Community Slichot Weekend
with Rabbi Levi Weiman-Kelman

September 11-13, 2009

Rabbi Levi Weiman-Kelman teaches prayer and liturgy in Jerusalem at the Hebrew Union College and the Schechter Rabbinic Seminary, and he lectures around the world. He is also rabbi and founder of Kehillat Kol Haneshama, a Jerusalem-based center for Progressive Jewish Life at the forefront of the struggle for religious pluralism in Israel's highly polarized society. Ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1979, Rabbi Weiman-Kelman graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1974.

Saturday Evening Slichot dinner, study and services

Saturday Evening, September 12
Congregation Emanu El B'ne Jeshurun
2020 W. Brown Deer Road
River Hills, WI

• 8:15 - Dinner - $15.00 per person. RSVP to CEEBJ: 414-228-7545
• 9:15 - Study with Rabbi Weiman-Kelman: "Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav, Melody and Repentance."
• 10:15 - Dessert reception
• 10:30 - Havdalah and Slichot services

With the exception of the Slichot Dinner, all programs, including Saturday night study and services, are free of charge.

Other learning sessions with Rabbi Weiman-Kelman

Friday, September 11, Kabbalat Shabbat Services

• 7:30 pm - services and study led by Rabbi Weiman Kelman
  Hosted by Beth El Ner Tamid Synagogue and Congregation Shir Hadash, 2909 W. Mequon Road, Mequon, WI

Saturday, September 12, Shabbat Morning Services

• Hosted by Congregation Beth Israel, 6880 N. Green Bay Ave. Milwaukee, WI

Sunday, September 13, Study Sessions

• 10:30 am -"Raising a Spiritual Child"
  Hosted by Congregation Shalom, 7630 N. Santa Monica Blvd.

• 2:00 pm - "Ethical and Spiritual Challenges and Opportunities of Living in Israel"
  Hosted by the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center, 6255 N. Santa Monica Blvd.

• 3:15 pm - "Ethical Challenges and Opportunities, Part II" - a special session for teachers
  Hosted by the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center, 6255 N. Santa Monica Blvd.

This community-wide weekend event is made possible with the generous support of the Milwaukee Jewish Community Foundation.

It is co-sponsored by Congregation Beth El Ner Tamid, Beth El Temple of Kenosha, Congregation Beth Israel, Congregation Emanu El B'ne Jeshurun, Congregation Emanu-El of Waukesha, Congregation Shalom, Congregation Sinai, Congregation Shir Hadash, The Coalition for Jewish Learning, The Wisconsin Society for Jewish Learning, Milwaukee Hillel, and the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center.

For more information, call Jody Hirsh, JCC Jewish Education Director, at (414) 967-8199.