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Dr. Aliza Erber returns to Congregation Shir Shalom to talk about the Book of Genesis
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Dr. Aliza Erber returns to Congregation Shir Shalom to talk about the Book of Genesis
(via Zoom)
Rabbinic Pastor Dr. Erber will discuss different aspects of the Genesis narrative and why it is important, including the injustices within the book
Rabbinic Pastor Dr. Aliza Erber is a Holocaust Hidden Child
survivor. She was born in Holland during
WWII. Her family went into hiding, as did Rabbinic Pastor Dr. Erber. An infant towards the end
of the war, she survived being kept for almost two years in a bunker, underground, in the Dutch woods.
Sunday, October 25 at 3 PM
Zoom information to follow
Donation of $10 will be greatly appreciated
Let us know you are coming by emailing AdultProgramming@OurShirShalom.org
Can Robots be Jewish? Author Talks: Amy Schwartz
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Congregation Shir Shalom and Federation for Jewish Philanthropy of Upper Fairfield County
Present Author Talks
Sunday, November 22 at 3 pm
Amy Schwartz
“Can Robots be Jewish? and other pressing questions of modern life”
In “Can Robots be Jewish”, the rabbis’ responses span the range of modern Jewish thought and include Independent, Humanist, Jewish Renewal, Reconstructionist, Reform, Conservative, Orthodox, Sephardic, Chabad perspectives. Sometimes they agree – but not often. Argument is a Jewish pastime and even a form of worship; it’s been that way throughout the ages, ever since rabbis sat on dirt floors in Babylonia and disputed the words of the sages. As the old joke goes, ask two Jews a question, and you’ll get three opinions. With ten or more rabbis debating creative questions, you get all that, and more!
To register, please RSVP by email to: office@ourshirshalom.org
Zoom links will be provided
Local Remembrance Ceremonies April 7 & 8
April 2, 2021 by Webmaster • Interfaith Community • 0 Comments
Congregation Shir Shalom to Have Key Role in Back-to-Back Observances of ‘Yom HaShoah-Holocaust Remembrance Day’
Ridgefield, Conn. — Congregation Shir Shalom in Ridgefield will host the annual Yom HaShoah Holocaust Memorial Observance (online), with congregations from the Federation for Jewish Philanthropy of Upper Fairfield County, beginning at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 7, 2021.
The following day, Thursday, April 8, Shir Shalom will join with St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in a community interfaith ceremony for Yom HaShoah.
The annual Yom HaShoah observance marks the anniversary of concentration camps being liberated at the close of World War II.
“Recalling the Shoah (Holocaust) must be more than an exclusively Jewish practice,” said Rabbi David Reiner of Shir Shalom. “Resolving to end hatred, and taking up the call of ‘Never Again,’ must be shared by all peoples in every community.”
The brief Federation observance on April 7 will be led by Jewish clergy from the region. It will feature reflections by Aron Hirt-Manheimer, editor-at-large of the Union for Reform Judaism, on his experiences as the child of survivors, and their experiences during the Shoah.
Hirt-Manheimer is author of “Health and Hope: Lessons from My Parents, Who Survived the Holocaust” and “My Mother vs. the Angel of Death.”
For advance registration, contact rabbiassist@OurShirShalom.org.
The April 8 interfaith ceremony will be livestreamed, starting at 7 p.m., from St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 353 Main St, Ridgefield, Conn.
This service will be aired live over YouTube and Facebook. The links to the April 8 service are at ststephensridgefield.org/live-streaming-from-st-stephens/
and on their calendar under Ha’Shoa at ststephensridgefield.org/events.
Yom HaShoah (Hebrew for “Remembrance Day for the Holocaust and Heroism”) pays homage, with a memorial candle lighting, to the 11 million people of various faiths who were killed under the Nazi regime. The solemn commemoration takes place all over the world. Since 1951, it has been observed in Israel as a national holiday.
The Rev. Whitney Altopp, of the Ridgefield Clergy Association, said, “In addition to the 6 million Jews who were killed, there were 5 million other victims, largely people of conscience — people who recognized the wrongness of the Nazi regime, and knew that they couldn’t stay silent. We want to honor them all.”
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