On October 13, the Shalom Hartman Lecture Series premiered at CRS. .
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Rabbi Sari Laufer hosted the event on behalf of CRS. Rabbi Laufer (center) is pictured above with Dr. Yehuda Kurtzer, President of the Shalom Hartman Institute-North America (right) and Eric S. Goldstein, CEO of UJA-Federation of New York (left). Rabbi Laufer delivered introductory remarks.
Speaking to a full house, Rabbi Laufer began, “I am not the first rabbi, and I will not be the last, to quote Yehuda HaLevi’s poem from a bimah; I am probably not the only one who will do so this week in particular. He wrote, of course, Libi b’mizrach—my heart is in the East, and I am in the utmost West.” Read Rabbi Laufer’s entire remarks.
A booklet of the evening’s programming is available here.
CRS members may attend this series free of cost. Our participation is generously funded by the Dora and Leo Diamond Day Program Fund.
Register: www.shalomhartman.org/nycollaborative
The CRS community registration code is: CRS15
Remaining dates:
November 10, 2015 Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun
December 15, 2015 Congregation B’nai Jeshurun
January 12, 2016 Central Synagogue
February 09, 2016 Ansche Chesed
March 08, 2016 Temple Emanuel – Skirball Center
(The Shalom Hartman Institute is one of the premier centers of research and education deepening and elevating the quality of Jewish life in Israel and North America. For over 30 years, they have been redefining the conversation about religious pluralism, Judaism in modernity, Israeli democracy, Israel and world Jewry, and the relationship with other faith communities.)
