YOUNG ISRAEL OF ST. LOUIS PRESENTS

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YOUNG ISRAEL OF ST. LOUIS8101 Delmar Boulevard, Saint Louis, MO 63130

P: 314-727-1880E: info@youngisrael-stl.org

www.youngisrael-stl.org

KETER TORAH/כתר תורה SPONSORS:

Dr. Heschel & Mrs. Adinah Raskas

Young Israel Of St. Louis Women’s Division

MEYASDEI TORAH/מייסדי תורה SPONSORS: Mr. Jonty & Mrs. Juli-Ann Felsher

Dr. Andy Koshner & Mrs. Ruth Asher

MACHZIKEI TORAH/מחזיקי תורה SPONSORS:

Dr. Hilel & Mrs. Shifra FrankenthalDr. Robert & Mrs. Judy Hellman

TOMCHEI TORAH/תומכי תורה SPONSORS: Mr. Jeff & Mrs. Diane Aiken

Mr. Joel & Mrs. Debbie GarbowMr. Charles & Mrs. Lois Lefton

Mr. Yale & Mrs. Gail MillerMr. Howard & Mrs. Jackie Oppenheimer

Dr. Joshua & Dr. Judy Rosenbloom

YOUNG ISRAEL OF ST. LOUIS PRESENTS

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Rabbi Steven andMrs. Yael WeilVayera - וירא

Dr. Yael ZieglerBeshalach - בשלח

Prof. Marc ShapiroShmini - שמיני

YOUNG ISRAEL OF ST. LOUIS8101 Delmar Boulevard, Saint Louis, MO 63130

Dr. Alan KadishVayakhel-Pekudeiויקהל - פקודי

A LETTER FROM

RABBI MOSHE

Dr. Rona NovickBeha’alotcha - בהעלותך

NOV 3-4

JAN 26-27

MAR 9-10

APR 13-14

JUN 1-2

5778

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Dear Friends: We are very excited to bring this new and dynamic “scholar in residence” educational program to our community. Special thanks is due to our dedicated and hard-working adult education chair, Dr. Hilel Frankenthal, and our board president, Jonty Felsher, together with many people who shared with us their vision and creativity. Together we have put together a remarkable and diverse group of scholars and educators to help us grow and inspire us this year. Our program includes speakers from diverse areas of Jewish thought including science and medicine, Jewish history, Bible studies, communal leadership and Jewish education. Each of our scholars enjoys recognized and respected stature in their respective fields. They each have something unique to offer. And we are honored to host them in our community There are three different terms often used to describe the Jewish community, tzibbur, kehilla and eidah. I believe each has a unique emphasis, based on the famous Mishnah in Ethics of our Fathers describing the three pillars of Jewish life. A community that prays together is a tzibbur. A community that gathers to offer kindness and show chessed to one another is a kehilla. A community that studies Torah together is called an eidah because the study of Torah takes us back to the eidut we received at Sinai. We chose the phrase “Sinai Scholars” to reflect this message that studying Torah takes us back to the eidut of receiving the Torah at Sinai. But each of these upcoming weekends will include the community coming together to daven as a tzibbur, to share meals and comradery as a kehilla, and learn together as an eidah. Now we need your help. To enable us to embark on this ambitious program we need the community to support our adult education fund, to sponsor weekends at a Keter Torah level, or support our program at any level you are able. On the back page you will find opportunities to support this inspiring project. Please help us make sure we can continue to bring this caliber of program to our Young Israel community in future years as well. Thank you Sincerely,Rabbi ShulmanRabbi - Young Israel of St. Louis

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Rabbi Steven Weil is the Senior Managing Director of the Orthodox Union. Rabbi Weil studied at Yeshivat Kerem B’Yavneh and Yeshiva University, from which he received his ordination. He also holds an M.B.A. from NYU’s Stern School of Business. Rabbi Weil successfully led the Young

Israel of Oak Park, Michigan followed by Beth Jacob Congregation in Beverly Hills, California; significantly expanding synagogue membership and programming in both. In 2009 he began working for the Orthodox Union, where he now serves as Senior Managing Director. Rabbi Weil is a passionate advocate for Israel and for Jewish education. He is a renowned speaker and has served internationally as scholar-in-residence and has delivered invocations for former President Bush, Governor Schwarzenegger, Speaker John Boehner and the House of Representatives among others.

Mrs. Yael Weil is a renowned educator who specializes in the field of women’s education. Mrs. Weil grew up in Memphis, TN grew up in Memphis, TN and attended Stern College for Women and Bank Street College for Education. In addition to raising 7 children, she has taught in Hebrew

Schools, day schools and high schools in New York, New Jersey, Michigan and California. Yael has been a proponent of adult education, specifically for women, and has lectured for synagogues, Federations, and women’s groups across the country. She has studied with scores of brides, helping them prepare spiritually, intellectually and emotionally for married life. Yael lives in Teaneck, NJ where she teaches at Maayanot Yeshiva High School for Girls and gives a weekly Parashat Hashavua shiur at Keter Torah.

The Weils reside in New Jersey and they have seven children. Their daughter and son-in- law are our beloved members Dr. Malky and Capt. David Spektor.

NOV 3-4 RABBI STEVEN WEIL

NOV 3-4 MRS. YAEL WEIL

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Yael Ziegler, Ph.D. is a regular lecturer in Bible at Herzog Academic College, Matan Jerusalem, as well as Migdal Oz, and Midreshet Moriah. She received her B.A. from Stern College and an B.A. and M.A. and Ph.D. in Bible at Bar Ilan University. Dr. Ziegler is a highly sought after lecturer, both in Israel and throughout the Diaspora, on various Tanakh related topics. She is the author of Promises to Keep: The Oath in Biblical Narrative, and Ruth: From Alienation to Monarchy (Maggid Press, 2015). Dr. Ziegler resides in Alon Shevut, Israel, with her husband and their five children.

JAN 26-27 DR. YAEL ZIEGLER

Alan Kadish, M.D. is President and Chief Executive Officer of Touro, the largest Jewish-sponsored educational institution in the United States. Prior to joining Touro in 2009 as Senior Provost and Chief Operating Officer, Dr. Kadish taught at the University of Michigan and held a 19-year tenure at Northwestern University. He served Northwestern as the Chester and Deborah Cooley Professor of Medicine, Senior Associate Chief of the Cardiology Division, and as Director of the Cardiovascular Clinical Trials Unit. Dr. Kadish has helped Touro expand its unique offerings for Jewish and underserved communities while becoming a top-tier institution for the study of health sciences and medicine. Dr. Kadish, who was born in Brooklyn, raised in Queens, and educated in yeshivas in New York, is married with four children.

MAR 9-10 DR. ALAN KADISH

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Adult Education Fund Sponsorship LevelsKeter Torah dedications are limited to one per weekend.

Keter Torah/ כתר תורה Sponsor: $1800*Bonei Torah/ בוני תורה Sponsor: $1000Meyasdei Torah/ מייסדי תורה Sponsor: $540Machzikei Torah/ מחזיקי תורה Sponsor: $360Tomchei Torah/ תומכי תורה Sponsor: $180

* Each $1800 includes dedication for 1 Scholar-in Residence weekend

All sponsors will be listed individually by sponsorship level with each Scholar-in-Residence itinerary

For sponsorships or questions please contact:Jonty Felsher: jontyfelsher@gmail.com or

Hilel Frankenthal: hilelfr@gmail.com

Dedicated by Adinah and Heschel Raskas, their children and

grandchildren, in loving memory of Our parents, Ralph and

Annette Raskas and Max and Erna Waltuch.

Marc B. Shapiro, Ph.D. holds the Weinberg Chair in Judaic Studies at the University of Scranton, Pennsylvania. Professor Shapiro received his B.A. from Brandeis University and his Ph.D. from Harvard University. He is the author of numerous articles and is a popular scholar in residence at synagogues around the world. Professor Shapiro has had a prolific academic career with a focus on Modern Jewish History, Rabbinic Literature and Jewish Philosophy and Ethics. He has written multiple books, including: Between the Yeshiva World and Modern Orthodoxy: The Life and Works of Rabbi Jehiel Jacob Weinberg, 1884-1966 (Littman Library, 1999), Saul Lieberman and the Orthodox (University of Scranton Press, 2006) and Studies in Maimonides and His Interpreters (University of Scranton Press, 2008). Professor Shapiro is also an online lecturer for Torah in Motion, for which he leads Jewish history tours.

Rona Novick, Ph.D. is Dean of the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration and holds the Raine and Stanley Silverstein Chair in Professional Ethics and Values. Dr. Novick received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Rutgers University. She subsequently developed

and directed the Alliance for School Mental Health at North Shore - Long Island Jewish (L.I.J.) Medical Center. Dr. Novick is also the Co-Educational Director of the Hidden Sparks program, providing consultation to Jewish schools, and author of the BRAVE school bully prevention program. Dr. Novick is an acclaimed speaker, highly regarded for her expertise in school applications of behavior management, special education, social emotional learning, parent-school partnerships, and child behavior and development. She is the author of a book for parents: Helping Your Child Make Friends (Childswork Childsplay, 1998), and editor of the book series Kids Don’t Come With Instruction Manuals.

APR 13-14 PROFESSOR MARC SHAPIRO

JUN 1-2 DR. RONA NOVICK

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