We are a Warm and Welcoming Conservative Congregation In Pepper Pike, Ohio
Join us to commemorate the giving of the Torah
as we study, pray and rejoice.
Multiple Sessions featuring 30+ Presenters from Northeast Ohio.
Come for one session or the entire evening.
PRE-REGISTER BY MAY 28
REQUIRED FOR IN-PERSON & ONLINE
(Walk-ins are welcome, but you will need to register when you arrive.)
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE ONLY OPEN ENTRANCE FOR THE EVENING AND MORNING WILL BE THE MAIN DOORS IN LINDEN COURTYARD. ALL OTHER ENTRANCES WILL BE CLOSED FOR SECURITY PURPOSES.
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All sessions will be in person
Open FLIER to print 8.5"x11"
Schedule is subject to change.
Check back here for updates including all classes that will be streamed.
Session 1 - 7:00-7:45 pm
• Kevin S. Adelstein, Publisher & CEO Cleveland, Columbus & Akron Jewish News: CJN's Israel at War Coverage Strategy
• Dafna Ben-Yosef, PhD, Director of Jewish Lifelong Learning at Siegal Lifelong Learning, CWRU: Jewish Perspective on
Patient-Doctor Relations
• Kalaniyot Art Project with Zehava Galun: Creating Clay Kalaniyot for the B'nai Jeshurun Garden
• Ginny Galili Head of School & Sheri Gross, Director of Arts & Culture, Gross Schechter Day School: Is it Ok to Sing While Texting?
• Rabbi Alex Rosenbaum, B’nai Jeshurun Congregation: The Secret Chord: How Music Heals
• Cantor Alyssa Rosenbaum, B’nai Jeshurun Congregation: Niggunim: Jewish Wisdom Beyond Words
• Oudi Singer, Judaics Specialist, Gross Schechter Day School: A Jew's Secret Weapon - Tehillim & Self Defense
• Cantor Stephen Stein, Executive Director, Emeritus, Cantors Assembly: Reflections on the Evolution of Liturgy & Music in the Synagogue Service of the Conservative Movement
Session 2 - 7:50-8:35 pm
• Rabbi Rachel Brown, Beth Israel-West Temple: Preparing for Sinai with Mindfulness Practice
• Rabbi Matt Cohen, Temple Emanu El: Mussar: Being Your Best and Highest Self
• Rabbi Melinda Mersack, Director, jHUB: Interfaith Families: Your Questions Answered
• Elana Perlin, Judaic Studies Director, Gross Schechter Day School: Not to Brag, but I'm Awesome- How Jews Determine Greatness
• Rabbi Scott Roland, Shaarey Tikvah Congregation: Tackling Theodicy: What didn't Hashem Create?
• Rabbi Alex Rosenbaum, B’nai Jeshurun Congregation: Kinor Sound Bath with Harpist Sarah Kolick
• Cantor Kathy Sebo, Congregation Mishkan Or: Echoes of the Past: Exploring Europe's Jewish Legacy & Family Roots
8:35 pm - Candle Lighting
Session 3 - 8:40-9:25 pm
• Rabbi Josh Foster, B’nai Jeshurun Congregation: A Visual Torah Experience
• Cheryl Gordon, Community Jewish Educator: Spitting, Swaying, & Dunking Dishes: Why do Jews do That?
• Rabbi Peter Haas, Abba Hillel Silver Professor Emeritus, CWRU: Middle East Update
• Rabbi Enid Lader, Rabbi Emerita, Beth Israel-West Temple: The Shema: Six Words, Many Meanings
• Rabbi Shalom Plotkin, VA Chaplain: Yuk or Yum? Kosher Customs
• Yoshi Silverstein, Executive Director, Mitsui Collective: Surviving the Wilderness Together: Embodied Jewish Resilience
9:30 pm - Ma'ariv Festival Evening Service - Stream Moskowitz Sanctuary
10:00 pm - Dessert Grand Buffet
Session 4 - 10:30-11:15 pm
• Ella Caspi, Community Shlicha: Facilitating Conversations about Israel
• Rabbi Rachel Davidson, Chaplain, VA Hospital: Wisdom from Our Talmudic Mothers
• Rabbi Roger Klein, Congregation Mishkan Or: The Book of Ruth
• Rabbi David Komerofsky, Temple Israel, Canton: A Mature Love: Progressive Religious Zionism
• Rabbi Alan Lettofsky, Rabbi Emeritus, Beth Israel-West Temple: Jerusalem and Babylonia - Affirmation of the Diaspora
• Rabbi Hal Rudin-Luria, B’nai Jeshurun Congregation: Waiting for Redemption: When is the Messiah Coming?
Session 5 - 11:20 pm-12:05 am
• Dr. Noah Bickart, Mandel Chair in Jewish Studies, John Carroll: Homeland and Diaspora in the Babylonian Talmud
• Rabbi Joshua Jacobs, B’nai Jeshurun Congregation: A Tree of Life: Sustainable Torah
• Rabbi Michael Ross, Temple Beth Shalom Hudson & Hillel at Kent State: Four-Worlds Meditation - Preparing for Revelation
• Rabbi Steve Segar, Kol HaLev: Clues to Intergenerational Trauma in Genesis
• Rabbi Micah Shapiro, Nariya Cleveland: Niggun Singing Circle
12:20 am - 3:30 am - Breakfast Bar
Session 6 - 12:30-1:30 am
Josh Tolle, Senior Manager Jewish Education, Cleveland Hillel Foundation: Jewish Survival and Higher Education- Stream Halpern Hall -
Session 7 - 1:40-2:40 am
Elise Braverman-Plotkin, Community Jewish Educator: Torah and Revelation: Giving, Receiving and Us
Session 8 - 2:50-3:50 am
Rabbi Hal Rudin-Luria, B’nai Jeshurun Congregation: Waiting for Redemption: When is the Messiah Coming?
4:00 am - Kabbalistic Mystical Wedding
4:30 am - Sunrise Shacharit Festival Service
Tikkun Teen Program for 5th-8th grades with Ruth Gal Gabriel from 7-8:30 pm
Open library with Dr. R. Raphael Simon until 1:00 am
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Community-Wide Tikkun Leil Shavuot Committee
Harriet Rosenberg Mann - Chair
Richard Berkowitz - Vice Chair
Senior Rabbi Hal Rudin - Luria - B'nai Jeshurun Congregation
Rabbi Josh Foster - B'nai Jeshurun Congregation
Shani Kadis - Membership & Programming Director, B'nai Jeshurun Congregation
(Contact Shani Kadis for questions.)
Sponsored by:
and the
Estelle and Dr. Milton Rosenbergז"ל Tikkun Leil Study Session Fund.
Thank you to our co-sponsors!
Click logos below to view their websites and
for additional Shavuot programs.
Thank you to our friend supporters for their generous donations.
Support for the community-wide Tikkun Leil Shavuot Program is greatly appreciated.
Donations should be designated for the Tikkun Leil Shavuot Program and made
c/o B'nai Jeshurun Congregation, 27501 Fairmount Blvd., Pepper Pike, OH 44124 or
make a donation online (Estelle & Dr. Milton Rosenberg Shavuot Fund)
