Retreat

B'nai Emunah Annual Retreat

Led by Rabbi Mark Melamut and Rabbi Emeritus Ted Alexander

Friday, Novermber 19,at 6 PM to Sunday November 21, 2010 at 2 PM.
At the Sonoma Valley Inn, 550 Second Street West, Sonoma CA, 707-938-9200

Come join us for a relaxing, no-hassle weekend in the charming town of Sonoma.  The weekend will include:

• Six delicious kosher meals
• Three stimulating talks by Rabbi Mark Goodman, our scholar-in-residence
• A game night
• Do-it-ourselves services in-the-round
• Access to the hotel's pool and jacuzzi

Read Rabbi Mark's letter of invitation.

Registration and Cost Information

The price for 2010 are:

• Adults in Double Room - $325 per Person
• Adults in Single Room - $405 per Person
• Children in Parent's Room - $55 per Child
• Teens - $180 per person

To register for the 2010 Retreat, please print and fill out the registration form and mail it to

Congregation B'nai Emunah
3595 Taraval Street
San Francisco CA 94116

Registration closes on Friday, November 5.

We expect to have online registration available for the 2011 retreat.

Scholar-in-Residence:  Rabbi Mark Goodman

Rabbi Mark Asher Goodman was ordained in 2006 from the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies, the Conservative movement’s seminary on the West Coast. While at Ziegler, he was an intern with Clergy and Laity United for Economic justice (CLUE), advocating for the rights of low-wage workers. From 2004-2006 he was the founding spiritual leader of the Surf City Synagogue, the Conservative shul of Huntington Beach, CA.

Since 2006, he has been Director of Community Outreach and a teacher at the Jewish Community High School of the Bay, specializing in Talmud and Jewish Law. He is also the coach of JCHS’s Moot Beit Din team, a national Jewish day school competition, like mock trial or moot court, in which students are presented with a Jewish legal issue and are asked to render a verdict to a panel of rabbis. JCHS has won the last three consecutive national championships in the Advanced division.

Rabbi Goodman is married to Noa Slemrod Goodman and lives in San Francisco, CA.

Learning sessions at the Retreat will involve talmud and issues of interest and concern in contemporary Judaism. Stay tuned for lecture titles. More details will follow!

For more information e-mail office@bnaiemunah.org or call 415-664-7373.

Please feel free to print and distribute this flyer.