The Jewish Genius for Surviving Catastrophe

A hybrid event (in person & accessible virtually) with Rabbi Ed Feinstein

This lecture is in honor of Dr. Sherman Minkoff.

EVENT CO-SPONSORED BY:

ABOUT THE EVENT:

The Hebrew School I attended as a child taught us about every catastrophe that befell the Jewish People. It was a tale of endless destruction, persecution, and exile. But left out of the story they told us was the best part — the miraculous capacity of the Jewish People to turn catastrophe into opportunity, and tragedy into creativity. The Jewish talent for renewal, re-invention, and resilience can give us hope for our future.

LOCATION:

Congregation Or Tzion

16415 N 90th St,

Scottsdale, AZ 85260

Note: Only the first 100 who register will be permitted to attend in person. Masks will be required, attendees must be vaccinated and the seating will be socially distanced. Pam (Operations Coordinator) will be emailing you upon registration to confirm whether you wish to attend in person or virtually. Attendees must bring their vaccination card that night (or email a copy to (pambhullar@valleybeitmidrash.org in advance).

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:

Rabbi Ed Feinstein is senior rabbi of Valley Beth Shalom in Encino, California. He serves on the faculty of the Ziegler Rabbinical School of the American Jewish University, the Wexner Heritage Program, the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem and lectures widely across the United States.  He is the author of several books, including: Tough Questions Jews Ask – A Young Adult’s Guide to Building a Jewish Life, (Jewish Lights, 2003), was chosen for the American Library Association’s Top Ten Books on Religion for Young Readers and a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award.  Jews and Judaism in the Twenty-First Century: Human Responsibility, the Presence of God and the Future of the Covenant (Jewish Lights, 2007) was also a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award, Capturing the Moon (Behrman House, 2008) retells the best of classic and modern Jewish folktales. Most recently, Chutzpah Imperative! – Empowering Today’s Jews for a Life that Matters (Jewish Lights, 2014), offers a new way to “do Judaism,” Rabbi urges us to recover this message of Jewish self empowerment, or chutzpah, to reshape the world.

An engaging lecturer and storyteller, Rabbi Feinstein unites the ancient Jewish love of ideas with the warmth of Jewish humor.