11/07/2010 - 11:00am to 11/07/2010 - 4:00pm
Location:
Shaarie Torah
Shaarie Torah
925 NW 25th Avenue
Portland, OR 97210
Class Description:
Portland, OR NOVEMBER 2010 – Congregation Shaarie Torah announced today that it will host the local Portland celebration of the Global Day of Jewish Learning, the first worldwide, trans-denominational and nondenominational event devoted to Jewish learning. Jews around the world will come together on Sunday, November 7, 2010 to celebrate their shared heritage through events and programs during which they will collectively study, explore, and debate a single set of texts.
The Portland area event is sponsored by Congregations Beth Israel, Kesser Israel, Neveh Shalom, P’nai Or, Shaarie Torah & Shir Tikvah; Chabad of Portland, Portland Kollel, the Oregon Jewish Community Foundation, Portland Jewish Academy, PJ Library, Melton Portland, Portland Area Jewish Educators, and The Oregon Board of Rabbis. The multi-generational Portland Jewish community event will have three sessions focusing on the “big questions” within a Jewish context.
A uniquely unifying endeavor, the effort counts among its supporting partners the governing bodies, leadership, and ordaining institutions of the Reform, Conservative, and Orthodox movements of Judaism, as well as the leadership of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association.
200+ communities around the world have already registered to convene Global Day of Jewish Learning programs on November 7, representing Jews throughout the United States, Canada, Israel, Europe, India, Australia, Turkey, South America, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and Kyrgyzstan. By November 7, more than 300 communities will be registered to participate, in addition to 1,000 house parties worldwide.
The Global Day of Jewish Learning celebrates the culmination of Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz's audacious 45-year quest to translate the Talmud and unlock its wisdom for modern Jews. The November 7 date was selected to coincide with Rabbi Steinsaltz's completion of the 45th and final volume of his translation and commentary on the Talmud, a monumental task he began in 1965, at age 27.
“The Talmud is the seminal work of Jewish thought covering not just topics like theology and law and ethics and morality, but also medicine, astronomy, zoology, literature, and many other areas,” said Margy-Ruth Davis, Director of the Aleph Society, which is spearheading the project. “Rabbi Steinsaltz has made it his life’s mission to translate the Talmud into modern languages to return to Jews the ancient wisdom and knowledge that is their rightful inheritance.”
Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz is a distinguished scholar, teacher, mystic, and social critic. He has written some 60 books and hundreds of articles on the Talmud, Kabbalah and Chasidut. In addition to the full Modern Hebrew translation, Rabbi Steinsaltz has translated parts of the Talmud into English, Spanish, French, and Russian. His various works have been translated into English, Russian, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Italian, Chinese and Japanese.
Along with the Aleph Society, organizing partners of the Global Day of Jewish Learning include: the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee; the Jewish Community Center Association; Jewish Education Service of North America; Jewish Federations of North America; Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life; and the Shefa Institute. Visit www.TheGlobalDay.com for the full list of partners.
More Info:
Local information http://www.nevehshalom.org/flyers/global_day_10.pdf and www.shaarietorah.org
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED SO PLEASE CALL 503-226-6131 or reply via email today!
Local Timing: 11 am- 4 pm, Cost $18/adult, $5/youth Registration includes access to all three sessions along with a kosher lunch.
Cost:
Cost $18/adult, $5/youth