Global Day of Jewish Learning

Sunday, November 7

12:30-3:30pm

Siegal College, 26500 Shaker Boulevard, Cleveland 44122

Join us. Be a part of the Global Day. On November 7th, Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz will complete 45 years of a groundbreaking initiative to translate and explain the entire Talmud—making it accessible to all. The Global Day of Jewish Learning will honor that achievement by bringing together Jewish communities around the world in an historic, unifying experience.

Over 230 communities’ world wide will come together in this day to celebrate our shared heritage. This is the first worldwide, transdenominational and nondenominational event devoted to Jewish learning and the ways in which it can bring us together.

Cleveland’s community program: Think Globally…Learn Locally: Why is the Talmud Relevant to 21st Century Jews will be held at Siegal college on November 7, 2010 from 12:30-3:30pm.

Think Globally … Learn Locally will bring together Cleveland Jews from all denominations to Siegal College for an opportunity to learn together about the relevance of the Talmud today, share our similarities and embrace our differences.

Program Highlights:

• A look at the amazing work of Rabbi Steinsaltz
• An interdenominational panel featuring scholars and rabbis from Cleveland's diverse Jewish community: including Rabbi Moshe Berger, Kyla Epstein Schneider and Rabbi Shawn Zevit
• 2:00pm - A live video feed from Jerusalem of Rabbi Steinsaltz explaining his work translating the Talmud and a brief completion siyyum (ceremony)
• Break out courses that will engage in Talmud study and relevancy, "team taught" by facilitators from diverse ideological/denominational backgrounds

Teachers to date:

• Rabbi Moshe Berger, Siegal College Professor of Bible and Rabbinics
• Rabbi Ed Bernstein, Congregation Shaarey Tikvah
• Rabbi Josh Caruso, Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple
• Rabbi Steve Denker, Temple Emanu El
• Rabbi Ephriam Karp, Director of Spiritual Living, Menorah Park Center for Senior Living
• Rabbi Alan Lettofsky, Beth Israel the West Temple
• Kyla Epstein Schneider, Adult Jewish Educator and Teacher Trainer
• Rabbi Zach Truboff, Cedar Rd. Synagogue
• Rabbi Michael Unterberg, Fuchs Mizrachi School
• Rabbi Jim Rogozen, Headmaster, Gross Schechter Day School
• Sarah Rudolph, Talmud Teacher, Fuchs Mizrachi School
• Rabbi Steve Segar, Kol HaLev
• Rabbi Shawn Zevit, Spiritual Director, Co-Director of the Davennen Leaders Training Institute, Director of Congregational Services and Social Justice- Jewish Reconstructionist Federation
• Simcha Zevit, Director, HaMakom

For Families with Younger Children

Join the PJ Library’s® celebration of the Global Day of Jewish Learning at a PJ Library community Story Time on either Saturday or Sunday, November 6 or 7.
Using one of the very popular PJ Library books, Bagels for Benny, or Joseph Had a Little Overcoat the PJ library story time will explore the themes of tikun olam (repairing the world), our relationship with God, recycling and other Jewish values.
FREE and open to the community, drop in for one of the following:
Reservations are encouraged.

Saturday, November 6:

10:45am - Kol HaLev 27575 Shaker Blvd. 216-320-1498

Sunday, November 7:

10:00am – Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple - 23737 Fairmount Blvd. 216-464-1330
11:00am – B’nai Jeshurun - 27501 Fairmount Blvd. 216-831-6550
10:15am and 11:00am – Park Synagogue East – 27500 Shaker Blvd. 216-371-2244 ext. 124

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View our program flier here.

Click here to visit the Global Day of Jewish Learning website at www.theglobalday.com.

Thank you to our community partners who generously made this program possible:

The Global Day of Jewish Learning in Cleveland is sponsored by the following (list complete as of 10/8/10):

Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple • Beth El-The Heights Synagogue • Beth Israel-The West Temple • B’nai Jeshurun Congregation • Congregation Kehillat Yaakov • Congregation Bethaynu • Congregation Shaarey Tikvah • Cleveland Hillel Foundation • Fuchs Beit Sefer Mizrachi • Green Road Synagogue • Gross Schechter Day School • HaMakom • Kol HaLev • Menorah Park Center for Senior Living • Park Synagogue • Suburban Temple-Kol Ami • Temple Beth Shalom • Temple Emanu El • Temple Israel Ner Tamid • The Agnon School • The Shul • The Temple-Tifereth Israel

The Global Day of Jewish Learning in Cleveland was made possible by generous support from the following funds of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland:

The Frida Klein Blum Memorial Fund • The Ruth G. and Sam H. Sampliner Fund • The Smith Family Memorial Fund • The Bennett and Donna Yanowitz Family Foundation • The Helen and Morris Zupnick Memorial Fund