BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.6//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1034@wjcenter.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York;VALUE=DATE:20220401 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York;VALUE=DATE:20220403 DTSTAMP:20220327T022751Z URL:https://www.wjcenter.org/events/2022-scholar-in-residence-weekend/ SUMMARY:2022 Scholar-in-Residence Weekend DESCRIPTION:Please support the WJC Scholar-in-Residence Program\nPlease reg ister for this year’s exciting program below! Click here for more inform ation about this year's scholar and events.\n\n \;\nREIMAGINING AMERI CAN JUDAISM – NOW\, THEN\, AND INTO THE FUTURE\nWe welcome Jewish Theo logical Seminary Chancellor Shuly Rubin Schwartz\nScholar-in-Residence Cal endar At a Glance\nFriday:\n6:00pm: Evening Service (In-person in the Sanc tuary/Live Stream)\n7:00pm: Community Dinner (In-person in the Gym)\n8:00p m: Lecture and discussion: Conservative Judaism and the Jewish Future (In- person in the Sanctuary/Live Stream)\nConservative Judaism provided a comp elling vision for a Judaism—traditional in orientation and embracing of evolutionary change—that captured the hearts and minds of so many twenti eth century American Jews. Uncovering the keys to its success will illumi nate how Conservative Judaism is well poised to meet the religious needs o f North American Jews in the current moment.\n\nSaturday:\n9:15am: Morning Service/Sermon: Shattering Glass Ceiling: Women and the Reimagining of Am erican Judaism (In-person in the Sanctuary/Live Stream)\nHow did the twent ieth-century movement for women’s equality in Judaism end up serving as a catalyst for a reimagined Judaism in our own times? Together we will exp lore the ways in which new opportunities for American Jewish women paved t he way for broader\, creative changes in Jewish ritual\, scholarship\, and inclusion.\n12:15pm: Kiddush Lunch (In-person in the Gym)\n1:00pm: Discus sion: Essential Elements of a Successful Jewish Community (In-person in th e Sanctuary/Live Stream)\nTogether\, we will look at one of the scholar’ s favorite Jewish texts\, an 18th century letter written by a young moth er in Petersburg\, Virginia. Using the contents of this letter\, we will reflect on the essential elements of a successful Jewish community\, and the steps we can take to achieve such a community for ourselves.\n8:15pm: Dessert Reception and Lecture: The Pew Study and What it Means for Americ an Jews of Today and Tomorrow (Dessert Reception in-person in the Gym\; Ev ening Lecture in-person in the Sanctuary/Live Stream)\nThe 2020 Pew Study on Jewish Americans offered new data on the many components of Jewish iden tity—even for the proverbial “NONES”\, i.e\, Jews of no religion. Ho w can these findings guide our efforts to ensure a more robust Jewish futu re for all Jews? How is the Jewish Theological Seminary taking leadership in this important initiative?\nPlease support the WJC Scholar-in-Residenc e Program\nThe lectures and discussions of The Scholar-in-Residence Weeken d are FREE AND OPEN TO WJC MEMBERS. However\, donations are critical to ou r ability to continue to bring high-quality Adult Education programming to WJC each year. So please consider a generous gift to The Scholar-in-Resid ence Weekend. We thank you in advance for your support.\n\nDonation Levels (Per Family)\n\n Ambassador's Circle ~ $540: Includes Shabbat dinner and Saturday evening dessert\n Benefactor ~ $360: Includes Shabbat dinner an d Saturday evening dessert\n Patron ~ $180: Includes dessert only\n Spon sor ~ $126: Includes dessert only\n Donor ~ $72: Includes dessert only\n\ n \;\nTo join us\, please register below.\nRegistration was due March 25\, 2022. For questions\, please contact Ally@wjcenter.org.\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.wjcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021 /12/WJC-SIR-Post2022-1.png CATEGORIES:Featured Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20220313T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR