Jun

19 2020

Juneteenth Kabbalat Shabbat

RSVP Here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEsd--rrz8tHtERvkx7KNlRpkX_Nn4eSg6A

Details

Join Rabbis Sandra Lawson and Isaama Goldstein-Stoll for a special Kabbalat Shabbat service on Zoom to mark Juneteenth, which commemorates the day in 1865 when Union forces freed the slaves in Texas. Registration is free but required.

About Rabbi Sandra Lawson

Sandra Lawson is a rabbi, a sociologist, personal trainer, food activist, weightlifter, vegan, writer, public speaker, and musician. She was dubbed the Snapchat Rabbi and featured in JTA as one of 10 Jews you should follow on Snapchat and The 50 Jews everyone should follow on Twitter. In June 2018, after a long journey of intensive and wonderful learning, she was ordained as a rabbi by the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. She currently serves as the associate chaplain for Jewish life at Elon University Hillel.

About Rabbi Isaama Goldstein-Stoll

Rabbi Isaama Goldstein-Stoll is senior Jewish educator at the Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale. She was ordained at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati, Ohio. Originally from the Washington D.C. area, She received a BA in Religious Studies from Carleton College before pursuing an MA in Hebrew Letters and Smicha at HUC-JIR. She brings to Slifka her commitment to liberal Judaism and her pastoral experience, as well as her deep commitment to diversity.