2009-2010 WSJL programs

Judaism and the Environment - March 4-6

Jeremy Benstein, Deputy Director of the Tel Aviv based Heschel Center for Environmental Learning and Leadership and author of "The Way into Judaism and the Environment," spoke about cooperative environmental projects among Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel. Read more.

Professor James L. Kugel - February 4-7, 2010

Professor James L. Kugel, formerly of Harvard University and now at Bar Ilan University in Israel, was the initial speaker in a two-year state-wide Bible study project, Reading the Bible - Encounters and Dialogues. Kugel is the author of "How to Read the Bible: A Guide to Scripture Then and Now." Read more.

Community Slichot Weekend
with Rabbi Levi Weiman-Kelman - September 11-13, 2009

Rabbi Levi Weiman-Kelman, UW graduate and founder of Kehillat Kol Haneshama, a Jerusalem-based center for Progressive Jewish Life, spoke at a community-wide Slichot Service and dinner, and led study sessions at various locations throughout the weekend. Read more.

Other co-sponsored activities

• Day of Discovery - January 17, 2010
  

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2009/2010 Co-Sponsors

• Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center
• Coalition for Jewish Learning
• Lake Park Synagogue
• Congregation Sinai
• UW-Madison Hillel Foundation
• UW-Milwaukee Hillel Foundation
• Congregation Emanu-El of Waukesha
• Congregation Beth El Ner Tamid
• Beth El Temple of Kenosha
• Congregation Beth Israel
• Congregation Emanu El B'ne Jeshurun
• Congregation Shalom
• Congregation Shir Hadash
• Jewish National Fund
• Tikkun Ha-Ir of Milwaukee