Congregation Tifereth Israel2019/5779 Scholar-in-Residence Weekend

#metoo & Torah: Feminist Judaism

January 25-27, 2019featuring

Drs. Judith Plaskow & Martha Ackelsberg

“I am not a Jew in the synagogue and a feminist in the world. I am a Jewish feminist and a feminist Jew in every moment of my life.”

– Judith Plaskow

Sushi & SakeSaturday, February 9

7:15 pm$36/person • $20/30 & under • $20/65 & over

Trivia • Cash Raffle • KaraokeSushi • Hot Food Bar • Roll-Your-Own Sushi

RSVP: bit.ly/CTISushiSake2019

Co-sponsored by the Tifereth Israel Sisterhood All are welcome

Raffle proceeds to benefit the Mid-Ohio Food Bank

Women of the Wall Solidarity MinyanSunday, May 5, 2019

Rosh Chodesh IyarFranklin Park Conservatory

Sponsored by the Tifereth Israel SisterhoodAll members of the Columbus community welcome

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Friday, January 25Friday Evening Service 6:00 pmShabbat Dinner & Discussion (by reservation) 7:15 pm#metoo & Torah: Judaism & Feminism in 2019The #metoo movement that has roiled the country in the last year has also pointed the finger at some major figures in the Jewish community. Fifty years down the road from the beginnings of Jewish feminism, how can this be? How have various communities responded? What would it mean to create a community in which harassment is unthinkable? What might constitute genuine teshuvah for perpetrators, victims and the community?

Saturday, January 26Shabbat Morning Services 9:30 amSermon by Dr. Judith Plaskow & Haftarah and introduction by Dr. Martha Ackelsberg

Kiddush & Learning 12:30 pmJews and God-talk: The Promise of Jewish Feminist TheologyJews often have great difficulty in talking about God. Many Jews have given up their childhood understanding of God without having anything to replace it. The session will look at the ways Jewish feminism has challenged Jewish God-talk and explore images and concepts that participants find enlivening or problematic.Free and open to the public. No reservations required.

Sponsors-Only Wine & Cheese Reception 6:45 pmCommunity Havdalah 7:30 pmDessert & Panel Discussion 7:45 pmKeep On Keeping On: Fifty Years of Jewish Feminist Revolution Drs. Plaskow and Ackelsberg were each involved in the early years of the 1970’s feminist movement, and were key figures in the birth of Jewish feminism as well as in its subsequent history. This moderated discussion will explore what has changed over the last 50 years, what issues remain to be dealt with, and lessons they have drawn from their experiences.

Free and open to the public. No reservations required.

Sunday, January 27Tifereth Israel Hebrew High School Program 10:00 amJudaism and Feminism: The Next GenerationDrs. Plaskow and Ackelsberg will talk about why Jewish feminism felt so urgent when it began almost fifty years ago, what has changed, and what remains to be dealt with. What are the issues facing a new generation?

Free and open to all Columbus teens.

Dinner, Drinks & DrashDinner & Drinks @ 6:00 pm I Drash @ 6:30 pmSchmooze over a FREE dinner and drinks, followed by discussion and learning. RSVP to: bit.lyCTIDinnerDrinksDrash5799

Wednesday, February 13What Israel Means to MeRabbi Hillel Skolnik, Rabbi Harold Berman, and Emily Kandel of AIPACSponsorship by:Diane & Pete Stahl in honor of the clergy and staff of Tifereth Israel.

Wednesday, February 27Hebrew Poets Talk About GodDr. Adena Tanenbaum, Melton Center for Jewish Studies at OSUSponsored by:Alice & Barry Levitin in memory of Alice's parents, Hanna & Paul Fleischmann

To sponsor a night of learning, contact Joy at 614-928-3291 or jcontreras@tiferethisrael.org.

5779/2019Congregation Tifereth Israel

Scholars in Residence

Dr. Judith Plaskow is professor emerita of religious studies at Manhattan College and a Jewish feminist theologian who has been teaching, writing and speaking about Jewish feminism and feminist studies in religion since the early 1970s. She was a speaker at the first Jewish Feminist Conference in February 1973 and co-founded the Jewish feminist spirituality collective B’not Esh, which has been meeting for thirty-seven years. Co-founder and co-editor of the Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, she is author or editor of several works in feminist theology. These include Womanist

Rising: A Feminist Reader in Religion and Weaving the Visions: New Patterns in Feminist Spirituality, both co-edited with Carol P. Christ; Standing Again at Sinai: Judaism from a Feminist Perspective and The Coming of Lilith: Essays on Feminism, Judaism, and Sexual Ethics 1972-2003. Her latest book, Goddess and God in the World: Conversations in Embodied Theology, is co-authored with Carol P. Christ. Now in retirement, she is working on a project on bodies, toilets, and social justice — in addition to singing in a chorus, hanging out with her granddaughter, being involved in Congregation B’nai Jeshurun and serving on the board of Jews for Racial and Economic Justice.

Dr. Martha Ackelsberg is a long-time Jewish feminist activist and a founding member of Ezrat Nashim and of Bnot Esh. She has engaged in writing, speaking and various forms of activism to address issues of feminism and LGBT inclusion within the Jewish community. As the William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Government and of the Study of Women and Gender at Smith College, her teaching focused on women’s activism, feminist and democratic theory, and community politics; while at Smith, she also sang in a local peace and justice chorus, and served on the Northampton Housing Partnership,

to promote affordable housing. In addition to numerous articles and book chapters, she is author of Free Women of Spain: Anarchism and the Struggle for the Emancipation of Women (AK Press, 2005) and of Resisting Citizenship: Feminist Essays on Politics, Community and Democracy (Routledge, 2009). She is now retired and living in NY, still singing in a chorus, enjoying regular time with her granddaughter, and devoting energies to addressing racism and white supremacy in the Jewish community and beyond.

The Installation Weekend of

Rabbi Hillel Skolnikapril 5-7, 2019

the lineupFriday, April 5Friday Evening Service 6:00 pmCongregational Shabbat Dinner 7:15 pm$36/adult, $10/child (10 & under), $90/ family max.RSVP online at: bit.ly/RabbiHillelInstallationWeekend

Saturday, April 6Shabbat Morning Services 9:30 amKiddush Luncheon 12:30 pmHonoring Rabbi Hillel Skolnik and his Family

Sunday, April 7Morning Minyan 9:00 amInstallation 10:30 amCelebration Reception 11:30 amClippers Game @ Huntington Park 2:05 pmAdmission is free. Seating is limited.

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sponsorship opportunities available• Sponsor levels ranging from $250 to $25,000• Tribute journal ads from $54 (name listing) to $500 (full page)• Register online at: bit.ly/RabbiHillelInstallationWeekend

For more information, contact Program Director Rebecca Haimowitz-King at rhaimowitz@tiferethisrael.org or 614-928-3287.

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Event Co-ChairsJonathan Branfman

Susan GellmanMartha Tepper

Jewish Learning Committee Co-ChairsCathy Levine

Elizabeth Sherowski

SponsorsRuth: the Righteous One

Jack Gold & Jeff GrissCathy Levine & Jon Groner

Jan Lyddon & Bruce McCombSusan & Frank Mott

Deborah: the JudgeSusan Gellman & Cantor Jack Chomsky

Martha & Bennett Tepper

Miriam: the ProphetBeth & Rabbi Harold Berman

Rabbi Alex Braver & Alex WeislerWendy & Robert Cohen

Corinne & Jeff CovelRebecca Gurk & Stuart Mangel

Emily & Barry HindinHelen & Michael Miller

Lisa Newmark & Dr. Arnold GoodMarsha & L. Robert Polster Debra & Martin Rosenthal

Rabbis Sharon & Hillel SkolnikDiane & Peter Stahl

Judy & Jack Yalowich

Sarah: the MatriarchSusan & Bradley Blair

Theodore BorkinSharon Eisenberg

Carole & Nelson Genshaft Alison & Jeffrey Merzel

Leslie RosenDonna & Ronald Solove

Lola SteinhartJill & Fredric Winer

Jerilyn Wolman

InclusionTifereth Israel is an open and accepting community for all Jews and their loved ones, and we strive to embrace both Jewish and non-Jewish family members alike. We are committed to creating an egalitarian environment that is actively welcoming to all, regardless of race, ethnicity, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and physical or mental disability. No one is ever turned away due to financial hardship.

Have questions about all that Congregation Tifereth Israel has to offer or interested in arranging a visit? Please contact a member of our leadership team or Member Liaison Joy Contreras at 614-928-3291 or jcontreras@tiferethisrael.org.

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