6th Annual Global Day of Jewish Learning

Sunday, November 17
12:3o PM Check-In, 1:00 PM Start
Location: Weinstein JCC
FREE and Open to the Community

Global Day of Jewish Learning (GDJL) is an International Day of Study and unity bringing together Jews of all beliefs and backgrounds across the world on the same day. Hundreds of communities, large and small, join together for one day of intercontinental Jewish learning, powered by Limmud. Held annually since 2010, the Global Day of Jewish Learning is inspired by the vision of Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz z”l.

This year’s study theme is “One People” עם אחד – the connections that bind Jews together in common memory and destiny.

· Keynote Speaker: Lone Soldier Roy Milstein (IDF)

· Vision: Inclusion, Inspiration, and Connection

Please join us as we come together as one people, one community to explore the centrality and connections that unite Jews around the world.

Stay after the break out discussions for a night of comedy from Joel Chasnoff. Tickets sold separately.

Session 1: Mindfulness

Rabbi Dovid Asher – Keneseth Beth Israel
Rabbi Ahuva Zaches – Congregation Or Ami
Rabbi Scott Nagel – Congregation Beth Ahabah

Session 2: Covenant and Connection

Prof. Elizabeth Alexander – Professor of Religious Studies University of Virginia
Rabbi Don Cantor – RJLE
Joshua Jefferys – Jewish Chaplain and Director of Religious Life University of Richmond

Session 2: Connectedness

Rabbi Elisha Paul – RTA – Richmond Hebrew Day School
Rabbi Patrick Beaulier – Kehillah
Rabbi Rachel Salston – Temple Beth-El

Session 3: Harnessing Collective Memory

Rabbi Yossel Kranz – Chabad of Virginia
Ilana Gimpelevich – Maharat
Rabbi Adam Winston Esq. – SandsAnderson

PJ Library Session: Hakarat Hatov – See the Good

2:00 PM downstairs in Kid’s Place
We all have something good in us! Please join PJ Library Coordinator Lisa Plotkin at the Global Day of Jewish Learning to explore the PJ picture book, The Apple Tree’s Discovery, engage in a discussion about gratitude and our own inner gifts, and bring our ideas to life through a creative medium of colored wire. This session is for adults, and children are welcome.

Full Schedule:

12:30 Registration
1:00pm – Roy Milstein
1:50pm – BREAK
2:00 – Session I
3:20pm – BREAK
3:30 – Session II
4:50pm – Break
5:00pm – Final Remarks in the Auditorium & Dinner