“Peace Among the Peoples” Conference
July 28, 2010 - 3:00pm - August 1, 2010 - 12:00pm
Elkhart, Indiana

Ecumenically-minded Christian peacemakers will gather to reflect on the future of the ecumenical peace movement in North America, and beyond.
Reflections from this conference will contribute to the agenda of the May 2011 International Ecumenical Peace Convocation of the World Council of Churches in Kingston, Jamaica, which will culminate the 2001-2010 Decade to Overcome Violence (DOV) program. For more information, or to register, click here.

May Women Touch a Torah Scroll?
August 3, 2010
8:00pm - 9:30pm
Woodmere, NY

Ta Shma: Come and Learn Study the sources that deeply affect women's obligations in ritual life through Ta Shma, a comprehensive halakhic source guide series. Explore the talmudic, gaonic, medieval, and modern rabbinic texts-- in Hebrew and Aramaic-- along with word-by-word translations. Analyze the halakhic discourse with Rabbanit Sara Wolkenfeld, Director of Education at the Center for Jewish Life/Hillel at Princeton. Admission is free. Women and men are welcome.
Light refreshments will be served.