MakomDC Weekend Scholar
Makomdc (Learning & Immersion)
Siyyum Mendelson Scholar with Rabbi Shai Held
President and Dean Hadar with Special Book Launch
MAY 17th-19th, 2024
Jews have a God problem. Many of us struggle to talk about God-- we don’t know who or what we mean by the word and we are beset by doubt in any case; and many of us have tragically internalized anti-Judaic stereotypes about the God of Judaism (e.g., “The God of Judaism is a God of wrath”). In our first session, we’ll hear a contemporary Jewish thinker’s honest reflections on why he (sometimes) believes in God, and on why doubt may actually be a boon to faith. In our second, we’ll take a close look at the biblical idea that what makes God God and not a human is... God’s unfathomably vast love.
Friday Night Community Dinner
Friday, May 17th, at 8pm | Click Here To Register
Join us for a Friday night community dinner and lecture with Rabbi Shai Held.
Saturday Afternoon Class
Saturday, May 18th at 1pm
Join Rabbi Shai Held for a post kiddush shir.
Hadar DC: Rabbi Shai Held Book Talk with R. Aaron Alexander and R. Elianna Yolkut
Sunday, May 19th, 10am-12:30pm | Click Here To Register
A common misconception is that love is a “Christian idea” and not a Jewish one. But what if we have it all wrong? Join Rabbi Shai Held as he introduces the central themes of the book then joins Rabbi Aaron Alexander and Rabbi Elianna Yolkut in a conversation on the centrality of love to the Jewish vision of ethics, spirituality, and theology. What can Judaism teach us about love, and what can a renewed focus on love reveal to us about Judaism? Please register here. This event is co-sponsored by Adas Israel.
