9 PM Study & Service

Slipping Into Slihot -- Returning to Our True Identity

Saturday Evening, September 4, 2010

We begin the High Holyday season by coming together for Selichot.  This is a warm-up for Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur. We will turn our minds and hearts toward G-d through study and prayer, as we hear the familiar High Holyday melodies anew.

All are welcome to attend.  No tickets are needed.

The Schedule is

• 9:00 - 9:30 PM - Nosh
• 9:30 - 11:15 PM - Learning Sessions
  • Rabbi Mark Melamut - "Returning to Ourselves:  Tshuva in Text and Practice"
  • Batshir Torchio - "Returning to G-d's House"
    
  • Frank Kurtz - "Returning to Jewish Identity:  Issues and Prospects Facing Conservative Judaism and Us"
• 11:15 PM - 12:15 am - Selichot Service led by Rabbi Mark and Cantor Linda

Rabbi Mark Melamut is the Spiritual Leader of Congregation B'nai Emunah.  He is a 2008 graduate of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College.

Batshir Torchio is a Jewish Studies Instruction at Brandeis-Hillel Day School.  She is also a student at the Academy of Jewish Religion | CA.

Frank Kurtz is a longtime member of B'nai Emunah and is the incoming president of the Pacific region of United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism.

Learn more about the High Holydays at B'nai Emunah.

For further information e-mail office@bnaiemunahsf.org or call 415-664-7373