be doing a program in recognition of Global Day on Friday, November 5th.