Congregation Or Chadash and Kehillah of Arizona Present:

ALL NIGHT LONG SHAVUOT LEARNING EXPERIENCE

Featuring Community Leaders and Teachers

Receiving, Learning, and Living Torah

 

Tuesday, June 7 at 7:30 PM to Wednesday, June 8, 2011 7:00 AM

Location: Congregation Or Chadash, 9096 E. Bahia #106, Scottsdale, AZ 85260

Refreshments will be served throughout the entire night! COST: FREE

–Your Choice: Come to one session, come to several sessions, come to all sessions–

7:30-8:00 PM-  Maariv

8:00-8:45 PM- Tikkun Kick-Off presentation

“Receiving Torah  on All Levels”- Facilitators:  Rabbi Micah Caplan (Congregation Or Chadash), Rabbi Bonnie Sharfman (Kehillah of Arizona)

 

 

8:45-9:15 PM

Chevruta Sudy – “Speed Torah Learning”-Facilitators:

Rabbi Caplan, Rabbi Sharfman

9:15-9:30 PM- Summary of Chevruta learning-

Facilitators:  Rabbi Caplan, Rabbi Sharfman

9:30-9:50 PM- BREAK FOR FOOD, DRINK, SOCIALIZING

9:50-10:40 PM (There will be two sessions at this time)

“Alef Bet Yoga”- Marci Sheer- Professional Yoga Instructor (Please bring a yoga mat if you have one.  If not, no worries.  Appropriate for all ages and levels)

“Torah through Medical Ethics”-Dr. Sherman Minkoff and Dr. Marc Bernstein

 

10:50-11:30 PM (There will be two sessions at this time)

“Torah through Israeli Dancing” -Pam Pullman and Amnon Haimovich, Israeli Dance Instructors; “Modern Israel and Torah- Finding a Connection”-

Sharron Topper- Amitai, Shlicha for the Greater Phoenix Jewish Community

11:30-11:50 PM- BREAK FOR FOOD, DRINK, SOCIALIZING

11:50 PM-12:30 AM

“Rethinking and Reclaiming Resurrection”

Facilitators:  Rabbi Barton and Marcie Lee, Executive Director of Hillel and Instructors at Arizona State University

12:35 AM-1:15 AM

“Which and Whose Torah was Given at Sinai?”

Facilitator:  Aaron Scholar, Director of the Bureau of Jewish Education.

1:15-1:35- BREAK FOR FOOD, DRINK AND SOCIALIZING

1:40-2:30 AM

“Sinai Revisited: Reexamining the Event of Revelation in Modern Jewish Thought”- Facilitator:  Dr. Marc Krell

2:40-3:30 AM

“Torah through the Poetry of Yehuda Amichai”

Facilitator:  Rabbi David Frankel

3:30-3:45 AM- BREAK

3:45-4:30 AM

“Understanding the Ten Commandments In A Much Different Way”

Facilitator:  Rabbi Micah Caplan, Congregation Or Chadash

4:30-5:25 AM

“Transforming Jewish Learning into Jewish Living”

Facilitator:  Michelle Distel, Education Director at Congregation Or Chadash

5:30 AM-7:00 AM- Sunrise Outdoor Shavuot Service at Congregation Or Chadash