
February 24, 2018 | 6:45 p.m.
Ursinus College, Collegeville
Join the Kehillah of Bux-Mont and the Kehillah of Chester County for the Kallah: Night of Jewish Learning, as we spend the evening celebrating Israel though Sights, Sounds and Tastes. Keynote speaker will be the Honorable Dani Dayan, Consul General of Israel to our region. A brief Q & A will follow his presentation.
The evening continues with a wide variety of learning sessions led by local rabbis, cantors, and scholars. The conclusion of the event will be a “Taste of Israel” reception with food, wine and music, and opportunities to socialize with old friends and new.
This evening’s schedule:
6:45 – Registration
7:10 – Havdallah and welcome
7:25 – Keynote: Consul General Dani Dayan (with a Q & A)
8:25 – Sessions with the rabbis, cantors and scholars
9:25 – Special reception with Israeli Tastes by A La Karte catering, wine tasting by Jay Caplan and Sounds of Israel by Cantor Stephen Freedman.
9:25 – Special reception with Israeli Tastes by A La Karte catering, wine tasting by Jay Caplan and Sounds of Israel by Cantor Stephen Freedman.
Keynote Address
Dani Dayan, "Israel at 70: Challenges and Opportunities"
Learning Sessions
Early Zionism and World War I
Occupied with Peace, Occupied with Land: The Viability of Land for Peace
Mixed Messages: Women in Israel
Digging the Past
Learn About How Israel’s Parliament Works Through “Simulation Game”
Prayers for Israel - the Land and the People, and for Jerusalem
Whose Land Is It Anyway?
Israel: A Jewish and Democratic State
How Israel has Reshaped the Image of the Jew
Israel Spirituality and Pluralism
Singing New Songs in an Old Land: Poetry from Israel
Israel & Aliyah (Immigration): Melting Pot or Mosiac?
The Meaning of Water in Ancient Israel
Jerusalem, 1948-2018: Seventy Years of Turbulent History for Israel’s Most Important City
Presidents of Israel: Weizmann, Ben-Zvi, Shazar, Katzir, Navon
Hosted in partnership with the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia.